Activities for Middle School Students To Sleuth a Chemistry 'Whodunit' and Investigate the Scientific Method

Autor:	Cassandra M. Knutson, Sharon Halderman, John W. Thompson, Lizanne DeStefano, Ayesha S. Tillman, Melissa A. Maurer-Jones, Solaire A. Finkenstaedt-Quinn, A. Meyer, Sarah M. Gruba, Christy L. Haynes, Ben M. Meyer
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Outreach Engineering business.industry Forensic chemistry ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Engineering ethics Analytical Chemistry (journal) General Chemistry Chemistry (relationship) business Engineering physics Education Public interest
Zdroj:	Journal of Chemical Education. 91:410-413
ISSN:	1938-1328 0021-9584
DOI:	10.1021/ed4006562
Popis:	The recent increased public interest in forensic science, sparked in part by television shows such as CSI and Bones, presents an opportunity for science educators to engage students in forensic chemistry-themed activities to introduce fundamental concepts, such as the scientific method. In an outreach setting, mysteries were used as a way to engage middle school students to select forensics tests, form hypotheses, make observations while conducting the tests, consider positive and negative controls, and use the results to reach conclusions. Student data shows that the outreach activities generally increase student understanding of the scientific method. These activities have been translated from outreach activities into accessible activities for middle and high school classrooms.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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