Microscale Organic Experiments: A Summer Institute

探索有机化学实验教学的新途径 以以前的1/100到1/1000的规模进行实验 采用 这样学生接触有毒物质， 易燃、腐蚀、致癌、致畸和致突变的物质， 减少了相应的数额，同时也节省了 实验室废物的处置和试剂的购买， 溶剂. 由于用于微尺度的装置和技术 实验不同于那些在过去使用，教师需要一些 在开始这种教学方式之前， 有机实验室 为此，举办了为期三周的讲习班， 教学微型有机实验正在进行山 波莫纳霍利奥克学院和加州州立理工大学。 参与者有机会进行我们的微型实验 在主要研究者的指导下，由本科生协助 帮助开发了这些实验。 有一个强烈的强调 实验室废物和处置方法。 学员学习如何 最大限度地减少实验室废物，以及如何将有害副产品转化为 在宣布其为废物之前， 学习如何进行微型有机实验。 教师参与者家大学将有助于成本 通过支付参加该项目的旅费来实现该项目。

A new approach to teaching undergraduate organic chemistry lab is to carry out the experiments on 1/100th to 1/1000th the scale previously used. In this way student exposure to substances which are toxic, flammable, corrosive, carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic is reduced by a corresponding amount and there are concomitant savings in the disposal of laboratory waste and the purchase of reagents and solvents. Since the apparatus and techniques for microscale experimentation differ form those used in the past, faculty need some guidance before embarking on this way of teaching the undergrade organic laboratory. To this end, a three week-long workshops on teaching microscale organic experiments are being conducted at Mount Holyoke College and California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Participants have an opportunity to carry our microscale experiments under the principal investigator`s guidance, assisted by undergraduate who have helped develop these experiments. There is a strong emphasis on laboratory waste and disposal methods. Participants learn how to minimize laboratory waste and how to convert hazardous by-products to less hazardous material before declaring it a waste in addition to learning how to carry out microscale organic experiments. The faculty participants home universities will contribute to the cost of the program by paying for the cost of the travel to the program.