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Seeing the Unseen: Molecular Visualization in Biology

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Title: Seeing the Unseen: Molecular Visualization in Biology
Language: English
Authors: Finnan, Jeff, Taylor-Papp, Kim, Duran, Mesut
Source: Learning & Leading with Technology. Dec-Jan 2004-05 32(4):24-27.
Availability: International Society for Technology in Education, 480 Charnelton Street, Eugene, OR 97401-2626. Tel: 800-336-5191 (Toll Free); Tel: 541-302-3777; e-mail: iste@iste.org.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 5
Publication Date: 2005
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Molecular Structure, High School Students, Computer Uses in Education
ISSN: 1082-5754
Abstract: In high school biology, students are challenged by many molecular concepts and structures. They meander through a number of molecular structures, some in macromolecular form: carbohydrates, amino acids, fatty acids, nucleotides. Student difficulties arise in part from inability to visualize what they can't easily see. Students struggle moving from chemical name to symbolic chemical formula and from symbolic representation to the physical one. The problem with physical representation resides at opposite ends: the macroscopic level of directly observable physical and chemical properties and the microscopic level of molecular form and dimensions.
Abstractor: ERIC
Number of References: 6
Entry Date: 2005
Access URL: https://www.iste.org
Accession Number: EJ697290
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:In high school biology, students are challenged by many molecular concepts and structures. They meander through a number of molecular structures, some in macromolecular form: carbohydrates, amino acids, fatty acids, nucleotides. Student difficulties arise in part from inability to visualize what they can't easily see. Students struggle moving from chemical name to symbolic chemical formula and from symbolic representation to the physical one. The problem with physical representation resides at opposite ends: the macroscopic level of directly observable physical and chemical properties and the microscopic level of molecular form and dimensions.
ISSN:1082-5754