In this presentation I will describe my efforts at making a single physical chemistry sequence more relevant for students with three different majors:  chemistry, biochemistry/molecular biology, and physics.  In the first course, we cover an introduction to all major subareas of physical chemistry:  kinetics/dynamics, quantum mechanics/spectroscopy, statistical thermodynamics, and classical thermodynamics.  In the second course, we return to all subareas in more depth.  Both courses feature extensive group work and student discovery through Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning.  I will discuss the details of topic sequencing and my implementation of POGIL within this framework.

Innovative topic sequencing and student engagement in physical chemistry

246th National Meeting (2013)

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