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Armstrong, Matthew; White, Joshua P.; Hudgins, Jesse W.; Bull, Geoffrey R.; James, Corey M.; Riegner, Dawn E.; Miller, April D.; Biaglow, Andrew – Chemical Engineering Education, 2019
The Kicking Mule Brewing Co. at West Point enables members of our chemical engineering club, students, and beer enthusiasts alike to acquire chemical engineering acumen, knowledge, and skills by developing a tangible product. Through a rigorous on-site brewing process with subject matter experts, our goal is enhancement of student chemical…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Science Process Skills, Skill Development, Hands on Science
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Pan, Yi; Li, Yue Ru; Zhao, Yu; Akins, Daniel L. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
A research project for senior undergraduates of chemistry has been developed to introduce syntheses of a series of monodispersed semiconductor PbS quantum dots (QDs) and their characterization methodologies. In this paper, we report the preparation of monodispersed semiconductor PbS QDs with sizes smaller than the exciton Bohr radius using a…
Descriptors: Synthesis, Quantum Mechanics, Case Studies, Undergraduate Students
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1985
Listed in this syllabus are concepts and understandings in four areas dealing with science, technology and society: (1) relationship of science and technology; (2) the nature of technology; (3) the interaction of science, technology, and society; and (4) making decisions about technology. Included with these concepts and understandings are…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Elementary School Science, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Curriculum Development. – 1985
Listed in this science syllabus are concepts and understandings in five areas of astronomy (earth, studying the heavens, earth's moon, the sun and other stars, and the solar system) and two areas of aerospace science (flight in air and flight in space). Included with these The booklet also includes questions for students to answer and, when…
Descriptors: Aerospace Education, Astronomy, Course Descriptions, Earth Science
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Curriculum Development. – 1985
Listed in this science syllabus are concepts and understandings in eight major areas: (1) forces, motion, and work; (2) introduction to energy; (3) mechanical energy and machines; (4) sound energy; (5) electromagnetic energy and light energy; (6) heat energy; (7) electric and magnetic energy; and (8) nuclear energy. The booklet also includes…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Elementary School Science, Energy, Energy Education
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Keselman, Alla – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2003
Early adolescents may lack the cognitive and metacognitive skills necessary for effective inquiry learning. In particular, they are likely to have a nonnormative mental model of multivariable causality in which effects of individual variables are neither additive nor consistent. Described here is a software-based intervention designed to…
Descriptors: Grade 6, Inferences, Metacognition, Cognitive Development