JCE Online Journal of Chemical EducationDivision of Chemical Education, American Chemical SocietyAmerican Chemical Society
 | Subscriptions  | Software Orders  | Support  | Contributors  | Advertisers  | 



  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2006  > July  >
In the Laboratory
Green Chemistry
Teaching Lab Report Writing through Inquiry: A Green Chemistry Stoichiometry Experiment for General Chemistry
Kristen L. Cacciatore
Dedham High School, Dedham, MA 02026

Hannah Sevian
Departments of Chemistry and Curriculum & Instruction, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA 02125

Cover
July 2006
Vol. 83 No. 7
p. 1039
Abstract
We present an alternative to a traditional first-year chemistry laboratory experiment. This experiment has four key features: students utilize stoichiometry, learn and apply principles of green chemistry, engage in authentic scientific inquiry, and discover why each part of a scientific lab report is necessary. The importance and essential qualities of written and verbal communication between scientists are discovered by students as they experiment by attempting to replicate different sample lab reports, each lacking some essential information. Experimenting in this way meets several general chemistry goals simultaneously: completion of an experiment on mass–mole relationships in a chemical reaction, demonstration of green chemistry ideas in action, and, most importantly, instruction on how and why scientists communicate in a standard written format. In fact, students invent these standards themselves as they discover this critical process skill through inquiry.
Supplement
Instructions for the students, three sets of the sample lab, and notes for the instructor are available.
*  Contents JCE2006p1039W.doc (Microsoft Word)
*  Download
JCE2006p1039W.pdf

JCE2006p1039W.zip
More Information
*  Citation
 Cacciatore, Kristen L.; Sevian, Hannah. J. Chem. Educ. 2006 83 1039.
*  Keywords
 Communication / Writing; Environmental Chemistry; First-Year Undergraduate / General; Gravimetric Analysis; Green Chemistry; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; High School / Introductory Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Learning; Laboratory Instruction; Quantitative Analysis; Stoichiometry
*  History
 Created:
Last Updated:		 5/26/2006
5/31/2006
<< Previous Article Table of Contents Next Article >>
  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2006  > July  > Page 1039



Chemistry Teacher Connection

The "Chemistry Teacher Connection" (CTC) is especially for high school chemistry teachers. For only $40/year, it offers an online-only subscription to CLIC along with membership in the Division of Chemical Education, normally $65/year. CTC subscribers receive access to all articles and supplements from 1996 through the current issue.
More About CTC
Order the Chemistry Teacher Connection

C&EN CLICs

Through special arrangement with the ACS, JCE High School CLIC is now able to provide subscribers with online access to Chemical & Engineering News articles that have been selected specifically for secondary science instructors and their students. 
 C&EN CLICs

JCE Collections Available
Occasionally, collections of JCE back issues become available for donation to individual teachers, schools, or libraries. JCE matches collections with interested recipients. Recipients pay shipping costs or pick up the collection.
 List of available collections

Contributions Welcome
JCE welcomes your submission
 Contributors's Corner

Subscriptions
 Subscription Info
 Order Forms

Fishing for New Ideas
Always in the
process of
improving, CLIC
welcomes ideas and comments.

Email Us

NSF logoDivCHEDACS ACS PubsFor journals in other fields of chemistry visit ACS Publications.
Comments to
jceonline@chem.wisc.edu		 Copyright © 2008 Division of Chemical Education, Inc., American Chemical Society.
All rights reserved.		  Terms | Privacy