Studio General Chemistry with Full Merging of the Laboratory and Classroom Experiences

一门普通化学课正在开发中，其中包括每次会议的实验工作。实验室工作与课堂讨论相结合。以小组为单位的学生面临的挑战是将他们的宏观观察与化学原理联系起来。合并30分钟，概念为基础的探索实验室与讨论和横向发展材料提供了一个独特的化学视角。在对普通化学课程进行现代化改造的过程中，所涉及的主题越来越少，那些不适合大一新生的物理化学的深奥方面也被取消了。更多的时间分配给材料化学，有机和生物化学，以及环境科学。课程材料被组织成模块或案例研究，其中包含的材料是为了显示材料与学生已经接触到的问题的相关性而开发的。通过将每个主题的实验、讨论和“横向发展”问题纳入教学大纲的每个模块，社会相关性被构建到每个模块中。

A workshop general chemistry class is being developed that includes experimental work during every meeting. Lab work is merged with classroom discussion. Students working in groups are challenged to link their macroscopic observations to chemical principles. The merger of thirty-minute, concept- based discovery labs with discussion and lateral development material provides a unique perspective of chemistry. In modernizing the general chemistry curriculum, fewer topics are treated and the more esoteric aspects of physical chemistry that are inappropriate for freshmen are eliminated. More time is allocated to materials chemistry, organic and biological chemistry, and environmental science. The course material is organized into modules or case- studies that contain material which is developed with the specific aim of showing the relevance of the material to problems to which the students already have been exposed. Societal relevance is built into every module of the syllabus by incorporating laboratories, discussion and "lateral development" problems for each topic.