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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone
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Engaging Students in the Action of Chemistry: An Effective, Fun, and Inexpensive Outreach Program
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Jane M. Van Doren, Lisa P. Nestor, and W. Berk Knighton
College of the Holy Cross, Department of Chemistry, One College St., Worcester, MA 01610
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October 1997
Vol. 74 No. 10
p. 1178
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Engaging students actively is essential for an effective outreach program. Our program engages students by appointing them as chief detectives in a mystery. Their goal is to determine the identify of the thief. The program is designed for middle school students with little or no laboratory experience and is structured so that these students can solve the mystery themselves with minimal assistance from laboratory supervisors. Students are presented with a synopsis of the mystery, small samples of evidence collected at the scene and information about the suspects. Through a series of chemical experiments students identify the evidence collected. Using this information together with the information provided about the suspects and the crime scene, students determine the identify of the thief. Students involved in this program learn about experimental design, careful observation, analytical reasoning and have fun in the process. The program is designed to spark interest in science and to build student self-confidence by actively involving students in an experimental investigation.
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Van Doren, Jane M.; Nestor, Lisa P.; Knighton, W. Berk. J. Chem. Educ. 1997 74 1178.
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Analytical Chemistry, Forensic Chemistry, Outreach, and Qualitative Analysis
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