Combustion and Energy Transfer Experiments: A Laboratory Model for Linking Core Concepts Across the Science Curriculum

by: Jose C. Barreto, Terry A. Dubetz, Diane L. Schmidt, Sharon Isern, Thomas Beatty, David W. Brown, Edward Gillman, Randall S. Alberte, and Nosa O. Egiebor

Core concepts can be integrated throughout lower-division science and engineering courses by using a series of related, cross-referenced laboratory experiments. Starting with butane combustion in chemistry, we expanded the underlying core concepts of energy transfer into laboratories designed for biology, physics, and engineering.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2007Stock # jcst07_036_04_50Volume 036Issue 04

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