Lab Manual for Connecting Chemistry to the Tribal Community: Two Semesters of Chemistry Experiments and Teachings - Softcover

Griep, Mark; DeVore-Wedding, Bev; Woodard, Janyce; Miller, Hank

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1721129065 ISBN 13: 9781721129065

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018

Synopsis

This manual contains chemistry laboratory experiments that are adaptable for use by tribal colleges and community colleges. It was created for a two-semester General, Organic, and Biochemistry course sequence at Nebraska's two tribal colleges over a period of four years. While the authors see chemistry everywhere, we developed these connections to tribal community topics to help students to see the chemistry of everyday life and to find intellectual satisfaction and enjoyment while doing so. The labs can be performed by students alone or in pairs and will require about 2.5 hours to complete if the reagents and materials are ready. All labs have background information, community connections, the lab protocols and procedures, and suggestions for the lab report.
First Semester Chemistry Experiments
1. Safety, Equipment, and Measurement
2. Density (of seeds and beans of the Three Sisters)
3. Chocolate Density
4. Liquid Density
5. Period Table of Videos
6. Water Quality Analysis (of samples brought by students from home or elsewhere)
7. Water Purification
8. Soil Quality Analysis (of samples brought by students)
9. Herbicide Bioassay (using water samples brought by students)
10. Plant Pigments: Extraction, Chromatography, & Spectrometry
11. Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions --Hot & Cold Packs
12. Molar Mass of Butane in Lighters

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1721129065
• ISBN 13: 9781721129065
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 244