The Chemistry of Cat Litter: Activities for High School Students to Evaluate a Commercial Product's Properties and Claims Using the Tools of Chemistry

Autor/inn/en	Celestino, Teresa; Marchetti, Fabio
Titel	The Chemistry of Cat Litter: Activities for High School Students to Evaluate a Commercial Product's Properties and Claims Using the Tools of Chemistry
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 92 (2015) 8, S.1359-1363 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI	10.1021/ed500505j
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Secondary School Science; Chemistry; High School Students; Science Instruction; Science Activities; Experiential Learning; Laboratory Experiments; Problem Solving; Cooperative Learning; Interdisciplinary Approach; Science and Society; Foreign Countries; Italy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Chemie; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Laboratory work; Laborarbeit; Problemlösen; Kooperatives Lernen; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Ausland; Italien
Abstract	Educating future scientists and citizens is more effective if students are guided to correctly apply what they learned in school to their daily lives. This experience-based work is focused on the study of a well-known commercial product: cat litter. This material offers different starting points for a critical examination. Questions related to physical properties at the origin of the litter's efficacy, to information on chemical composition provided in the packaging, and to environmental features and possible noxiousness of cat litter were asked to be investigated by secondary school 14-15 year old students, through laboratory experiments based on problem solving approach, analysis of tag claims of different cat litter brands and cooperative learning activities. This multidisciplinary approach gives the chance to learn effectively chemistry core concepts and to avoid the typical students' lack of attention. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01