Journal
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
Volume 95, Issue 8, Pages 1316-1322Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00900
Keywords
Demonstrations; High School/Introductory Chemistry; Public Understanding/Outreach; Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives; Crystals/Crystallography
Funding
- National Science Foundation [1453483]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Chemistry [1453483] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Reported herein is the design, implementation, and evaluation of a full-day outreach program for high school girls that focuses entirely on sugar-related activities. The program, which we ran in February 2016 and February 2017, included multiple hands-on sugar-based experiments to increase the participants' interest in and enthusiasm for science. The success of the program was quantitatively evaluated through the administration of precamp and postcamp surveys. Overall, the survey results indicated a statistically significant improvement in responses in one of the two program years, which corresponds to success in changing the participants' attitudes regarding the practical applicability of science and in increasing their interest in pursuing scientific careers.
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