Micke Reynders, Lynne Pilcher and Marietjie Potgieter,
J. Chem. Educ. 2025, 102, 4, 1352-1366,
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.4c01048,
This study used student artifacts produced during a group activity on the chemistry and impacts of a surfactant commonly used in laundry detergent for evidence of engagement with systems thinking skills. The characteristics of systems thinking from the ChEMIST table were used as a tool to identify aspects of systems thinking students did or did not understand in their activity. The activity presented conformed to Talanquer’s chemical systems thinking framework and met the primary goal of introducing Systems Thinking in Chemistry Education, to orient Chemistry for sustainability.