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Project-Based Learning in Undergraduate Environmental Chemistry Laboratory: Using EPA Methods to Guide Student Method Development for Pesticide Quantitation
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Davis, Eric J.; Pauls, Steve; Dick, Jonathan – Journal of Chemical Education, 2017
Presented is a project-based learning (PBL) laboratory approach for an upper-division environmental chemistry or quantitative analysis course. In this work, a combined laboratory class of 11 environmental chemistry students developed a method based on published EPA methods for the extraction of dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and its…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Chemistry
Glycobiology, How to Sugar-Coat an Undergraduate Advanced Biochemistry Laboratory
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McReynolds, Katherine D. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2006
A second semester biochemistry laboratory has been implemented as an independent projects course at California State University, Sacramento since 1999. To incorporate aspects of carbohydrate biochemistry, or glycobiology, into our curriculum, projects in lectin isolation and purification were undertaken over the course of two semesters. Through…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Student Projects, Undergraduate Study, Advanced Courses
The Hands-On and Far-Out Physics Team: It Starts Out Walking.
Albrecht, Bob; Firedrake, George – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1998
The Hands-On and Far-Out Physics project is part of the Center for Technology, Environment, and Communication (C-TEC), a project-based learning community at Piner High School in Santa Rosa (California). This article introduces the project team, discusses member activities, presents a walking-speed experiment, and describes a Mars Colony course…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Activities, Physics, Science Experiments