Crystal cookery – using high-throughput technologies and the grocery store as a teaching tool

Autor: Nicholas M. Furlani, Rachel E. NeMoyer, Stephen A. Potter, Jennifer R. Wolfley, M. Elizabeth Snell, Elliott J. Penna, Joseph R. Luft, Edward H. Snell
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Crystallography
ISSN: 0021-8898
DOI: 10.1107/s0021889810027640
Popis: Using high-throughput crystallization screening technologies and data analysis, an educational program has been developed to teach the scientific method through crystallization and access to a grocery store, a post office and the internet.
Crystallography is a multidisciplinary field that links divergent areas of mathematics, science and engineering to provide knowledge of life on an atomic scale. Crystal growth, a key component of the field, is an ideal vehicle for education. Crystallization has been used with a ‘grocery store chemistry’ approach and linked to high-throughput remote-access screening technologies. This approach provides an educational opportunity that can effectively teach the scientific method, readily accommodate different levels of educational experience, and reach any student with access to a grocery store, a post office and the internet. This paper describes the formation of the program through the students who helped develop and prototype the procedures. A summary is presented of the analysis and preliminary results and a description given of how the program could be linked with other aspects of crystallography. This approach has the potential to bridge the gap between students in remote locations and with limited funding, and access to scientific resources, providing students with an international-level research experience.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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