On 13/10/2016 23:32, Kornfeld, Jeannie wrote:
> I am a chemistry and environmental science teacher at Hanover High
> School
...
> There are a few textbooks that teach
> chemistry in the context of environmental and societal issues but the
> curriculum lacks the mathematical rigor and theory found in traditional
> college-prep chemistry courses.
...
> So I am wondering
> if anyone else has pursued this kind of work, is interested in
> developing such a curriculum and would be willing to collaborate.

Hi Jeannie,
I'm not a chemist, however I have been confronted with a similar
situation for the past 15 years: I teach math and physics to biology
(well, actually bioinformatics) undergraduates, wanted to use system
dynamics methods, but couldn't find good, rigorous and applicable
material. Over the past 15 years I have constantly worked at forming a
curriculum which walks a fine line between mathematical rigour and the
intuitive appeal of system dynamics - here I have found the books by
Diana Fisher particularly useful.

OK, so where am I going with this? I haven't the time to engage in
collaborative curriculum development with you, and in any case my
chemistry materials and knowledge are limited to the reaction kinetics
relevant to our course here at a german university. However I have over
the years built up experience in weaving together SD and core syllabus
science, and I would be very willing to correspond to you and offer
ideas, opinions and a second person to bounce ideas off.

Best wishes,
Niall.

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Prof. Dr. Niall Palfreyman
Dean of Learning, Teaching and Inclusion
Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Science