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A Chemical Information Assignment for Nonscience Majors
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The chemical information needs of nonscience majors are equally important compared to those of science majors but require a focus on different types of information. An assignment has been created to help nonscience majors gain familiarity with chemical information, specifically focusing on Internet resources and practical applications. The students are asked to research an urban legend, to establish connections between chemistry and their majors, to discover the types and sources of pollution that affect their hometowns, to determine the health and environmental hazards associated with a specific chemical, and then to apply their information to the task of writing a risk–benefit analysis of living in their hometowns. The assignments are personalized for each student and were better received that the original term paper assignment used in previous years.
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High School / Introductory ChemistryKeywords (Domain):
Environmental ChemistryKeywords (Feature):
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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