The basic concepts within math and science are best learned and retained when the joy of connecting the dots between cause and effect relationships can be drawn within the context of iterative hands-on experimentation.  The foundational concepts of reaction kinetics, catalysis, thermodynamics, ideal gas laws, stoichiometry, viscosity, radical reactions, and chain length dependent material properties are topics usually first encountered in the classroom in the absence of an experiential context.   To best prepare the next generation of creative problem solvers and innovators we must reintroduce i) useful context and ii) the joy of real time hands-on discovery into the learning process.  An inexpensive method and apparatus (Flex Fuel Generator) capable of achieving both of these goals will be introduced and discussed.

Oxidative de-polymerization and the flex fuel generator:  An ideal context based learning tool

246th National Meeting (2013)

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