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100 _aSinghal, Riya
245 _aIntroducing Pharmaceutics to Middle School Students using with Hypothesis-Driven, At-Home Activities (Journal Article)
260 _aWashington DC
_b:American Chemical Society
_c ,2023
300 _a2466-2472p.
440 _aJournal of Chemical Society
_v, Volume 100: Number 6, June 2023
505 _a ***______{For Hard Copy, Please visit Library.}________***
520 _a Abstract: Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an increase in healthcare and related science majors at the undergraduate level. This presents an opportunity to introduce health science training in middle school science classes to familiarize students to various healthcare-related fields. The pharmaceutical science-based hands-on activities for middle school student presented here used over-the-counter vitamin supplements and inexpensive equipment for its easy replication at home or in an educational setting. The two main objectives of the activities were to signify the instructions of drug administration on labels of vitamin C effervescent tablets and to introduce effective drug delivery of iron supplement syrup. These activities followed Kolb’s framework of experiential learning theory through four key steps: (1) design a testable hypothesis, (2) identify experimental variables and controls, (3) incorporate wet chemistry and safety analysis into the process, and (4) data recording and presentation. This online and distance outreach model can be adapted in online K-8 summer or afterschool programs which can especially benefit students in rural regions or those with limited mobility. Furthermore, the pre- and post-activity sheets corroborated student’s ability to (a) combine their knowledge of kitchen chemistry and laboratory safety skills through active experimentation, and (b) reflect on the experimental results obtained for test variables and compare those to their original hypotheses.
650 _aMiddle School Science| Demonstrations| Discovery Learning| Hands-On Learning| pH Acids/Bases| Titration
700 _aGupta, Anju
856 _uhttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c00160
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