In this collaborative humanities and chemistry project, students worked in partnerships to investigate a single "problematic" matter or compound and its effect on society historically and currently. For example, students investigated chocolate and its connections to child labor, or carbon and conflict diamonds. The goal was for students to comprehensively understand how certain compounds in our natural world acquire value, and investigate the positive and negative effects of the pursuit of ownership of those compounds. We investigated these Essential Questions: How do natural resources lead...