Keywords
Chemical Education, Catalysis History, simple experiments in catalysis, experimental work, examples from everyday life.
Abstract
Catalysis History has demonstrated that Catalysis is a major topic in Chemical Education. In particular, it should be considered in the surveys prepared for students that are introduced to Chemistry for a first time. In this account we present an overview of different approaches to explain what Catalysis means, by considering a historical perspective and very simple experiments at the high school level.