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

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

3. 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?

4. 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

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

6. Activities

7. 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.”