Bioplastics in the General Chemistry Laboratory: Building a Semester-Long Research Experience

Autor/inn/en	Ward, Alexandra M.; Wyllie, Graeme R. A.
Titel	Bioplastics in the General Chemistry Laboratory: Building a Semester-Long Research Experience
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 96 (2019) 4, S.668-676 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Wyllie, Graeme R. A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI	10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00666
Schlagwörter	Undergraduate Students; College Science; Chemistry; Science Laboratories; Plastics; Pollution; Scientific Research; Research Projects; Student Research; Science Process Skills; Skill Development; Research Design; Data Collection; Communication Skills; Critical Thinking; Student Centered Learning; Science Instruction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Chemie; Plastisches Material; Schadstoffbelastung; Forschungsvorhaben; Studentenforschung; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Forschungsdesign; Data capture; Datensammlung; Kommunikationsstil; Kritisches Denken; Group work; Student-entered learning; Student-centred learning; Student centred learning; Schülerorientierter Unterricht; Schülerzentrierter Unterricht; Gruppenarbeit; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht
Abstract	We report here a second semester general chemistry laboratory project themed around chitosan-alginate bioplastics. With increasing awareness of plastic pollution in the environment and the awareness of the importance for materials which are either made from renewable resources or are biodegradable, this topic provides a relevant opportunity to engage students. The semester-long laboratory experience has students working in teams first to complete a series of core experiments which provide a foundational experience in preparing and testing chitosan-alginate bioplastics prior to developing and implementing a project in a direction of their own choosing. The benefit of these student directed research projects can include enhanced engagement and can allow development of skills such as experiment design, data collection and analysis, written and oral dissemination, and critical thinking. We describe here both the core module in bioplastics which has the potential to be incorporated as a self-contained module by interested parties along with the way in which this is expanded to incorporate the student directed projects. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01