Introducing Students to Fundamental Chemistry Concepts and Basic Research through a Chemistry of Fashion Course for Nonscience Majors

• Published in: Journal of chemical education Vol. 96; no. 9; pp. 1906 - 1913
• Main Author: Tallman, Karen A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Easton American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc 10.09.2019; Division of Chemical Education, Inc; American Chemical Society
• Subjects: Achievement Gains; Attitudes; Bonding agents; Chemical bonds; Chemistry; Collaboration; Collaborative work; College Science; College Students; Color; Cooperative Learning; Critical Reading; Dyeing; Dyes; Elementary school students; Fundamental Concepts; Insects; Interdisciplinary Approach; Learning; Light; Literacy; Literary criticism; Nonmajors; Organic chemistry; Oxidation; Pigments; Polarity; Primary Sources; Program Proposals; Reducing agents; Research proposals; Science Instruction; Scientific Attitudes; Scientific Concepts; Scientific Literacy; Scientific Research; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Student attitudes; Student Evaluation; Student Projects; Student Research; Students; Synthetic fibers; Synthetic products; First-Year Undergraduate/General; Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary; Inquiry-Based/Discovery Learning; Collaborative/Cooperative Learning; Dyes/Pigments

The combined lab and lecture course is designed around the themes of colorants (dyestuffs and pigments) and fibers (natural and human-made) for nonscience majors. Students dye natural and synthetic fibers with natural dyes such as turmeric, raspberries, tea, and cochineal insects as well as syntheti...