Chemistry and Racism: A Special Topics Course for Students Taking General Chemistry at Barnard College in Fall 2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Babb ◽  
Rachel Narehood Austin
Keyword(s):  
General Chemistry ◽  
Barnard College

scholarly journals Chemistry and Racism: A Special Topics Course for Students Taking General Chemistry at Barnard College in Fall 2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Babb ◽  
Rachel Austin
Keyword(s):  
General Chemistry ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Science Education Research ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Student Opinions ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Barnard College

Science education research has shown that systemic racism, microaggressions, and unwelcoming or unsupportive climates disproportionally impact the ability of some individuals to flourish in chemistry. In order to help students taking general chemistry learn about the impact of systemic racism in chemistry and to provide them with a venue to discuss this issue, a special seminar-style course was created. This relatively low intensity course successfully created a space for intense conversation, reflection, increased understanding of some of the aspects of racism in chemistry, and the impetus for institutional change. A description of the course, along with student opinions, and co-facilitator reflections, are presented.

scholarly journals Chemistry and Racism: A Special Topics Course for Students Taking General Chemistry at Barnard College in Fall 2020

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Babb ◽  
Rachel Austin
Keyword(s):  
General Chemistry ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Education Research ◽  
Institutional Change ◽  
Science Education Research ◽  
Systemic Racism ◽  
Student Opinions ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Barnard College

Science education research has shown that systemic racism, microaggressions, and unwelcoming or unsupportive climates disproportionally impact the ability of some individuals to flourish in chemistry. In order to help students taking general chemistry learn about the impact of systemic racism in chemistry and to provide them with a venue to discuss this issue, a special seminar-style course was created. This relatively low intensity course successfully created a space for intense conversation, reflection, increased understanding of some of the aspects of racism in chemistry, and the impetus for institutional change. A description of the course, along with student opinions, and co-facilitator reflections, are presented.

A Master Class in Dimensional Analysis: the Universal Gas Constant

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
john andraos
Keyword(s):  
Physical Chemistry ◽  
High School ◽  
General Chemistry ◽  
Dimensional Analysis ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Energy Unit ◽  
Spreadsheet Program ◽  
Volume Unit

We present a spreadsheet-assisted exercise using Microsoft Excel software for the<br>determination of the universal gas constant, R, in 35,712 different units. This large<br>number of units arises from a simple enumeration of possible pressure-volume unit<br>combinations and energy unit combinations covering SI (metric), Imperial (British), and<br>American units. In turn, various units for force and area used for defining pressure, and<br>various units for force and distance used for defining energy are explored. This<br>presentation serves as an excellent exercise for high school and undergraduate students to<br>master the skill of dimensional analysis, unit conversions, and basic combinatorics in<br>general chemistry and physical chemistry courses. Instructors can also use the described<br>exercise of constructing conversion matrices to train students in how to efficiently use the<br>Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program.

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