| Literature DB >> 35770202 |
Xiao Li1,2, Marc Muñiz3, Karlun Chun4, Jonathan Tai4, Francesca Guerra3, Darrin M York2.
Abstract
We report a new online suite of tools that enables inquiry-based active-learning activities to develop students' representational competence about atomic orbitals. Orbital Explorer is Web site hub for the visualization and interactive investigation of atomic orbital properties. Orbital Explorer contains two integrated tools, namely, Atomic Orbital Explorer, which enables one to visualize and interrogate individual atomic orbitals, and Orbital RDF Comparison, which enables one to make a more detailed quantitative comparison of orbital energies and properties of orbital radial distribution functions (RDFs). In addition, we present an original chemistry educational gamification design, BingOrbital, constructed in a format resembling Bingo (American version). The game aims to reinforce the recognition of atomic orbitals based on the RDF and 3D isosurface and has been applied as an engaging retrieval practice tool. A companion set of example activities that use the Orbital Explorer and BingOrbital game have been presented in another article.Entities:
Keywords: Atomic Properties/Structures; First-Year Undergraduate/General; Inquiry-Based / Discovery Learning; Internet/Web-Based Learning
Year: 2022 PMID： 35770202 PMCID： PMC9236273 DOI： 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c01277
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Chem Educ ISSN： 0021-9584 Impact factor: 3.208