Correction to “Exploring the Phases of Carbon Dioxide and the Greenhouse Effect in an Introductory Chemistry Laboratory”

Adding a Greenhouse Gas Module to a Molecular Modeling Activity in General Chemistry

“…2,6,12−16 Interventions have included the development of demonstrations, 12,14 laboratory exercises, 13,15−17 and entire courses. 2, 6 These interventions have been applied in settings from high school classes as well as outreach 12,14 to nonscience majors college courses 2 to general chemistry 6,13,15,16 and the physical chemistry laboratory. 17 Finkenstaedt-Quinn et al note that it would be particularly helpful in secondary education to have "comprehensive, concise, and user-friendly instructional modules" related to climate change.…”

“…Numerous innovations that bring climate change into the curriculum have been previously reported. ,,− Interventions have included the development of demonstrations, , laboratory exercises, ,− and entire courses. , These interventions have been applied in settings from high school classes as well as outreach , to nonscience majors college courses to general chemistry ,,, and the physical chemistry laboratory …”

Reply to “Benchtop Global Warming Demonstrations Do Not Exemplify the Atmospheric Greenhouse Effect, but Alternatives Are Available”

“…These papers, published in the physics literature, demonstrate a fundamental flaw in the classic greenhouse gas demonstration that was published previously 4−7 and was included in our recent paper. 8 In response to this information, we have submitted a correction to our paper 9 that alerts readers to this issue and provides suggestions of possible modifications to the experiment that could be used with the presented lab materials to help students develop a molecular-level understanding of the greenhouse effect.…”