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Chemistry for Everyone
Chemistry for Kids
Lead-Testing Service to Elementary and Secondary Schools Using Anodic Stripping Voltammetry
Amanda Goebel, Tracy Vos, Anne Louwagie, Laura Lundbohm, and Jay H. Brown
Science Department, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, MN 56258

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February 2004
Vol. 81 No. 2
p. 214

Abstract
This article outlines a successful community service project that involved members of our undergraduate chemistry club and area elementary schools. Elementary school students from various science classes throughout the region collected drinking water samples and mailed them to the university for analysis. Chemistry club members analyzed the water samples for possible lead contamination using anodic stripping voltammetry. The results and experimental data were returned to the science teachers for use in a variety of class projects. Chemistry club members presented their work during our annual Environmental Chemistry Conference. All participating science classes were invited to the conference. Over the years, participation in this project has steadily increased to its current enrollment of 28 science classes throughout the region.
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*  Citation
Goebel, Amanda; Vos, Tracy; Louwagie, Anne; Lundbohm, Laura; Brown, Jay H. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 214.
*  Keywords
Analytical Chemistry; Electrochemistry; Elementary / Middle School Science; Environmental Chemistry; Lead; Outreach; Quantitative Analysis
*  History
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January 5, 2004
February 25, 2005
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