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| Students View Atoms in Three Dimensions - 05/14/2004 - East Dorset, VT. May 14, 2004- How can science teachers today bring chemistry textbooks to life for their students? The key lies in the ability to visualize atoms and molecules in three dimensions, says Dr. Joseph LeFevre, associate professor of chemistry at the State University of New York in Oswego. A robust educational software tool called MoluCAD does just that, allowing students to finally "see" molecules and begin to understand how they interact.
Students create, rotate, label, evaluate, and zoom in on 3D molecules with this graphically powerful science tool. But don't let these advanced features intimidate you-- the program is very easy to use. Dr. LeFevre found it to be an especially useful tool when he tested it with his students, and found many advantages over the ball-and-stick model kits often used in chemistry classrooms. With MoluCAD, students can carefully construct molecules and compounds and then save them to a disk to be studied and reviewed later. I ... |
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