The article is devoted to polytechnic resources as one of the core components of chemical education. The authors analysed the school curriculum on the first Russian programs on chemistry for secondary schools to the unified traditional program used up to the end of the 1990s. The school course of chemistry is consistently provides system of polytechnic concepts, as well as describes technologies of production of the most important chemical products, including corresponding chemical experiments and didactic material. The review of modern author’s programs and textbooks content showed a reduction in the volume and depth of the study of chemical production. A reason is due to the reduction of the amount of study hours, which negatively affects the motivation of students and leads to a decreasing results of chemistry learning. The article notes the importance and necessity of preserving the accumulated experience of polytechnic education. The authors suggest the methodological methods that contribute to the enhancement of the polytechnic direction of the chemistry course.

Keywords: principles of education, content of education, chemical production, practical training, polytechnic education.