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Chemistry for Everyone
Interdisciplinary Connections
The Art and Science of Light. An Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning Experience
A. M. R. P. Bopegedera
Department of Chemistry, The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA 98505
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January 2005
Vol. 82 No. 1
p. 55
Abstract
This paper describes the author’s experience of designing and teaching an interdisciplinary course titled “Light”, in collaboration with a visual artist. The goals of the course, texts used, laboratory work, art studio work, and other course activities are discussed with an emphasis on how light was used as a theme to make connections between science (chemistry in particular) and art. Student investigations of cross-cultural celebrations of light and their interdisciplinary independent projects are also presented. A sample lab, describing the use of visual approaches to help artistically inclined students learn scientific concepts, is discussed in detail.
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 Bopegedera, A. M. R. P. J. Chem. Educ. 2005 82 55.
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 Curriculum; Faculty Development; General Chemistry; Interdisciplinary / Multidisciplinary
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