Flunking the

Graduated Cylinder
By Kevin, Zach, Roland, & Gene

Lab Equipment Relevance?

Directly affects GPA

Health
Research
Correlates to the Utility gained
Better learning environment

State of Equipment
Dirty
Cracked/Damaged
o Irreplaceable things
Defective
Inaccurate
Misleading

Pictures of ASU Balances.

How does it affect us?

Inaccuracy affects academic performance
Potential to cause harm to students

spills
broken fume hoods
Endangers learning environment
o
o

Who did we Survey?

Do you plan on furthering your
education after your undergraduate
degree?

What gender are you?

Results:
Results:

Male

28%

yes

22

88%

Female

17

68%

no

12%

Other

4%

Survey
Do you enjoy chemistry Laboratory
courses?

Results:
Yes

19

76%

no

24%

Do you think that faulty laboratory

equipment can skew your results for an
experiment conducted in lab?

Results:
Yes.

24

96%

No.

4%

Surveys and Research

Describe the atmosphere of the chemistry
laboratory
Results:
Clean

12%

Dirty

24%

Fun

12%

Dungeon like appearance

20%

I'm not sure

16%

Other

16%

Opinion Toward Equipment

Solution
What can we do about it?
o

effectivity

What has been done in the past?

o
o

effectivity
ASUs Policy

Drawbacks
Complications

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