Our project is being funded by the National Science Foundation, under the title "A Quantitative Analysis Laboratory Curriculum Based on an Analyzed Complex Matrix" http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/showaward?award=9650845 (for the NSF summary, click on the link). The laboratory exercises are designed to demonstrate a much wider variety of analytical techniques and analytes than the traditional laboratory, while retaining the option to judge student competence based on the proximity of student results to "known" values for analyte concentrations. The laboratory exercises also add a "relevance" to the laboratory which increases student enthusiasm for the course. The exercises utilize extensive manual sample preparation and "wet" chemistry. Most of the determinations are instrument-based, but none requires a detection system more involved than a UV-visible spectrophotometer or potentiometer/coulometer, so that instrumental costs are held to a minimum (necessary when laboratory sections of 25 students and above are commonplace in this course). The instrumental aspects of the determinations are designed for easily interfacing to PC's for automated data acquisition and/or reduction (spreadsheet-based).