College-mentored polymer/materials science modules for middle and high school students

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1105-1108

  Lorenzini, Robert G ^a   Lewis, Maurica S ^a   Montclare, Jin Kim ^a,b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical education research; Collaborative cooperative learning; Elementary middle school science; Hands on learning manipulatives; High school introductory chemistry; Materials science; Minorities in chemistry; Polymer chemistry; Public understanding outreach; Women in chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960265672     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed1005618     Document Type: Article

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