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Integration of Service-Learning Incorporating Environmental Atomic Absorption Analysis into the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum

将环境原子吸收分析纳入本科化学课程的服务学习

基本信息

批准号：
0310840
负责人：
Joan Esson
金额：
$ 6.89万
依托单位：
Kalamazoo College
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2003
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2003-06-15 至 2005-05-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0310840&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Integration Service Learning Incorporating Environmental

项目摘要

Chemistry (12) The Chemistry Department at Kalamazoo College is integrating environmentally based service-learning laboratories involving atomic absorption spectroscopy into the chemistry curriculum to more effectively engage students in learning. Introducing environmental chemistry into the curriculum also supports the college's Environmental Studies Concentration. The laboratories being developed are modeled after the service-learning General Chemistry project at the University of Utah, which employs atomic absorption spectroscopy to test for lead in the local community. In adapting this model, students in Introductory Chemistry I are collaborating with students in a sociology course at Kalamazoo College to sample and test for lead in city neighborhoods. In addition, students in Analytical Chemistry are working with county environmental services and local elementary school students to sample and test the local watershed for trace metals. The intellectual merit of the proposal lies in the experience students will gain with atomic absorption spectroscopy in a sequential fashion beginning in Introductory Chemistry I and continuing in Analytical Chemistry and applying their new knowledge and skills to real problems in the local community. The broader impacts of this project include enhancing the chemistry and environmental studies curricula, strengthening collaborative efforts between Kalamazoo College and the local community, providing the community with needed results of chemical analyses, and promoting science to elementary students who are predominately (~70%) from groups traditionally underrepresented in STEM fields.

化学（12）卡拉马祖学院化学系正在将涉及原子吸收光谱的环境服务学习实验室整合到化学课程中，以更有效地吸引学生学习。将环境化学引入课程也支持了学院的环境研究专业。正在开发的实验室是模仿犹他大学的服务学习通用化学项目，该项目使用原子吸收光谱来测试当地社区的铅。为了适应这种模式，卡拉马祖学院（Kalamazoo College）化学入门课程I的学生正在与社会学课程的学生合作，对城市社区的铅进行取样和测试。此外，分析化学专业的学生正在与县环境服务部门和当地小学生合作，对当地流域的微量金属进行取样和测试。该提案的智力价值在于，学生将从化学入门I到分析化学的连续方式中获得原子吸收光谱学的经验，并将他们的新知识和技能应用于当地社区的实际问题。该项目的更广泛影响包括加强化学和环境研究课程，加强卡拉马祖学院与当地社区之间的合作努力，为社区提供所需的化学分析结果，并向主要（~70%）来自传统上在STEM领域代表性不足的群体的小学生推广科学。