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Ani Nvehr Davis; Stephan Georgiev Michaelov; Clayton Joshua Rogers; Leighann Rose Weber; Brycelyn Marie Boardman; Gretchen Marie Peters – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Polymer chemistry is an important subject in the undergraduate chemistry curriculum. It is required for ACS-certified degrees and significantly connects to real world issues like the plastic waste crisis. While some concepts of polymer chemistry can be incorporated into lecture courses, students' understanding of material properties and…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Plastics, Undergraduate Study, College Science
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Panebianco, Christopher J.; Iatridis, James C.; Weiser, Jennifer R. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2022
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many universities have switched to online learning platforms, which inhibits engineering students from completing formative hands-on experiments. To address this, we developed at-home experiments for an undergraduate biomaterials course. These inquiry-based learning experiments were well received by students and…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Inquiry, Laboratory Experiments
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Martin, Erika C. – American Biology Teacher, 2021
This project involves students in a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) as part of the traditional introductory biology laboratory course. Recently, research has shown that student engagement in authentic research has significant positive impacts on students, such as development of science literacy and reasoning skills. Being…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Projects, Laboratory Experiments
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Mc Ilrath, Sean P.; Robertson, Nicholas J.; Kuchta, Robert J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2012
Plastics are more prevalent in our society than ever before, yet the general public has a limited understanding of why plastics have properties that are vastly different from other common materials such as glass and ceramics. This lab is designed to introduce students to several introductory principles of polymer science and their relation to the…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Plastics, Inquiry
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Compton, Owen C.; Egan, Martin; Kanakaraj, Rupa; Higgins, Thomas B.; Nguyen, SonBinh T. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2012
Periodic conductivity trends are placed in the scope of lithium-ion batteries, where increases in the ionic radii of salt components affect the conductivity of a poly(ethyleneoxide)-based polymer electrolyte. Numerous electrolytes containing varying concentrations and types of metal salts are prepared and evaluated in either one or two laboratory…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Plastics, Undergraduate Students, College Science
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Bindis, Michael P.; Bretz, Stacey Lowery; Danielson, Neil D. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2011
The high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) experiment, most often done in the undergraduate analytical instrumentation laboratory course, generally illustrates reversed-phase chromatography using a commercial C[subscript]18 silica column. To avoid the expense of periodic column replacement and introduce a choice of columns with different…
Descriptors: Plastics, Chemistry, Laboratories, Undergraduate Study