We have found it very helpful to involve undergraduate and high school students throughout the development, implementation, assessment, and dissemination process. This provides a potential pathway forward for science education researchers at primarily undergraduate institutions.
Most notably, our undergraduate students have presented our work at multiple regional and national conferences, including the American Chemical Society meeting in March 2023 and March 2024. Check out Posters and Presentations to see their amazing work.
Below is work done by students who completed several courses implementing our NMR materials at Sarah Lawrence College.
Student Course Work from Implementations at Sarah Lawrence College (2023/24)
Our second implementation of the NMR modules have been used in a General Chemistry course in Fall 2023 taught by Colin Abernethy and in a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research Seminar course in Spring 2023 taught by Merideth Frey.
Check out the Student Work - Spring 2024 for example research and posters created by students who took the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Research Seminar course in the spring.
Students also researched, created, and presented Scientist Presentations on the scientists featured in the NMR modules.
Student Course Work from Resonance Research & Spectroscopy Seminar at Sarah Lawrence College (2022/23)
Our first implementations of the NMR modules we have developed were during a two-semester course on 'Resonance Research and Spectroscopy' over Fall 2022 and Spring 2023, co-taught by Merideth Frey (Physics) and Colin Abernethy (Chemistry).
Check out the Student Work - Fall 2022 for example research and posters created by students who took the physics portion of the course in the fall.
Check out the Student Work - Spring 2023 for example research and posters created by students who took the chemistry portion of the course in the spring.
Students also were given the opportunity to present their work at the William Paterson Undergraduate Research Symposium (see right).
Lillian Bower, Afia Khan, and Chris Torres present their poster which won 2nd place in the "Physical and Analytical Chemistry" category!