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Design of a structure model set for inorganic compounds based on ping-pong balls linked with snap buttons
- Source :
- Chemistry Teacher International, Vol 3, Iss 3, Pp 295-301 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- De Gruyter, 2021.
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Abstract
- Structure model sets for inorganic compounds are generally expensive; their distribution to all students in a class is therefore usually impractical. We have therefore developed a structure model set to illustrate inorganic compounds. The set is constructed with inexpensive materials: ping-pong balls, and snap buttons. The structure model set can be used to illustrate isomerism in coordination compounds and periodic structures of ceramic perovskites. A hands-on activity using the structure model set was developed for high school students and was well-received by them. Despite the concepts being slightly advanced for them, the students’ retention of the knowledge gained through the activity was tested a week after they completed the activity and was found to be relatively high, demonstrating the usefulness of the activity based on the structure model set.
- Subjects :
- hands-on-learning
inorganic compounds
isomerism
teaching aid
Chemistry
QD1-999
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 25693263
- Volume :
- 3
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Chemistry Teacher International
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.990c4310ba234945969d8061662fcd29
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1515/cti-2021-0001