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In the Classroom
Using Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy To Analyze Archaeological Materials
Introducing Scientific Concepts and Scientific Literacy to Students from All Disciplines
Adam D. Hill and Ann H. Lehman
Electron Microscopy Facility, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106

Maria L. Parr
Department of Chemistry, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 06106

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May 2007
Vol. 84 No. 5
p. 810
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Scientific literacy is an important goal of the undergraduate curriculum, particularly for nonscience majors. In a course linking chemistry and archaeology, students analyze artifacts with a scanning electron microscope coupled with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS) to discover the relationship between materials and the culture that produced them. As part of this workshop, students can more fully explore the role of chemistry in archaeology and learn about scientific principles and materials science. In addition, they can develop critical thinking skills that can be applied throughout the curriculum.
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Hill, Adam D.; Lehman, Ann H.; Parr, Maria L. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 810.
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Keywords
Analytical Chemistry; Applications of Chemistry; First-Year Undergraduate / General; Hands-On Learning / Manipulatives; Inorganic Chemistry; Interdisciplinary / Multidisciplinary; Nonmajor Courses; Spectroscopy
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