From Ozone to Oil Spills: Chemistry, The Environment, and You

哥伦比亚学院、印第安纳大学和普林斯顿大学将合作开发一门面向非科学专业的创新科学课程。本课程将使用环境科学的主题，以相关且有意义的方式传达基本的科学概念。例如，核能主题将为教授原子结构、化学键、放射性、裂变和聚变提供载体。环境问题提供了一个很好的方式来介绍主要的科学学科，因为它们中的许多都具有重要的物理、地质、化学和生物维度，以及其他涉及工程学、经济学、政治学和心理学的领域。该课程将采用跨学科的方法；通过让学生将其专业领域的技能纳入课程项目，如录像带、杂志文章、戏剧剧本、绘画、海报和雕塑，将促进学习。将通过讲习班和录象带以及印刷材料和会议简报来进行传播。这个项目得到了重要的机构支持。

An innovative science course for non-science majors will be developed in a collaborative effort involving Columbia College, Indiana University and Princeton University. The course will use topics in environmental science to communicate basic scientific concepts in a relevant and meaningful way. For example, the topic of nuclear power will provide a vehicle for teaching atomic structure, chemical bonds, radioactivity, fission and fusion. Environmental issues offer an excellent way to introduce the major scientific disciplines because so many of them have important physical, geological, chemical and biological dimensions as well as others involving engineering, economics, political science and psychology. The course will have an interdisciplinary approach; learning will be facilitated by having the students incorporate the skills of their major field of study in course projects, such as video tapes, magazine articles, theater scripts, paintings, posters and sculptures. Dissemination will be accomplished with workshops and video tapes as well as printed material and meeting presentations. There is significant institutional support for this project.