CHED 495 |
| This NSF-CCLI funded project (#0310616) deals with the development of an upper division chemistry course entitled “Industrial Processes and Their Impact on Society.” Although there are many Industrial Chemistry Courses offered, none utilize the active learning-civic engagement approach. The idea for the course grew out of the PI's involvement in the “SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) Summer Institute” and aims to incorporate the SENCER learning ideals into the this upper division course. The major course goals are to forge better university relations/communications with local industry and to provide the community with timely and accurate information on the impact of industrial processes going on in the state. The major student learning goals are: 1) to provide students with a fundamental understanding of the chemical and process design principles involved in making an industrial process economically viable; 2) to give students the critical thinking tools needed to understand the impact of a given industry on the surrounding environment; 3) to provide students with a balanced view of how local industry impacts the state economically, socially and environmentally. The course is based around field trips to five local chemical industrial plants: 1) a pulp mill; 2) a company that builds machines for making computer chips; 3) a working precious metal ore processing plant; 4) an aluminum ore processing plant; 5) a silicon purification plant. The students will be provided with background materials that contain the chemical process information and environmental impacts of the process. |
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General Papers
8:00 AM-11:25 AM, Thursday, 14 September 2006 San Francisco Marriott -- Salon 6, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |