"The Chemicals Project":: Connecting General Chemistry to Students' Lives

• Roland Stout ^[1]
  1. [1] University of North Carolina at Pembroke

     University of North Carolina at Pembroke

     Township of Pembroke, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 77, Nº 10 (October), 2000, págs. 1301-1301
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • "The Chemicals Project" described here strives to bring freshman chemistry alive for students by emphasizing its connection to the real world and to their own lives and experiences. Its major assignments deal with chemical phobias, recognizing the chemicals found in everyday life and chemical hazards (using Material Data Safety Sheets). The project is described in a cooperative learning format, employs portfolio grading, and includes a significant writing component. Ways of linking this project with the course lecture and student evaluations of the project are described. The bottom line: pre- and post-testing shows that it works. The Chemicals Project brings chemistry alive for students.