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Interdisciplinary Learning with Computational Chemistry: A Collaboration between Chemistry and Geology
Kenny B. Lipkowitz, Mehran Jalaie, and Daniel Robertson
Department of Chemistry, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN 46202-3274

Andrew Barth
Department of Geology, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indeianapolis, IN 46202

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May 1999
Vol. 76 No. 5
p. 684
Abstract
This paper makes the argument that if chemistry is to be regarded as the "central science" we need to do a better job reaching out to educators in other disciplines who wish to teach their students concepts and applications in chemistry. Computational chemistry is inherently multidisciplinary and capable of conveying to students in cognate disciplines both fundamental and relevant topics of chemistry at the atomic and molecular level. We have used this tool as a bridge between the disciplines of geology and chemistry. Presented here is a pedagogical collaboration in which computational chemistry is integrated into a geology course on the topic of mineralogy. Four laboratory assignments for this course are presented. Discussions of the objectives and goals of each computational chemistry laboratory assignment are presented along with the impact of chemistry in the mineralogy curriculum.

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*  Citation
 Lipkowitz, Kenny B.; Jalaie, Mehran; Robertson, Daniel; Barth, Andrew. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 684.
*  Keywords
 Computational Chemistry; Geochemistry; Curriculum; Multidisciplinary Programs; mineralogy; visualization
*  History
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Last Updated:		 June 11, 1999
June 23, 2005
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