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Crystals in the community and the classroom.
- Source :
- Journal of Applied Crystallography; Feb2024, Vol. 57 Issue 1, p181-186, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The growing pressure on school curricula has meant crystals and the science of crystallography have been cut from or made optional for many educational programs. This omission is a serious disservice to the history and understanding of modern sciences, given that crystallography underpins many of the greatest advancements in science over the past century, is a critical component of many modern research papers and patents, and has 29 Nobel Prizes awarded in the field. This contribution describes a simple activity to target classroom and public engagement with crystallography, using marshmallows or equivalent sweets/candy to represent atoms and cocktail sticks to represent bonds, together with examples of how crystals are studied and how they are useful. Though it has a simple basis, this activity can be extended in numerous ways to reflect the aims of the demonstrator, and a few of these are described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CRYSTALS
NOBEL Prizes
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
MODERN history
CLASSROOMS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00218898
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Applied Crystallography
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175256779
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576724000207