Those of us who teach college and university chemistry face some common problems:

How, with limited time and limited budgets, can we help our students build:

• A solid understanding of important chemical principles,
• an appreciation of science as a process of inquiry, and
• an awareness of the role of chemistry in their lives?

MicroLab’s team has applied more than 220 years of experience in research and college and university teaching to develop some solutions to these problems.

MicroLab focuses laboratory time on both content and inquiry skills. Students use MicroLab’s intuitive software and high resolution measurements to turn questions into experiments and to quickly collect high quality data. They work with their instructor to define problems, design experiments, evaluate and analyze data, and synthesize concepts. We buy time to do this with fast, accurate, affordable electronic data collection.

MicroLab’s instruments are versatile, rugged, and quick to learn. They support both proof-of-concept and inquiry experiments. MicroLab’s unique FASTspec™ spectrophotometer simultaneously measures transmission, absorbance, scatter, and fluorescence 360-940 nm with two-second scans. With two patents granted in the past two years, MicroLab’s technology and software are at the cutting edge.

MicroLab’s catalog reflects our roots in Chemical Education. Many of the applications and examples described in the catalog are from our colleagues. All are keyed to important general chemistry lab concepts identified by a national University of Arizona survey (page 4).

A MicroLab FS-522 with included sensors and software site license will make almost every instrumental measurement required in general or environmental chemistry. It will make many of the measurements needed in analytical chemistry, physical chemistry, and biochemistry. A single multipurpose, small-footprint, cost-effective package saves bench space and dollars, and simplifies lab management.

We look forward to visiting with you about your laboratory and curriculum needs, and to meeting you at an ACS or 2YC3 meeting.