Instrumentation to Support the Revision of Analytical Chemistry for Today's Students: Aqueous Systems with Environmental Significance

这个项目详细介绍了一门新的定量分析课程的开发，该课程旨在激发化学专业学生和更多环境和生物科学学生的想象力和兴趣。修订后的课程将改善学生在教师导师的指导下为独立研究机会做准备。该项目是实施《水的化学》中的工作(美国国家科学基金会截止日期9156123)。主要目标是使学生能够：1)接受最新的、适合水平的和最高质量的分析化学培训；2)了解他们自己的实验室结果如何与正在进行的科学调查相关联，从而了解科学知识是如何通过整理独立的数据来源而取得进展的；3)掌握促进数据共享的互联网的力量；以及4)根据他们不同的学习风格进行作业。成功的创新和修改将与更大的化学和环境教育工作者社区分享。一个由化学、海洋和海岸科学系、环境科学和生物化学系的教职员工组成的工作组已经为学生设计了一套具有研究意义的海洋样本的方法。学生们将以许多不同的方式分析这些样本，并将他们的结果与活跃的研究科学家获得的结果进行比较。新的实验将由精通仪器化学海洋学(NSF BES 9402540)、微量元素分析(NSF OCE 9601668；NSF EAR 9316242)和与浮游植物色素作用相关的分析技术(NSF OCE 9402540)的项目调查人员设计。小组实验室活动的组织将部分基于P.Treichel和他的同事的想法(美国国家科学基金会，9450615)，也将受到与温室效应课程(美国国家科学基金，9354742)，以及最近在罗格斯大学开始的全机构科学、数学、工程和技术教育改革计划(国家科学基金，9850071)相关经验的影响。拟议中的创新将影响到不同的本科生群体。目前的注册人口统计表明，正在并将接触到适当的受众。(例如，1998年秋季：50%为男性，50%为女性；10%-15%为拉丁裔；5%-10%为非裔美国人)。修订后的课程将依赖于使用网络分发课程材料，并在学生之间以及从罗格斯大学长期生态系统观测站的网站上传输数据。

This project details the development of a new course in quantitative analysis that is designed to capture the imagination and interest of chemistry majors and of larger numbers of students of environmental and biological sciences. The revised course will improve students' preparation for independent research opportunities with faculty mentors. The project is to implement work from "The Chemistry of Water" (NSF DUE 9156123). The primary object is to enable students to: 1) receive training in analytical chemistry that is current, level-appropriate, and of the highest quality; 2) see how their own laboratory results relate to an ongoing scientific investigation and thus how scientific knowledge advances through collation of independent data sources; 3) gain mastery over the internet's power to facilitate the sharing of data; and 4) work on assignments that take account of their varied learning styles. Successful innovations and modifications will be shared with the larger community of chemical and environmental educators. A working group of faculty members from the Departments of Chemistry, Marine and Coastal Sciences, Environmental Sciences, and Biochemistry has devised means to obtain for students a set of oceanographic samples with research significance. Students will analyze these samples in many different ways and compare their results with those obtained by active research scientists. New experiments will be designed by project investigators knowledgeable in instrumental chemical oceanography (NSF BES 9402540); trace element analyses (NSF OCE 9601668; NSF EAR 9316242); and analytical techniques related to phytoplankton pigmentation (NSF OCE 9402540). The organization of the group laboratory activities will be based partly on the ideas of P.M. Treichel and colleagues (NSF DUE 9450615) and will also be influenced by experience gained in connection with a course on the Greenhouse Effect (NSF DUE 9354742), and a program recently begun at Rutgers for Institution-Wide Reform of Education in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (NSF DUE 9850071). The proposed innovations will affect a diverse group of undergraduates. Current enrollment demographics indicate that an appropriate audience is being and will be reached. (e.g., Fall 1998: 50% male, 50% female; 10-15% latino; 5-10% African-American). The revised course will rely on the use of the web for distribution of course materials and for transfer of data among students and from the web site for Rutgers' Long-term Ecosystem Observatory.