FTIR: A Tool for Changing College and High School ChemistryCurriculum to a Discovery Mode

将大学和高中化学课程转变为发现模式旨在通过修改教学方法来影响大学和K-12教育，将现代实验室方法，先进的化学概念，基于发现的教学和社区服务学习（CSL）项目引入到大一和大二的科学和非科学学生在弗拉黑德山谷社区学院（FVCC）和化学学生在蒙大拿州西北部农村的弗拉黑德高中（FHS）。1994年，我们购买了微型实验室设备，并将CSL添加到课程中。下一阶段介绍傅里叶变换红外光谱（FTIR），这是所要求的设备。FTIR在定性和定量上扩展了我们的课程，支持用微尺度技术和基于定量分析的仪器获得的小样本。它允许动力学研究，为大班提供高通量，更有效地使我们的学生对科学和科学教学感兴趣，使他们接触到工作场所使用的当前研究和分析方法。使用现代仪器来发展和加强概念和理论，整合了讲座和实验室的组成部分，并增加了基于发现的教学。两所学校都将安装光谱分析软件，以支持本科生的研究项目和与FHS的联合发现项目/辅导和提及项目。在有机课程中增加了使用FTIR的学生合成项目。非理科生在化学和环境科学课程中学习仪器在科学发现过程中的作用。将增加一门犯罪学课程，以支持FVCC的刑事司法项目和当地执法人员，利用FTIR分析毒品、油漆碎片和爆炸物。项目成果将通过出版物、演讲和电子形式向当地和全国的大学、高中化学和CSL教育者发布。项目将通过学生反思、学业成绩和入学情况进行评估。

Changing College and High School Chemistry Curriculum to a Discovery Mode is designed to impact college and K-12 education by revising teaching methods, bringing modern laboratory methods, advanced Chemical concepts, discovery based instruction, and community service learning (CSL) projects to freshman and sophomore science and non-science students at Flathead Valley Community College (FVCC) and chemistry students at Flathead High School (FHS) in rural northwest Montana. In 1994 we purchased microscale laboratory equipment and added CSL to the curriculum. The next phase introduces Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), the requested equipment. FTIR expands our courses qualitatively and quantitatively, supporting the small sample sizes obtained with microscale techniques and instrumentation based quantitative analysis. It allows kinetics studies, provides high throughput for large classes, and more effectively interests our students in science and in teaching science, exposing them to current research and analysis methods used in the workplace. Use of modern instrumentation to develop and enforce concepts and theories integrates lecture and laboratory components and adds discovery based instruction. The spectral analysis software to be installed at both schools supports undergraduate research projects and joint discovery projects/tutoring and mentioning projects with FHS. The student synthetic project using FTIR, is added in organic courses. Non science students in chemistry and environmental science courses learn the role of instrumentation in the process of scientific discovery. A Criminalistics course will be added to support FVCC's Criminal Justice program and local law enforcement officers, utilizing FTIR to analyze drugs paint chips and explosives. Project results will be disseminated to college and high school chemistry and CSL educators locally and nationally via publications, presentations, and electronic delivery The project will be evaluated by student reflection, academic s uccess, and enrollments.