Use of GC/MS for Improvement of Undergraduate Education at All Levels of the Chemistry Curriculum

该项目通过将GC/MS整合到课程中来加强各级本科化学教育。GC/MS提供了用户友好的界面，教室和实验室中的网络连接允许远程访问。通过对香料、咖啡和香水等常见物质的分析，向非理科专业的学生介绍该仪器；在此背景下，将介绍与化学素养相关的概念。这门课程是对基础教育感兴趣的学生的必修课，如果成功，让这些学生接触主要乐器的方法将适用于各种与教师教育有关的教育项目。在专业课程中，该仪器提高了环境化学中空气、水和土壤样品中有机物的分析能力，是有机化学和仪器分析实验室课程的重要补充。该工具还为实现增加本科生研究的系级目标提供了一个重要工具。*

This project enhances undergraduate chemical education at all levels by integration of a GC/MS into the curriculum. The GC/MS provides user-friendly interfaces, and the presence of network connections in classrooms and laboratories allow for remote access. Students in an introductory course for nonscience majors are being introduced to the instrument through analysis of familiar substances such as spices, coffee and perfumes; within this context, concepts relevant to chemical literacy are introduced. This course is a required one for students interested in elementary education, and the approach of giving such students access to major instrumentation, if successful, will be adapted to a variety of educational programs concerned with teacher education. In the courses for majors, the instrument provides increased capabilities for analysis of organics in air, water and soil samples in environmental chemistry, and is an important addition to the laboratory program in organic chemistry and instrumental analysis. The instrument also is providing an important tool for pursuing the departmental goal of increasing undergraduate research. *