Applying Hand-Held 3D Printing Technology to the Teaching of VSEPR Theory

Autor/inn/en	Dean, Natalie L.; Ewan, Corrina; McIndoe, J. Scott
Titel	Applying Hand-Held 3D Printing Technology to the Teaching of VSEPR Theory
Quelle	In: Journal of Chemical Education, 93 (2016) 9, S.1660-1662 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9584
DOI	10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00186
Schlagwörter	Printing; Technology Integration; Handheld Devices; Science Instruction; Molecular Structure; Science Laboratories; Manipulative Materials; Chemistry; College Science; Undergraduate Students; Models; Hands on Science; Geometry + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Buchdruck; Drucken; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Hilfsmittel; Chemie; Analogiemodell; Geometrie
Abstract	The use of hand-held 3D printing technology provides a unique and engaging approach to learning VSEPR theory by enabling students to draw three-dimensional depictions of different molecular geometries, giving them an appreciation of the shapes of the building blocks of complex molecular structures. Students are provided with 3D printing pens and two-dimensional templates which allows them to construct three-dimensional ABS models of the basic VSEPR shapes. We found that the learning curve associated with manipulating the pen accurately and the time required to draw a structure is sufficiently high that this exercise would need to be limited in a laboratory setting to students each being tasked with drawing a different molecule; however, in the correct setting, hand-held 3D printing pens are a potentially powerful tool for the teaching of VSEPR theory. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01