Engaging Social Science and Humanities Students in Community-Based Research on Nitrogen Oxide Pollution

Abstract

A significant challenge to the community of chemistry education is the creation of materials that can be used in nonscience settings, including those of social science and humanities classrooms. As part of a larger effort to engage new communities in understanding how science data can impact such settings, including in the community, an experiment to detect the level of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in the air was implemented in university sociology and history classrooms. The use of an authentic scientific method within these settings generated important data for classroom use in classroom sociological and historical discussions. The impact on student attitudes and learning was also determined.

Advanced Technique-Based Combination of Innovation Education and Safety Education in Higher Education

“…Thus, it is a good model to be selected as an advanced technique for conducting laboratory education. Education of laboratory practices based on a new technique (e.g., paper microfluidic technology) not only can train the students’ process skills , but also can strengthen their collaborative and scientific humanistic spirit. , Furthermore, an effective combination of classroom education with the related laboratory practices can provide a review on the knowledge learned in class, cultivate the innovative consciousness of integrating theory with practice, and promote integrated multidimensional learning. , In this study, the laboratory practice and safety education associated with electrospinning is exhibited, which is aimed to (1) deepen and broaden the students’ fundamental knowledge about electrospinning learned in the classroom courses; (2) cultivate students’ practical skills and the relevant safety awareness; and (3) explain those innovations on electrospinning systems that resulted from the considerations of safe implementations for fostering the students’ innovation consciousness and innovation ability. The assessments on the goal achievement were conducted according to students’ usual performances (two of the seven times were in laboratory) and the final test scores.…”

Use of Uncertainty Calculation Software as a Didactic Tool to Improve the Knowledge of Chemistry Students in Analytical Method Validation

“…Environmental education plays a critical role in creating a more aware, engaged, and capable society that can address environmental challenges. In the literature, some educational projects on measuring outdoor and indoor air quality using commercial sensors ,,− and passive air samplers , have been described. However, exercises based on the interpretation and visualization of atmospheric data are still scarce, and no didactic tools are available to assist students in the correct validation of these low-cost analyzers.…”