ERIC Number: EJ1263690
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Jul
Pages: 8
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
EISSN: N/A
Experimenting with At-Home General Chemistry Laboratories during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Andrews, Jessica L.; de Los Rios, Juan Pablo; Rayaluru, Mythreyi; Lee, Seungwon; Mai, Lilly; Schusser, Anna; Mak, Chi H.
Journal of Chemical Education, v97 n7 p1887-1894 Jul 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, an at-home laboratory program was created and implemented for a section of the general chemistry course at the University of Southern California. The experiments were designed to only utilize safe household items and no special equipment. These laboratory activities, spanning over 4 weeks, focused on concepts usually covered in the final one-third of our second-semester chemistry laboratory, including pH, acid-base titrations, buffers, solubility, phase equilibria, and thermodynamics. In this article, we describe the design of the laboratories and our experience with this experiment, while also providing an assessment on how similar activities could be integrated profitably into a regular general chemistry course.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Disease Control, School Closing, Science Experiments, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Hands on Science, Thermodynamics, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Experiments, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: Teachers
Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: California
Grant or Contract Numbers: CHE1664801