TY - GEN
T1 - Chemation
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Interaction Design and Children, IDC 2004
AU - Scott, Lisa Ann
AU - Zimmerman, Robert
AU - Chang, Hsin Yi
AU - Heitzman, Mary
AU - Krajcik, Joseph
AU - McNeill, Kate Lynch
AU - Quintana, Chris
AU - Soloway, Elliot
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. REC-0101780, ITR-008594 and REC-0231907. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Science Foundation. We also thank Richard Murphy, Esther Verreau, and Tyler Nordstrom for their contributions to the development of this program.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2004 ACM.
PY - 2004/6/1
Y1 - 2004/6/1
N2 - Chemation, a simple 2-D modeling and animation tool for handhelds (e.g., PalmOS computers), was developed to help teach important chemistry concepts, such as chemical reaction, conservation of mass, and the particulate nature of matter (as specified in national standards). Users build 2-D molecular models of substances and then, through a process of copying and modifying the model, create flipbook-style animations to illustrate various processes. Chemation is currently being piloted by teachers using a standards-based, inquiry-oriented 7th grade chemistry curriculum. The tool is intended to be an alternative or a supplement to current hands-on activities in which students build physical (balland-stick) models to represent various chemical phenomena. In this demonstration, we will show the basic functions of Chemation highlighting its important features-modeling and animation of chemical processes on a handheld tool. We will also show example student models of various chemical processes.
AB - Chemation, a simple 2-D modeling and animation tool for handhelds (e.g., PalmOS computers), was developed to help teach important chemistry concepts, such as chemical reaction, conservation of mass, and the particulate nature of matter (as specified in national standards). Users build 2-D molecular models of substances and then, through a process of copying and modifying the model, create flipbook-style animations to illustrate various processes. Chemation is currently being piloted by teachers using a standards-based, inquiry-oriented 7th grade chemistry curriculum. The tool is intended to be an alternative or a supplement to current hands-on activities in which students build physical (balland-stick) models to represent various chemical phenomena. In this demonstration, we will show the basic functions of Chemation highlighting its important features-modeling and animation of chemical processes on a handheld tool. We will also show example student models of various chemical processes.
KW - Animation
KW - Chemistry
KW - Handheld
KW - Modeling
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U2 - 10.1145/1017833.1017862
DO - 10.1145/1017833.1017862
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84898172550
T3 - Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Interaction Design and Children: Building a Community, IDC 2004
SP - 145
EP - 146
BT - Proceedings of the 2004 Conference on Interaction Design and Children
A2 - Hourcade, Juan Pablo
A2 - Druin, Allison
A2 - Kollet, Sharmon
PB - Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Y2 - 1 June 2004 through 3 June 2004
ER -