Arnold, L., & Zhang, Z., & Kaya, T., & Li, B., & Hu, Q. (2013, June), Incorporating Engineering into the High School Chemistry  Classroom  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia. 10.18260/1-2--19746

\bibitem{asee_peer_19746}
  Arnold, L., \& Zhang, Z., \& Kaya, T., \& Li, B., \& Hu, Q. (2013, June), \emph{Incorporating Engineering into the High School Chemistry  Classroom}
  Paper presented at 2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia.
  10.18260/1-2--19746

Lisa Arnold, Ze Zhang, Tolga Kaya, Bingbing Li, and Qin Hu.  "Incorporating Engineering into the High School Chemistry  Classroom".  2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2013.  https://peer.asee.org/19746 Internet.  22 Jun, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_19746}
  Lisa Arnold, Ze Zhang, Tolga Kaya, Bingbing Li, and Qin Hu.
  "Incorporating Engineering into the High School Chemistry  Classroom".
  \emph{2013 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, 2013, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2013.
  https://peer.asee.org/19746 Internet.  22 Jun, 2024

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