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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2000  > December  >
In the Classroom
Water: A Powerful Theme for an Interdisciplinary Course
Frederick Dean Tabbutt
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505
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December 2000
Vol. 77 No. 12
p. 1594
Abstract
A multidisciplinary, team-taught, introductory course that has been taught for several years at The Evergreen State College is described. Water, the theme of the course, has proven to be a more powerful integrating theme than the original planners of the course anticipated and has involved faculty in chemistry, marine biology, environmental policy, oceanography, and geology to name a few. The chemistry section, which used a systems approach to introducing students to the aquatic chemistry of natural systems, is outlined. The graphical methods employed were simple enough that students with no previous chemistry could deal with the complex acid/base and redox systems found in nature. The graphical approach is explained.

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*  Citation
 Tabbutt, Frederick Dean. J. Chem. Educ. 2000 77 1594.
*  Keywords
 Acid–Base Chemistry; Aqueous Solution Chemistry; Environmental Chemistry; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Method; Multidisciplinary Programs; Problem-Based Learning; Redox Reactions; Thermodynamics
*  History
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Last Updated:		 November 3, 2000
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