Lab-on-a-Chip: Frontier Science in the Classroom
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Jan Jaap Wietsma [1] ; Jan T. van der Veen [1] ; Wilfred Buesink [2] ; Albert van den Berg [1] ; Mathieu Odijk [1]
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[1] University of Twente
University of Twente
Países Bajos
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[2] Micronit Microfluidics B.V., The Netherlands
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- Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 95, Nº 2, 2018, págs. 267-275
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Lab-on-a-chip technology is brought into the classroom through development of a lesson series with hands-on practicals. Students can discover the principles of microfluidics with different practicals covering laminar flow, micromixing, and droplet generation, as well as trapping and counting beads. A quite affordable novel production technique using scissor-cut and laser-cut lamination sheets is presented, which provides good insight into how scientific lab-on-a-chip devices are produced. In this way high school students can now produce lab-on-a-chip devices using lamination sheets and their own lab-on-a-chip design. We begin with a review of previous reports on the use of lab-on-a-chip technology in classrooms, followed by an overview of the practicals and projects we have developed with student safety in mind. We conclude with an educational scenario and some initial promising results for student learning outcomes.
