Integrating Research and Education: Tracking Arsenic from Pressure-treated Wood

PI：泰森研究所：马萨诸塞大学该奖项支持马萨诸塞大学(阿默斯特)在朱利安·泰森指导下的一个研究和教育项目。他将研究测定土壤和水中砷含量的方法，目标是设计一种中学生可以用来研究从压力处理的木材中向环境中浸出砷的方法。该项目的第一阶段将包括研究开发一种使用分光光度检测技术的低成本现场测试。这将产生一种适合K-12学生使用的分析程序和仪器。在第二阶段，测试程序将在马萨诸塞州斯普林菲尔德的初中和高中教室进行实地测试。它还将被纳入加州大学马萨诸塞州大学本科生分析化学实验室课程。该研究小组的目标是创建可供初中、高中和本科使用的课程材料。

PI: Tyson Institution: U of MassachusettsThis award supports a research and education project at the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) under the direction of Julian Tyson. He will investigate procedures to determine the arsenic content in soils and water with the goal of devising one that middle and high school students can use to investigate arsenic leaching from pressure treated wood into the environment. The first phase of the project will involve research towards developing a low cost field test using spectrophotometric detection techniques. This will result in an analysis procedure and apparatus suitable for use by K-12 students. In the second phase, the test procedure will be field tested in middle and high school classrooms in Springfield MA. It will also be incorporated into the UMass undergraduate analytical chemistry laboratory classes. The research team aims to create curricular materials for use both at the middle school-high school level and the undergraduate level.