TY - JOUR
T1 - Community Awareness and Service Learning in Analytical Chemistry Laboratories
AU - Miller, Andrew
AU - Gift, Alan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - A service-learning project was completed in both a senior and sophomore-level analytical chemistry course. Both projects took place at a local wetland managed by a nonprofit volunteer group. The two classes performed an in-depth water quality analysis and soil/sediment extractions examining the spatial variation of nutrients. The senior-level class had a deep connection with the nonprofit group. The students reported their results to the nonprofit in a poster presentation, an entry in the newsletter for the nonprofit, and in a final written report. They were also required to give a more technical poster presentation at a chemistry department seminar. For the sophomore-level class, the only connection with the nonprofit group was through a field sampling event. The impact of working at the site was evaluated by a paired pre/post-survey and through standard course evaluations. For the students who completed the pre/post-survey, there was a statistically significant increase in the students' knowledge of the community. Students also report an appreciation for "real-world" application of chemistry content.
AB - A service-learning project was completed in both a senior and sophomore-level analytical chemistry course. Both projects took place at a local wetland managed by a nonprofit volunteer group. The two classes performed an in-depth water quality analysis and soil/sediment extractions examining the spatial variation of nutrients. The senior-level class had a deep connection with the nonprofit group. The students reported their results to the nonprofit in a poster presentation, an entry in the newsletter for the nonprofit, and in a final written report. They were also required to give a more technical poster presentation at a chemistry department seminar. For the sophomore-level class, the only connection with the nonprofit group was through a field sampling event. The impact of working at the site was evaluated by a paired pre/post-survey and through standard course evaluations. For the students who completed the pre/post-survey, there was a statistically significant increase in the students' knowledge of the community. Students also report an appreciation for "real-world" application of chemistry content.
KW - Analytical Chemistry
KW - Applications of Chemistry
KW - Environmental Chemistry
KW - Inquiry-Based/Discovery Learning
KW - Second-Year Undergraduate
KW - Upper-Division Undergraduate
KW - Water/Water Chemistry
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00569
DO - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00569
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85067871323
SN - 0021-9584
JO - Journal of Chemical Education
JF - Journal of Chemical Education
ER -