Instrumentation to Support the Revision of Analytical Chemistry for Today's Students: Aqueous Systems with Environmental Significance

该项目详细介绍了定量分析新课程的开发，旨在吸引化学专业学生以及更多环境和生物科学专业学生的想象力和兴趣。修订后的课程将提高学生与教师导师的独立研究机会的准备。该项目是实施“水的化学”（NSF DUE 9156123）的工作。主要目标是使学生能够：1)接受最新的、适合水平的、最高质量的分析化学培训；2)了解自己的实验室结果如何与正在进行的科学调查相关联，从而了解科学知识如何通过对独立数据源的整理而进步；3)掌握互联网促进数据共享的力量；4)作业要考虑到他们不同的学习方式。成功的创新和修改将与更大的化学和环境教育者社区分享。一个由化学系、海洋与海岸科学系、环境科学系和生物化学系的教员组成的工作小组为学生们设计了一套具有研究意义的海洋样本。学生将用许多不同的方法分析这些样本，并将其结果与活跃的研究科学家获得的结果进行比较。新的实验将由具有仪器化学海洋学知识的项目调查员设计（NSF BES 9402540）；微量元素分析（NSF OCE 9601668; NSF EAR 9316242）；以及与浮游植物色素沉着有关的分析技术（NSF OCE 9402540）。小组实验活动的组织将部分基于pm的想法Treichel和同事（NSF DUE 9450615），也将受到与温室效应课程（NSF DUE 9354742）和罗格斯大学最近开始的科学、数学、工程和技术教育机构改革项目（NSF DUE 9850071）相关的经验的影响。拟议中的创新将影响到不同的本科生群体。目前的注册人口统计数据表明，适当的受众正在并将达到。（例如，1998年秋季：50%男性，50%女性；10-15%拉丁裔；5-10%非裔美国人）。修订后的课程将依赖于使用网络来分发课程材料，并在学生之间传输数据，以及从罗格斯大学长期生态系统观测站的网站传输数据。

This project details the development of a new course in quantitative analysis that is designed to capture the imagination and interest of chemistry majors and of larger numbers of students of environmental and biological sciences. The revised course will improve students' preparation for independent research opportunities with faculty mentors. The project is to implement work from "The Chemistry of Water" (NSF DUE 9156123). The primary object is to enable students to: 1) receive training in analytical chemistry that is current, level-appropriate, and of the highest quality; 2) see how their own laboratory results relate to an ongoing scientific investigation and thus how scientific knowledge advances through collation of independent data sources; 3) gain mastery over the internet's power to facilitate the sharing of data; and 4) work on assignments that take account of their varied learning styles. Successful innovations and modifications will be shared with the larger community of chemical and environmental educators. A working group of faculty members from the Departments of Chemistry, Marine and Coastal Sciences, Environmental Sciences, and Biochemistry has devised means to obtain for students a set of oceanographic samples with research significance. Students will analyze these samples in many different ways and compare their results with those obtained by active research scientists. New experiments will be designed by project investigators knowledgeable in instrumental chemical oceanography (NSF BES 9402540); trace element analyses (NSF OCE 9601668; NSF EAR 9316242); and analytical techniques related to phytoplankton pigmentation (NSF OCE 9402540). The organization of the group laboratory activities will be based partly on the ideas of P.M. Treichel and colleagues (NSF DUE 9450615) and will also be influenced by experience gained in connection with a course on the Greenhouse Effect (NSF DUE 9354742), and a program recently begun at Rutgers for Institution-Wide Reform of Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (NSF DUE 9850071). The proposed innovations will affect a diverse group of undergraduates. Current enrollment demographics indicate that an appropriate audience is being and will be reached. (e.g., Fall 1998: 50% male, 50% female; 10-15% latino; 5-10% African-American). The revised course will rely on the use of the web for distribution of course materials and for transfer of data among students and from the web site for Rutgers' Long-term Ecosystem Observatory.