Making Words with Chemical Symbols: a game for a transversal learning

Authors

  • Santiago Álvarez Reverter Universitat de Barcelona

Keywords:

Atomic symbols, language, palindromes, periodic table.

Abstract

The use of atomic symbols to make words may be both a game and a learning tool of language and of the periodic table. This work analyses the possibilities of an elemental language in which only elemental words are used, i.e., words made up exclusively by chemical symbols. Examples of activities that can be carried out in this context are proposed, such as making palindromes, elaborating the menu of a restaurant or writing a short poem.

Author Biography

Santiago Álvarez Reverter, Universitat de Barcelona

Catedràtic emèrit de química inorgànica de la Universitat de Barcelona. Ha desenvolupat la seva recerca majoritàriament sobre forma i enllaç en els compostos de coordinació, i també ha publicat diversos articles d’assaig sobre les relacions entre química, història i cultura. Ha publicat els llibres De dones, homes i molècules i 150 anys de taules periòdiques a la Universitat de Barcelona, aquest últim coeditat amb el Prof. Claudi Mans, i ha col·laborat amb altres autors en el llibre 100 curiositats sobre els elements i la taula periòdica.

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Issue

No. 28 (2021)

Section

Intercanvi

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