POGIL Physical Chemistry Lab Download

We want the student goal in the Physical Chemistry Lab (PCL) to be learning how physical chemistry is done.

We strongly recommend participating in a POGIL-PCL workshop (online or in person) to hear from other instructors how to successfully implement a guided-inquiry laboratory. More information about workshops and additional materials such as Instructors Handbooks for PCL experiments are available at the POGIL-PCL website.

Principles of a POGIL-PCL Experiment

Pre-experiment Questions: Students work in teams to

• explore background information
• consider experimental design
• predict an outcome

Experimental Protocol: Protocols are written to

• provide broad instructions (e.g., allow for student decisions about mass or volume)
• are repeated, often with minor variations (e.g., change the pH, concentration, reactant)
• may require use of shared data (e.g., results from different temperatures)

Thinking About the Data: students work in teams to

• pool data to discern trends
• examine and apply models
• repeat procedure based on analysis and discussion
• develop concepts outlined in experiment objectives

To download the student version of this PCL experiment, please provide the following information. No information is shared with any outside parties.