Collaborative Project Gemini SPM: Scanning Probe Microscopy in Undergraduate Chemistry Courses

化学(12)这个合作项目正在将扫描探针显微镜(SPM)实验纳入伊利诺伊大学斯普林菲尔德分校(UIS)和南伊利诺伊大学爱德华兹维尔(SIUE)的化学实验室课程，并正在评估新开发的教材对学生学习的影响。两所学校正在将双高分辨率动态AFM/STM仪器整合到化学课程中，所有参与的PI定期会面，交流想法和资源，并将两所学校的本科生聚集在一起分享经验。由于这个项目，每年大约有1100名理工科学生被介绍扫描探针显微镜技术。这一群体还包括未来的药剂师、兽医、牙医和医生，他们都是我们多样化的劳动力中需要对科学有基本了解的成员。学生的学习目标包括：1)对科学的兴奋和热情，2)科学思维的应用意识，3)对表面化学的理解，4)提高定量推理、解决问题、分析和综合概念的能力。为了实现这些目标，实施了随着学生在课程中的进步而增加复杂性的实验，并包括典型类型的扫描探针显微镜，包括STM、AFM、侧向力AFM和动态模式AFM。智能优点：这些活动将扫描探针显微镜整合到化学课程中，通过使用实验室实验来吸引学生主动学习。正在调整和实施来自各种来源的现有实验室实验，重点是将SPM实际应用于本科化学课程的所有级别。这些教育工具的模块化性质使教育工作者能够用新的活动取代过时的活动，而不需要修改课程的所有方面，这种情况提供了一种可靠的手段，为向广泛的学生传授扫描探针显微镜概念提供了可靠的手段。这两所大学的PIS都让本科生参与了活动的开发和实施。广泛的影响：该项目促进了参与开发学习资源的理工科本科生、研究生和教职员工之间的互动。由于这些活动影响到大量学生，它们有可能提高SIUE和统计研究所三分之一以上的本科生对科学和技术的理解。扫描探针显微镜活动的跨学科性质使其成为展示发现和社会效益之间联系的有力工具。来自代表性不足群体的学生和非传统学生被包括在拟议的教育活动中，该项目产生的实验将通过基于网络的纳米级视频实验室手册和纳米世界电影院线在全国传播。

Chemistry (12)This collaborative project is incorporating scanning probe microscopy (SPM) experimentsinto chemistry laboratory courses at the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), and is assessing the impact of the newly developed educational materials on student learning. Twin high resolution dynamic AFM/STM instruments are being integrated into the chemistry curriculum at both schools, and all of the PIs involved meet periodically, exchange ideas and resources, and bring undergraduate students from both institutions together to share experiences. Approximately 1100 science and engineering students each year are being introduced to scanning probe microscopy techniques as a result of this project. This population also includes future pharmacists, veterinarians, dentists, and physicians, all members of our diverse workforce that need a fundamental understanding of science. Student learning objectives include: 1) excitement and enthusiasm for science, 2) awareness of applications of scientific thinking, 3) understanding of surface chemistry, and 4) improved quantitative reasoning, problem solving, analysis, and synthesis of concepts. To address these objectives, implemented experiments increase in sophistication as students progress through the curriculum, and consist of typical types of scanning probe microscopy including STM, AFM, lateral force AFM, and dynamic mode AFM.Intellectual Merit: The activities integrate scanning probe microscopy into chemistry coursesthrough the use of laboratory experiments that engage students in active learning. Existinglaboratory experiments from a variety of sources are being adapted and implemented, with an emphasis on real life applications of SPM applied to all levels of the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. The modular nature of these educational tools enables educators to replace outdated activities with new ones without needing to revise all aspects of the curriculum, a situation that provides a reliable means of institutionalizing the teaching of scanning probe microscopy concepts to a broad cross-section of students. PIs at both institutions are involving undergraduate students in the development and implementation of the activities.Broader Impact: The project fosters interactions among science and engineering undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty who are involved in developing the learning resources. Since the activities are reaching large numbers of students, they have the potential to improve scientific and technological understanding in over one third of the undergraduate student population at SIUE and UIS. The interdisciplinary nature of scanning probe microscopy activities makes them powerful tools to demonstrate the link between discovery and societal benefits. Students from underrepresented groups and non-traditional students are included in the proposed education activities, and the experiments resulting from this project will be nationally disseminated through the web-based Nanoscale Video Lab Manual and Nanoworld Cineplex of Movies.