Enhancing Undergraduate Chemistry Education through Incorporation of Art-based Experiments

化学(12)本项目正在为非理科专业开发一门艺术化学课程，为高水平化学专业开发一门分析化学艺术课程，为艺术专业开发一门专门的艺术课程。这些课程培养学生对化学的理解，以及使用分析化学工具(UV-Vis、FT-IR、拉曼、GC-MS、XRF)的分析技术。该项目围绕分析化学家、人类学家和艺术历史学家之间的专业知识协同交流而构建。通过这种交流，双方都意识到了更广泛的影响。该项目的目标包括：1)为非理科专业的学生，特别是艺术和人类学专业的学生创建和推广一个选项，以增加他们对化学及其与这些领域的相关性和应用的了解，特别是在艺术修复和保护方面；2)增加非理科专业的学生对化学的欣赏和更广泛的科学素养，3)发展化学学生对使用经典和现代分析仪器的理解和技能，以及4)增加化学学生对在非理科学科中使用分析化学技术的欣赏。正在开发16项实验室活动，其中许多是原创的，其中5项针对非科学和化学专业的学生，使用拉曼光谱和X射线荧光技术解决艺术、人类学、考古学和历史等感兴趣的问题。这些活动通过在化学、艺术保护和考古学会议和专业学会会议上的演讲以及通过在化学教育、人类学和艺术教育期刊上发表文章来分享。该项目还产生了对如何跨越文化和感兴趣的问题似乎完全不同的内容领域的洞察力。PI团队通过在专业会议上发表演讲，与更广泛的社区分享这些见解。该项目结合外部评价专门知识，研究实现目标的程度，以及作为该项目一部分执行的工作与该项目目标之间的关系。

Chemistry (12)This project is developing a chemistry of art course for non-science majors, an analytical chemistry of art course for upper-level chemistry majors and a special topics in art course for art majors. The courses develop students' understanding of the chemistry and analytical techniques using tools of analytical chemistry (UV-Vis, FT-IR, Raman, GC-MS, XRF). The project is structured around a synergistic exchange of expertise among analytical chemists, anthropologists, and art historians. Through this exchange, broader impacts are being realized on both sides. The goals of the project include: 1) creating and promoting an option for non-science majors, particularly art and anthropology majors, to increase their understanding of chemistry and its relevance to and uses in these fields, especially in art restoration and conservation, 2) increasing non-science majors' appreciation of chemistry and scientific literacy more generally, 3) developing chemistry students' understanding of and skills in using both classic and modern analytical instrumentation, and 4) increasing chemistry students' appreciation for the use of analytical chemistry techniques in non-science disciplines. Sixteen laboratory activities, many of which are original, with variations for non-science and chemistry majors for five of them, are being developed, using Raman spectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence applied to problems of interest in art, anthropology, archaeology, and history. These activities are being shared through presentations at chemistry, art conservation, and archaeology conferences and professional society meetings, and through publication in chemical education, anthropology and art education journals. The project also is generating insights into how to bridge across content domains whose cultures and problems of interest seem disparate. The PI team is sharing these insights with a broader community through presentations at professional meetings. The project integrates external evaluation expertise in studying the extent to which the goals are attained, and relationships between the work executed as part of this project and the project's goals.