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Elizabeth W. Kelley – Journal of Chemical Education, 2023
The pharmaceutical industry has been a major player in improving life expectancies and driving chemistry employment. While computational chemistry tools increasingly guide pharmaceutical research decisions, high school and undergraduate chemistry curricula do not reflect the prevalence of such techniques. Incorporation of computational tools into…
Descriptors: Secondary School Science, High School Students, Chemistry, Computer Assisted Design
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Shannon C. Timmons; Aleksandra Kuzmanov – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Health-related career goals are popular among high school science students, yet few understand the application of chemistry and biology research to the field of medicine and its impact on society. In this five-day multidisciplinary summer camp, high school students learn about the real-world relevance of medicinal chemistry research and its…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Molecular Structure, Medicine, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Vieira, Lucas Augusto; Júnior, José Bento Suart; de Oliveira Prado, Danielle Gonçalves; Ramires, Thiago Gentil; Fernandes, Vitor Borsatto – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2022
The present work is the report of an intern, who through the theme: "Drugs" shows the importance of the use of didactic sequence in the teaching of chemistry for the construction of concepts. The content was applied in classes of the 3rd year of high school, in a public school, in the city of Apucarana - PR. In this sense, the main types…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Secondary School Science, High Schools
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Adel Karara; Anjan Nan; Yen Dang; Rekha Shukla – Journal of STEM Outreach, 2023
The Maryland Action for Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Research (MADDPR) Program provides hands-on lab experience and mentoring to underserved minority high school students. Over 4 years, 93 high school students and their science teachers participated in the two-week summer camp program which was led by 15 faculty from the School of Pharmacy.…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Rural Schools, Minority Group Students, High School Students
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de Souza, Renata Torres Mattos P.; Kasseboehmer, Ana Cla´udia – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
This paper reports the development of a digital escape room for high school students using Genially, a web-based media platform. The escape room was used to aid understanding of basic concepts in chemistry and mostly enhance students' classes participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. The activity entitled "The thalidomide mystery"…
Descriptors: Science Education, Secondary School Science, Educational Games, High School Students
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Wan, Dongsheng; Subramaniam, R. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2023
Though there are a multiplicity of approaches that have been used to promote Nature of Science (NOS) among school students, an approach based on exploration of a scientific discovery indigenous to the sample population, of contemporary interest, and based on a topic outside the school science syllabus seems to be lacking in the literature. This…
Descriptors: Medicine, Indigenous Knowledge, Intervention, Asian Culture