Teaching Outside the Classroom: Field Trips in Crystallography Education for Chemistry Students

Malbrecht, Brian J.; Campbell, Michael G.; Chen, Yu-Sheng; Zheng, Shao-Liang

doi:10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00073

Title: Teaching Outside the Classroom: Field Trips in Crystallography Education for Chemistry Students

Journal Article · Wed Aug 03 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Chemical Education

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00073· OSTI ID:1339728

Malbrecht, Brian J. ^[1]; Campbell, Michael G. ^[1]; Chen, Yu-Sheng ^[2]; Zheng, Shao-Liang ^[1]

Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Univ. of Chicago, Argonne, IL (United States)

Field trips are an underutilized opportunity to provide depth and richness in college-level chemistry courses. Here, the authors have found that a field trip, such as to the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Lab, greatly enhances the impact of a course in X-ray crystallography. Students who attend this field trip report that it is a highlight of the course and develop a lasting interest in the science of X-ray crystallography as a result. We report on our experience in planning these trips, advise on best practices, and demonstrate the positive impact of a field trip on student learning and engagement.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; NSF/CHE-1346572

OSTI ID:: 1339728

Journal Information:: Journal of Chemical Education, Vol. 93, Issue 9; ISSN 0021-9584

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: ENGLISH

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