A curriculum �thread� in which students revisit aspects of a particular topic throughout the laboratory sequence over the four-year bachelor degree curriculum blurs the boundaries between traditional �divisional� laboratories and provides opportunities for inquiry-based activities and research-based learning. In the �Threading Flavones� project (supported by NSF award DUE 1044034) we are developing experiments in which students prepare a library of compounds and characterize their structure, chemical properties and biological activity in a series of exercises spread across organic, analytical, physical and biochemistry laboratory classes. The project is designed to better integrate learning and create the context, relevance and redundancy needed to promote student-focused learning goals such as retention of key concepts throughout the curriculum, critical thinking, development of laboratory and technical writing skills, and collaborative problem solving. The project includes faculty workshops to promote collaborative curriculum development and adoption.

Threading flavones through the undergraduate chemistry laboratory curriculum

245th National Meeting (2013)

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