Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy to Enhance the Undergraduate Laboratory Science Curriculum

埃奇伍德学院最近获得的原子吸收光谱仪 光谱仪允许学生进行实验并承担 涉及生物和环境样品中微量金属的项目。 在一个综合的，跨学科的课程，为非科学和教师 教育专业学生开展项目涉及的分析 痕量重金属污染物（植物和 人发中汞）。在化学课程中，学生测定金属 离子，并开展学生原创项目， 调查本港食水及鱼类汞污染情况 威斯康星州水道。学习地球科学的非理科专业学生获得 原子吸收光谱法作为一种强有力的分析工具 地球化学与化学海洋学 天然沃茨中的营养盐和微量金属化学测定 岩石和矿石样品。 本项目有助于满足基于仪器的 激发非科学人士想象力的实验室体验 并提高我们未来教师的科学教育。关于 直接受影响的学生中有75%是女生。出版 所开展的试验将扩大该项目的影响。

The recent acquisition, at Edgewood College, of an atomic absorption spectrometer allows students to perform experiments and undertake projects involving trace metals in biological and environmental samples. In an integrated, interdisciplinary course for non-science and teacher education majors, students carry out projects involving the analysis of trace amounts of heavy metal pollutants (lead uptake in plants and mercury in human hair). In chemistry courses, students determine metal ions in biological fluids, and pursue student-originated projects to investigate mercury contamination of water supplies and fish in Wisconsin waterways. Non-science majors studying geoscience gain an appreciation for atomic absorption spectroscopy as a powerful tool in geochemistry and chemical oceanography by investigating trace inorganic nutrients in natural waters and determining the trace metal chemistry of rock and ore samples. This project helps to meet a need for instrumentation-based laboratory experiences which excite the imagination of non-science majors and improve the science education of our future teachers. About 75% of the students directly impacted are women. Publication of experiments developed will extend the impact of the project.