Through an NSF-funded project, we have written a series of in-class activities that link climate change topics to general chemistry concepts using the POGIL (Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning) approach.  It is expected that these new activities will help engage students in learning fundamental general chemistry concepts within the context of climate change.  It is rare to incorporate nonscientific content in an activity traditionally designed to teach fundamental chemistry concepts.  While it can be a challenge to incorporate appropriate contextual models into this type of activity, we feel that we have made them an integral part of each activity.  This talk will address the process of choosing contextual models to support the learning of the chemistry concepts.  Several example models will be shared.  In addition we will report insights gained through the use of these activities in the classroom, from both the student and faculty points of view.

Models to connect context to the content:  POGIL and climate change concepts

248th National Meeting (2014)

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