TITLE:
Teaching an Environmental Chemistry Experiment—A Case Study
AUTHORS:
Lin Zhang, Long Chen, Mei Xiao, Feng Wu, Nansheng Deng
KEYWORDS:
Self-Design Experiment; Spectrophotometer; Spectrum; High Pressure Mercury Lamp; Deuterium Lamp
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.3 No.4,
August
10,
2012
ABSTRACT: Here we present the significance, content, results, and teaching effect of a selective self-design experiment – a simple test for measuring the emission spectra of artificial light sources, and discuss its function and potential problems in an environmental chemistry class for undergraduate students. Also, we propose several ways to reform experimental teaching, and provide references to other experimental courses.