Advancing Undergraduate Chemical Education Through Contextualized Organic Laboratories

该项目的重点是开发、实施和评估跨学科科学教育材料，以探索治疗被忽视疾病的药物为背景。为了解决这一智力挑战，通过解决这些核心科学学科的问题，学生们接受了化学合成、计算分析和生物评估方面的培训。作为课程工作的一部分，学生获得应用科学解决重要人道主义问题的一般知识，了解药物发现过程，使用综合STEM技能，并参与国内和国际学生和教师合作。独立的专业评估是项目设计的一部分。智力方面的优点包括开发教材，使学生能够了解药物发现过程，并在本科教育期间进行重大研究，而不会产生预定的结果。更广泛的影响包括自成一体的讲座和实验室模块，制作这些模块是为了实现简单、可重复和廉价的、易于传播的、有背景的、多学科的科学实验室体验。

The focus of this project is to develop, implement and evaluate interdisciplinary science education materials, contextualized around the quest for drug discovery to treat neglected diseases. In order to solve this intellectual challenge, students are trained in chemical synthesis, computational analysis and biological evaluation through problem solving in each of these core scientific disciplines. As part of their course work, students gain general literacy regarding the application of science to solving important humanitarian problems, learn about the drug discovery process, use integrated STEM skills, and participate in national and international student and teacher collaborations. Independent professional assessment is part of the project design. Intellectual merit includes development of educational materials that will enable students to learn about the drug discovery process and perform significant research with no predetermined outcome during their undergraduate education. Broader impacts include the self-contained modules of lectures and labs, produced to achieve a readily disseminated, contextualized, multidisciplinary science laboratory experience that are simple, reproducible and inexpensive.