UV-Visible Spectrophotometers for the CPLP Network

威廉·雷尼·哈珀学院、哈罗德·华盛顿学院、奥克顿学院和伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校是化学专业实验室计划(CPLP)网络的成员。CPLP是由美国国家科学基金会制定的课程和课程发展计划支持的一项倡议。正在开发的CPLP材料侧重于为学生提供实验，这些实验使用来自伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校四个不同学院的七个不同系的场景。网络参与者确定了支持CPLP概念最佳实施的一个重要仪器需求：在许多实验中使用快速和可靠的二极管阵列仪器(UV-VIRED)。这种仪器的购买或升级是本提案的重点，它是为了使学生在专业背景下尽可能有效地体验一般化学概念而需要的。除了所开发材料的跨学科性质外，CPLP还具有强烈的教师发展重点。社区学院的教职员工在传播计划期间进行了广泛的工作，学习这些实验室的方法和教学方法。预计该计划将对化学的教与学产生积极的影响，并提供更有效的实验室体验。

William Rainey Harper College, Harold Washington College, Oakton College, and University of Illinois at Chicago are members of the Chemical Professional Laboratory Program (CPLP) Network. The CPLP is an initiative supported by the NSF-DUE Course and Curriculum Development Program. The CPLP materials under development focus on providing students with experiments using scenarios drawn from seven different departments in four different colleges within the University of Illinois at Chicago. An important instrumentation need has been identified by the network participants to support the best implementation of the CPLP concept: the use of rapid and reliable diode array instrumentation (UV-Visible) for many of the experiments. This instrumentation, whose purchase or upgrade is the focus of this proposal, is needed to make the student experience of general chemistry concepts, in a professional context, as effective as possible. In addition to the interdisciplinary nature of the materials developed, the CPLP has a strong faculty development focus. Community college faculty worked extensively during the dissemination program learning the methodology and pedagogy of these labs. It is anticipated that this program will, have a positive impact on teaching and learning chemistry as well as provide a more effective laboratory experience.