Blurring the Line Between the Teaching and Research Laboratory - Capillary Gas Chromatography and GC/MS Experiments in First and Second Year Chemistry Laboratories

化学（12）这个项目的目标是增加学生的百分比继续从介绍化学更先进的课程和科学的职业生涯。我们通过改变学生对化学实验室的看法来实现这一目标，通过增加以项目为导向的实验，使用先进的GC和GCMS仪器来解决主题和相关问题。第二个目标是通过提供更类似于他们将在工作场所体验的实验室体验来加强学生的准备。将四台岛津GC-14 B系列毛细管气相色谱仪与数据站和配备自动进样器的QP-5000 GCMS系统集成到一系列实验课程中，支持更广泛的部门计划，将FTIR，UV/维斯，GC和HPLC技术引入较低水平的实验室。学生们通过反复接触GC和GCMS仪器，逐步建立自己的技能，在五个实验室部分伴随一般，有机和分析化学。实验已经从化学教育杂志上精心挑选，并正在调整以适应我们现有的计划。在满足我们的目标的成功正在评估两个数字，通过跟踪每个学生进入我们的一般化学课程的命运，并通过我们现有的部门评估计划更定性。结果将在美国化学学会，本科生研究理事会和西格玛Xi的全国会议上与教育界分享，此外还将与其他学院的同事进行非正式讨论。在《化学教育杂志》上发表为支持我们的使命而开发的新的或实质性修改的实验将完成我们的传播努力。

Chemistry (12)The goal of this project is to increase the percentage of students continuing from introductory chemistry to more advanced courses and to careers in science. We are accomplishing this by changing students' perceptions of chemistry laboratory through adding project-oriented experiments using advanced GC and GCMS instrumentation to solve topical and relevant problems. A secondary goal is to enhance the preparation of our students by providing laboratory experiences more similar to those they will experience in the workplace. The integration into the curriculum of a series of experiments using four Shimadzu GC-14B series capillary gas chromatographs with data stations and a QP-5000 GCMS system equipped with autosampler supports a broader departmental plan to introduce FTIR, UV/Vis, GC, and HPLC techniques into lower level laboratories. Students are gradually building their skills by repeated exposure to the GC and GCMS instruments in each of five laboratory sections accompanying general, organic, and analytical chemistry. Experiments have been carefully selected from the Journal of Chemical Education and are being adapted to fit our existing program. Success in meeting our goals is being assessed both numerically, by tracking the fate of each student entering our general chemistry program, and more qualitatively through our existing departmental assessment plan. Results will be shared with the educational community at national meetings of the American Chemical Society, the Council on Undergraduate Research, and Sigma Xi, in addition to informal discussions with associates at other Colleges. Publication in the Journal of Chemical Education of novel or substantially revised experiments developed to support our mission will complete our dissemination effort.