Development, Implementation and Assessment of Novel Inquiry-based Interdisciplinary Materials on Sustainability for the Chemistry Curriculum

可持续发展的挑战跨越多个学科，准备应对这些挑战的学生必须能够对传统内容领域进行批判性思考。在这个项目中，石溪大学化学系和可持续发展研究项目的教职员工正在合作开发、实施和评估三门以可持续发展为重点的本科化学课程的学习材料。所开发的材料将涉及环境过程的化学、环境退化、能源生产以及可持续性的与化学相关和非化学相关方面之间的联系，如经济和政策。学生将在实验室课程中进行有意义的研究，评估太阳能藻类草坪洗涤器去除溪流和沿海水域中多余的氮和磷营养物质的效果，以及将产生的藻类生物量用作肥料的适宜性。这些都是针对化肥径流造成的沿海水质问题的潜在缓解策略。开发的材料将采用基于探究的学习策略，使用POGIL模式，并将创建现代技术模拟模型练习，指导学生理解化学概念及其与可持续发展问题的联系。编写的学习材料将通过出版物和演示文稿进行评估和传播，并将设计成适合其他机构采用。

The challenges of sustainability span disciplines, and students prepared to address those challenges must be able to think critically across traditional content areas. In this project, faculty from the Chemistry Department and Sustainability Studies Program at Stony Brook University are collaboratively developing, implementing, and assessing learning materials for three undergraduate chemistry courses that focus on sustainability. The developed materials will address the chemistry of environmental processes, environmental degradation, energy production and the connections between chemistry-related and non-chemistry-related aspects of sustainability, such as economics and policy. Students will conduct meaningful research in the laboratory course by evaluating the effectiveness of solar-powered algal turf scrubbers to remove excess nitrogen and phosphorus nutrients from streams and coastal waters, as well as the suitability of using the resulting algal biomass as fertilizer. These represent potential abatement strategies for the coastal water quality problem of fertilizer run-off. Developed materials will employ inquiry based learning strategies using the POGIL model, and modern technology - simulation model exercises that guide students in understanding chemistry concepts and their connections to issues of sustainability will be created. Developed learning materials will be evaluated and disseminated through publications and presentations, and will be designed to be suitable for adoption at other institutions.