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This web-based site provides access to a variety of activities for introductory chemistry students to engage in before, during, and after class. The activities include online explorations, cooperative group activities, and online assessments to apply and extend concepts. The site also provides resources for further learning.
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Web Site for Accessing Before, During After Class Activities in Introductory Chemistry • Michael R. Abraham • Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry • The University of Oklahoma • John I. Gelder • Department of Chemistry • Oklahoma State University • Thomas J. Greenbowe • Department of Chemistry • Iowa State University
Before, During, and After Class Learning Cycle Activities • Report of progress of an ongoing project; • DUE CCLI NSF#0920654
Using the Learning Cycle in a Large Class Setting • Before Class EXPLORATION • During Class INVENTION • After Class APPLICATION
Before Class Explorationhttp://genchem1.chem.okstate.edu/BDA/Topics.php • Online web-based activity; • Activity generates data using technology; • Some questions to organize data and to setup the invention; • Technology: simulations, animations, digital video; • Response submitted online; • Instructor has access to all responses
During Class Inventionhttp://genchem1.chem.okstate.edu/BDA/Topics.php • Cooperative group activities; • Share BCE responses and guided questions; • Students/instructors invent concept; • Student respond to clicker questions; • Apply and extend concept;
After Class Applicationhttp://genchem1.chem.okstate.edu/BDA/Topics.php • Online web-based activity; • Assessing what students take away from BCE and DCI; • Apply and Extend the concept; • Technology: simulations, animations; • Response submitted online; • Instructor has access to all responses
Availability • As quizzes in Desire to Learn; • 24 sets of activities; • http://genchem1.chem.okstate.edu/BDA/Topics.php
Resources • MoLEs http://genchem1.chem.okstate.edu/CCLI/Startup.html • PHET http://phet.colorado.edu • Tom’s Web Site (Simulations) http://group.chem.iastate.edu/Greenbowe/html%20%20files/resrch-simanim-content.html • Molecular Work Bench Simulations http://workbench.concord.org/database/ When you arrive on the Molecular Workbench Database page click on the link titled ‘Everything’ to see a list of simulations. • Chemical Education Digital Library http://www.chemeddl.org/ • Journal of Chemical Education, Chemistry Comes Alive http://www.jce.divched.org/JCESoft/CCA/index.html • MERLOT http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm