University Chemistry ›› 2025, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (7): 34-41.doi: 10.12461/PKU.DXHX202409030

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Ideological and Political Cases in the Course of Organic Chemistry Experiment: Taking Caffeine Extraction from Tea Leaves Experiment as an Example

Zhanming Zhang, Can Zhu, Juan Wang, Yanghui Lin, Mo Sun   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China
  • Received:2024-09-06 Accepted:2024-10-16 Published:2025-07-01
  • Contact: Mo Sun E-mail:mosun@fudan.edu.cn

Abstract: Utilizing the widely covered “Caffeine Extraction from Tea Leaves” experiment at Fudan University, we have constructed an innovative teaching practice that integrates experimental inquiry with ideological and political education. While emphasizing the cultivation of students' solid and standardized experimental operations and skills, we guide students to focus on how fundamental professional skills serve industry development and how basic theories guide practical production applications. This practice stimulates students' innovative thinking and practical abilities, enhances their awareness of teamwork, and elevates their academic literacy. Through subtle influence, it cultivates students' professional service consciousness and sense of social responsibility, thereby improving their professional integrity.

Key words: Organic chemistry experiment, Tea, Caffeine, Ideological and political education