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Emiliano Foresto; Fiorela Nievas; Walter Giordano; Pablo Bogino – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
The curriculum for undergraduate Agricultural Engineering does not usually include much laboratory practice. In order to address this, here we propose the design of a practical class on legume-rhizobia symbiosis, using an interdisciplinary approach that takes elements from botany, agriculture, and microbiology. The students perform an assay to…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Interdisciplinary Approach, College Science, Prior Learning
St. John, Pamela M.; Kienzle, Scott D.; Flood, Brianna M.; Moody, Troy V.; DePaola, Nicole F.; Mass, Spencer – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
With the enormous reliance on plastics in the world today, bisphenol A, an additive used in the synthesis of many plastics, such as polycarbonate, has been found almost everywhere in our environment including in soil, in natural waters, and inside organisms including humans. A multidisciplinary experiment is presented that involves using flatworms…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Plastics, Science Experiments, Animals
Giancaspro, Joseph; Scollan, Patrick; Rosario, Juan; Miller, Elizabeth; Braziel, Samuel; Lee, Sunghee – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2022
In an upper-division interdisciplinary laboratory experiment, students use Raman spectroscopy to highlight how the overall structure and conformational order of lipid bilayers can be influenced by their individual phospholipid composition. Students prepare a supported lipid bilayer, as a model cell membrane, by spreading liposomes made of various…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments, Interdisciplinary Approach, Spectroscopy
Samuel Fura; Samuel Abidemi Oluwole; Queen Assala Hakim; Hikari Sanchez; Daniela Toledo; Aline Andrea Quintana; Christian Agatemor – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
Chemists have always designed and deployed cross-disciplinary approaches that interface chemistry with other disciplines to proffer solutions to many human problems. We designed a laboratory experiment that implements chemistry concepts in a biological model to prime undergraduate students to appreciate interdisciplinarity as an approach to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments
Den Auwer, Christophe; Bayle, Simon; Beccia, Maria Rosa; Bosio, Sandra; Creff, Gaëlle; Jeanson, Aurélie; Michel, Hervé; Pitiot, Christophe; Zurita, Cyril – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
As part of their third-year general chemistry program, students at the University of the Côte d'Azur are taught the basics of radioactivity. The view that third-year university students have of the periodic Table of the Elements is often reduced because it ignores the vast majority of isotopes. As part of this program, a practicum devoted to the…
Descriptors: Radiation, Chemistry, College Science, Science Instruction
Thoms, L.-J.; Colicchia, G.; Girwidz, R. – Physics Teacher, 2021
Optical polarization phenomena are omnipresent in physics, chemistry, biology, and technology. Studying optical polarization is best done through an interdisciplinary approach that combines biology and technology, which usually makes things more interesting to students. Seeing Haidinger's brush for the first time can be an exciting discovery for…
Descriptors: Observation, Light, Optics, Handheld Devices
Zapata, Fe´lix; Lo´pez-Ferna´ndez, Adria´n; Ortega-Ojeda, Fernando; Quintanilla, Gloria; Garci´a-Ruiz, Carmen; Montalvo, Gemma – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
Infrared (IR) spectroscopy is a vibrational spectroscopic technique useful in chemical, pharmaceutical, and forensic sciences. It is essential to identify chemicals for reasons spanning from scientific research and academic practices to quality control in companies. However, in some university degrees, graduate students do not get the proficiency…
Descriptors: Spectroscopy, Chemistry, Science Instruction, Science Experiments
Mei Zhang; Wangmin Hu; Wenjing Liu; Chang Lei; Jun Guo; Hongcai Shang; Junling Hou – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Interdisciplinary experiments within chemistry are very important for the improvements in the overall quality of the education received by students. In this work, we describe an interdisciplinary experiment that was successfully completed by undergraduate students. This training integrates multiple disciplines including natural product medicinal…
Descriptors: Science Experiments, Laboratory Experiments, Chemistry, Spectroscopy
Vasicek, Thaddeus W.; Kress, Patrick M.; Jenkins, Samir V. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2020
Nanoscale phenomena are under increasingly intense investigation both in academia and industry. The unique physical and chemical properties stemming from their high surface area and confined space lead to properties that are distinct from atomic and bulk materials. Students need experience in nanoscience to enter this growing field of nanoscience…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Engineering Education, Technology, Molecular Structure
Li, Xin; Deng, Yanping; Jiang, Zhimin; Shen, Rongchen; Xie, Jun; Liu, Wei; Chen, Xiaobo – Journal of Chemical Education, 2019
Photocatalytic hydrogen generation over semiconductor photocatalysts has attracted considerable attention over the past few decades. This experiment is designed for sophomore- and higher-level undergraduates who are in the majors of materials chemistry, analytical chemistry, catalysis, or chemical engineering. In this experiment, CdS nanoparticles…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Science Instruction, Chemistry
Niu Huang; Chao Li; Shili Gan; Cancan Le; Huan Liu; Wei Liu; Liqun Ye – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
With the benefits of low cost, energy efficiency, and environmental protection, photocatalytic hydrogen production is considered to be the most promising technology for the development of a clean and sustainable society. However, the utilization of photocatalytically generated hydrogen is not very common yet. Therefore, tertiary education urgently…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Science, Chemistry, Botany
Bellová, Renata; Blahútová, Dana; Culková, Eva; Kubatka, Peter; Tomcík, Peter – American Biology Teacher, 2021
The authors of this article applied the determination of phenolic and flavonoid content in small berries to create a didactic cycle based on student-centered active learning (SCAL) in which students actively participated in the topic while studying and profile-forming as future biology and chemistry teachers. The fundamental part of the proposed…
Descriptors: Food, Student Centered Learning, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
Wink, Donald J.; Lynn, Lisa; Fendt, Carol; Snow, Melanie J.; Muhammad, Ray; Todd-Breland, Elizabeth – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
A significant challenge to the community of chemistry education is the creation of materials that can be used in nonscience settings, including those of social science and humanities classrooms. As part of a larger effort to engage new communities in understanding how science data can impact such settings, including in the community, an experiment…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Humanities, Science Education, Chemistry
Rogosic, Renato; Heidt, Benjamin; Passariello-Jansen, Juliette; Björnör, Saga; Bonni, Silvio; Dimech, David; Arreguin-Campos, Rocio; Lowdon, Joseph; Jiménez Monroy, Kathia L.; Caldara, Manlio; Eersels, Kasper; van Grinsven, Bart; Cleij, Thomas J.; Diliën, Hanne – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
The need to develop interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) skills in young pupils has driven many educational systems to include STEM as a subject in primary schools. In this work, a science kit aimed at children from 8 to 14 years old is presented as a support platform for an innovative and stimulating approach to…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, STEM Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Skill Development
Planinsic, Gorazd; Etkina, Eugenia – Physics Education, 2019
In this paper we present activities that can help students deepen their understanding of DC circuits and develop practical competences. The students investigate electric properties of commercially available conductive thread and solve a practical design task using the thread. The activities follow the framework of investigative science learning…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Physics, Engineering, Interdisciplinary Approach