Beschreibung:
DONALD J. WINK, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. SHARON FETZER-GISLASON, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. JULIE ELLEFSON KUEHN, William Rainey Harper College, USA.
An inquiry-based laboratory program for general chemistry consisting of modules that each present a scenario from the world of a chemical professional. Students build skills using important chemical concepts and techniques to the point where they are able to design a solution to a scenario drawn from a professional environment. The scenarios are drawn from the lives of people who work with chemistry every day, ranging from field ecologists to chemical engineers, and including many health professionals as well.
Introduction - Methods of Inquiry: Chemical and Physical Properties - Indirect Measurement: Float an Egg - Mass Stoichiomietry: Phosphorus Analysis - Metal Ions and the Blood: Treat Iron Deficiencyb? Overload - Analysis of Complex Solutions: Bloodwork Quick with a "Finger Stick" - Acid-Base Titration and the Global Carbon Cycle: Predict Effects of Rising Levels of CO2 - Buffers and Life: Save a Cardiac Arrest Patient - Measurement of Chemical Reaction Rates: Clean up Waste Water - Electrochemical Monitoring: Glucose Determination - Thermochemistry: Materials and Temperature Control - Ecological Element Cycles: Judge Levels of Environmental Change - Chemical Equilibrium: Control of Ion Concentrations - Pure Gases and Gas Mixtures