Integration of Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy into the Undergraduate Curriculum

化学（12）化学实验室课程正在通过引入基于情境的实验来改造和振兴，这些实验强调批判性思维，并挑战学生的现实问题。学生还获得了服务学习的机会。通过这些活动，学生们了解化学在我们社会中的作用，特别是解决环境问题，现代仪器和技术的能力和局限性，以及与社区建立联系。这些实验室的经验是根据教育和研究文献改编的，部分是通过使用气相色谱-质谱仪和傅里叶变换红外分光光度计来实施的。来自低年级和高年级实验室课程的学生团队，包括环境，分析，仪器，有机化学和物理科学，为职前教师正在调查与保护和维持附近美洲原住民保留地自然资源有关的环境问题。由于基于探究的实验室及其服务学习部分，学生们专注于科学过程和结果的意义，而不是遵循食谱类型的实验。

Chemistry (12)The chemistry laboratory curriculum is being transformed and revitalized by the introduction of context-based experiments that emphasize critical thinking and that challenge students with real-world problems. Students are also being provided with service learning opportunities. From these activities, the students are understanding the role of chemistry in our society, particularly toward solving environmental issues, the capabilities and limitations of modern instrumentation and technology, and building connections with their community. These laboratory experiences are being adapted from the educational and research literature and are being implemented in part through the use of a Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) and a Fourier Transform Infrared (FT-IR) spectrophotometer. Teams of students from lower and upper division laboratory courses including Environmental, Analytical, Instrumental, and Organic Chemistry and Physical Science for pre-service teachers are investigating environmental issues related to protecting and sustaining natural resources on a nearby Native American Reservation. As a consequence of the inquiry-based laboratories and their service-learning component, students are focussing on the scientific process and the significance of results, rather than following cookbook-type experiments.