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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2004  > May  >
Information, Textbooks, Media, Resources
Chemical Information Instructor
A Chemical Information Assignment for Nonscience Majors
Laura E. Pence
Department of Chemistry, University of Hartford, West Hartford, CT 06117
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May 2004
Vol. 81 No. 5
p. 764
Abstract
The chemical information needs of nonscience majors are equally important compared to those of science majors but require a focus on different types of information. An assignment has been created to help nonscience majors gain familiarity with chemical information, specifically focusing on Internet resources and practical applications. The students are asked to research an urban legend, to establish connections between chemistry and their majors, to discover the types and sources of pollution that affect their hometowns, to determine the health and environmental hazards associated with a specific chemical, and then to apply their information to the task of writing a riskÐbenefit analysis of living in their hometowns. The assignments are personalized for each student and were better received that the original term paper assignment used in previous years.
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The student handout, Gathering Hometown Environmental Information Worksheet, is available.
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 Pence, Laura E. J. Chem. Educ. 2004 81 764.
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 Chemical Information; Consumer Chemistry; Environmental Chemistry; Internet; Introductory / High School Chemistry; Nonmajor Courses; Writing in Chemistry
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