Using The Poisoner’s Handbook in Conjunction with Teaching a First-Term General/Organic/Biochemistry Course

Deborah Blum’s New York Times bestselling nonfiction book The Poisoner’s Handbook was used as supplementary reading in our first-term General/Organic/Biochemistry course. This course serves as both the first course for our Allied Health chemistry sequence and a core science course. Our goal was that...

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Published in:Journal of chemical education 2016-01, Vol.93 (1), p.98-102
Main Authors: Zuidema, Daniel R, Herndon, Lindsey B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biochemistry
College Science
College students
Crime
Curricula
Deborah number
Feedback
Forensic chemistry
Georgia
High Schools
Jazz
Nonfiction
Organic Chemistry
Poisoning
Poisons
Reading Materials
Science education
Science Instruction
Science Tests
Secondary School Science
Student Attitudes
Student Surveys
Teaching Methods
Toxins
Undergraduate Study
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Summary:Deborah Blum’s New York Times bestselling nonfiction book The Poisoner’s Handbook was used as supplementary reading in our first-term General/Organic/Biochemistry course. This course serves as both the first course for our Allied Health chemistry sequence and a core science course. Our goal was that, through reading this book, students would learn more about the origin of forensic chemistry in the historical context of the Jazz Age and the toxins that were often involved in poisonings near the beginning of the 20th century. Outcomes and student feedback to this initiative are discussed.
ISSN:0021-9584
1938-1328
DOI:10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00205