Trent Amstutz 5th Year Chemical Engineering University of Cincinnati COFSP Fellow Cincinnati Country Day School High School Chemistry

Gas Laws Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) HSETS1-1,2,3 – Engineering Design HS-PS1-7 – Chemical Reactions HS-PS2-3 – Forces and Interactions

Pressure System Design Learning Objectives Make Basic Calculations using the ideal gas law Identify how gas laws affect a real industrial system Creatively brainstorm basic engineering solutions to chemical problems Design a solution to the selected challenge Modify that solution from feedback provided by the instructor based on specific criteria Present the solution to their peers providing justification for their chosen solutions Guiding Questions How can we safely transport industrial gasses that may pose serious environmental health and safety problems if released into the atmosphere? How can we calculate changes to a gas system? How can we construct a basic engineering solution to a problem? How can we modify the solution based on instructor feedback? How can we present solutions to our peers?

ACS Applicability Career Societal Impact Real life scenario, actually exists Career Engineers working on similar problems Societal Impact Solving an issue that could hurt and even kill people

Student Learning Nothing Quantitative Qualitatively No Pre-assessment Student mastery of gas laws Comfortable with terminology Improved problem solving skills

Activities

Reflections Students struggled with unit conversions Successfully engaged students who then drove the project Connected a real world problem to their studies “An interesting background made the activity feel more like a real world solution instead of just a math and chemistry problem.”