Climate change is a topic that is familiar to most students. It is also a topic that relates to many topics covered in general chemistry. Through an NSF-funded project, we are developing a series of in-class POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) activities that use climate change topics to teach general chemistry concepts. It is expected that these new activities will help engage students in learning fundamental general chemistry concepts. We will also be investigating student discourse collected during the activities.  This information will inform revisions of the activities so that they better promote both the development of scientific concepts and how these relate to socio-economic and environmental issues.  A set of activities have been written and are being tested during the 2012-2013 academic year. The key features of the activities and feedback on their use will be described in this presentation.

POGIL activities that use climate change to teach general chemistry

245th National Meeting (2013)

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