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ChemScapes: an Adaptable Chemistry Escape Room Challenge (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Haxton, K. (2019, August). ChemScapes: an Adaptable Chemistry Escape Room Challenge. Presented at ariety in Chemistry Education / Physics Higher Education Conference 2019, Bristol

Escape rooms are increasing in popularity and the basic premise lends itself well to outreach activities: complete tasks to obtain clues and escape the room. We have adapted the format for use in a laboratory setting, creating a set of challenges tha... Read More about ChemScapes: an Adaptable Chemistry Escape Room Challenge.

Social, Economic, and Political Contexts for Chemistry Through Sustainability. (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Haxton, K. (2019, August). Social, Economic, and Political Contexts for Chemistry Through Sustainability. Presented at Variety in Chemistry Education / Physics Higher Education Conference 2019

Chemistry has a complex relationship with society: on one hand income generator and employer, on the other polluter and exploiter. Chemistry students must, through their undergraduate degrees, learn to place their core chemical concepts in the wider... Read More about Social, Economic, and Political Contexts for Chemistry Through Sustainability..