UV-Visible Spectrophotometers for the CPLP Network

威廉·雷尼·哈珀学院、哈罗德·华盛顿学院、奥克顿学院和芝加哥伊利诺伊大学是化学专业实验室计划（CPLP）网络的成员。CPLP是由NSF-DUE课程和课程开发计划支持的一项倡议。正在开发的CPLP材料侧重于为学生提供使用来自伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校四个不同学院七个不同部门的场景的实验。为了支持CPLP概念的最佳实现，网络参与者已经确定了一个重要的仪器需求：在许多实验中使用快速可靠的二极管阵列仪器（UV-Visible）。该仪器的购买或升级是本提案的重点，需要使学生在专业背景下尽可能有效地体验一般化学概念。除了开发材料的跨学科性质外，CPLP还具有很强的教师发展重点。社区学院的教师在传播项目中广泛工作，学习这些实验室的方法和教学法。预计该计划将对化学教学和学习产生积极影响，并提供更有效的实验室体验。

William Rainey Harper College, Harold Washington College, Oakton College, and University of Illinois at Chicago are members of the Chemical Professional Laboratory Program (CPLP) Network. The CPLP is an initiative supported by the NSF-DUE Course and Curriculum Development Program. The CPLP materials under development focus on providing students with experiments using scenarios drawn from seven different departments in four different colleges within the University of Illinois at Chicago. An important instrumentation need has been identified by the network participants to support the best implementation of the CPLP concept: the use of rapid and reliable diode array instrumentation (UV-Visible) for many of the experiments. This instrumentation, whose purchase or upgrade is the focus of this proposal, is needed to make the student experience of general chemistry concepts, in a professional context, as effective as possible. In addition to the interdisciplinary nature of the materials developed, the CPLP has a strong faculty development focus. Community college faculty worked extensively during the dissemination program learning the methodology and pedagogy of these labs. It is anticipated that this program will, have a positive impact on teaching and learning chemistry as well as provide a more effective laboratory experience.