Over 1.7 billion students around the world have had their education disrupted by the spread of the Coronavirus disease worldwide. Schools and universities have not faced this level of disruption since World War II. The COVID-19 pandemic presented a colossal challenge for teachers to urgently and massively adapt all their classes to distance learnin...
Published in Journal of Chemical Education
A demonstration experiment of the synthesis of a novel tetrazole derivative via a multicomponent reaction (Ugi tetrazole four component reaction, UT-4CR) bearing a luminol moiety and a subsequent exploitation of its chemiluminescent properties is described. A complex product is generated in just one simple step, so simple that children can do it: “...
Published in Journal of Chemical Education
Language in chemistry is highly specialized, and for students, transitions in language complexity from high school to university can be extremely challenging. With an increasingly diverse cohort of students enrolled in UK chemistry degree programs, better understanding the linguistic challenges students face is becoming a greater pedagogical priori...
Published in Journal of Chemical Education
The electrolysis of water is popular both as lab work and as a demonstration. In this activity, the electrolysis of water in the presence of a pH indicator is used to produce text and symbols. This report describes the design of an environmentally friendly setup of a writing board utilizing the electrolysis of water in a hydrogel environment. The a...
Over 1.7 billion students around the world have had their education disrupted by the spread of the Coronavirus disease worldwide. Schools and universities have not faced this level of disruption since World War II. The COVID-19 pandemic presented a colossal challenge for teachers to urgently and massively adapt all their classes to distance learnin...
In a world engaged in a perpetual race for progress, augmented reality (AR) is a new frontier that has attracted much research attention in recent years. The generalization of smartphones and the miniaturization and democratization of connected gadgets are leading to new uses and new expectations. In this article, we provide an AR application to th...
The purpose of this study is to present a learning activity that combines the simultaneous practice of geography and chemistry. It is a game activity based on the identification of national flags and colored molecules (from the famous CPK model), with an extension to the creation of imaginary flags from real, useful molecules for middle school, hig...
Malgré des développements récents dans la conception des casques électroencéphalographiques (EEG) et dans l'analyse du signal cérébrale, les interfaces cerveau-machine (ICM) sont toujours restreintes au contexte de la recherche scientifique. Toutefois, les ICM gagneraient à intégrer la réalité virtuelle (VR) car elles diminuent la distance entre l'...
Active learning has recently become considered as a promising strategy to increase the learning outcomes of classes, in particular in the context of chemistry. In this paper an original roll&write game is proposed to increase stimulation in the chemistry classroom. The students have to run a chemical plant for sulfuric acid, made with the contact p...
An "escape game" activity is proposed to increase stimulation, team group skills, and adaptability in the chemistry classroom. The students follow in the footsteps of Nicolas Leblanc, a young French chemist, who took part in a contest launched by the French Academy of Sciences in 1775 to produce industrial soda ash. By means of scientific puzzles, ...
