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Case Study
CHEMISTRY 110: CHEMISTRY AND ISSUES IN THE ENVIRONMENT
Charles E. Ophardt, Professor of Chemistry,
Elmhurst College, Illinois, USA
email: charleso@elmhurst.edu
CHM 110 - Internet site Address
Course Requirements:
Lecture/ On-line Web Board Discussions -13:
A detailed topical outline in provided with notes from the professor, as well as, many other Internet sites. Students are to respond on the Web Board to three questions from a selection of 7-10.
Issues: Debates/Role Plays - 6: On-line Web Board Discussions
A technological issue is examined from many points of view by assigning students a "role" to research and examine from the scientific, economic, social, and ethical viewpoints. Informational searches use "outside" Internet sites.
Examples are: Global Warming, Nuclear Power Plants, Chlorine Ban in Industrial Synthesis, Ozone Depletion, Water Pollution Case Study, Solid Waste Disposal Plan for Du Page County.
Laboratory - 6: "Take home" labs.
Pre-Lab Personal Resource Assessments:
Examples include: Elements and Compounds Used in Everyday Living, Energy Use, Industrial Chemicals, Acid Rain and Ozone Depletion, Water Use, Solid and Hazardous Household Waste.
Exams - 4: Take home using the textbook as a source and N.Y. Times supplement newspaper articles.
Laboratories and exams are submitted electronically by email or by FAX.