Water Analysis Modules

Developed by Mark Lassiter
Environmental Science / Chemistry Biology
Montreat College

Rain Event:

This module has been developed to help students explore physical analysis and pH related to rain showers in their area. The module will encourage collaboration between students as they collect samples and make analyses. The module provides for posting links to the users' data so that this work is available for other students at other colleges. What emerges is a comprehensive picture of rain acidity throughout the southern Appalachian region and over a span of time.

Water Analysis:

The Environmental Analysis (Water) module builds on the work of the Rain Event module to expand the analysis of rain and stream water, with a focus on dissolved ions and organics. Similar to the first Rain Event module, this module will gather students' data into a web site for comparison and analysis.

 Green Lab: Upgrading Experiential Chemistry Education through Technology:

In this project a group of ACA chemistry faculty will develop an expandable internet-accessible resource base to be accessed through an interactive web template, hosting modules for experiential chemistry learning. The nine modules developed during the grant period are designed principally for use by faculty and students in general and organic chemistry courses, though some of them are sufficiently interdisciplinary to also be used elsewhere in curricula in the physical and biological sciences.

 

This project has been partially funded by a Teaching and Technology Collaborative grant through the Appalachian College Association.


posted by Mark Lassiter (mlassiter@montreat.edu), 1/12/04 - Appalachian College Association Home Page, Science Group Collaborative Projects