JCE 2007 (84) 775 [May] Primo Levi and <em>The Periodic Table</em>: Teaching Chemistry Using a Literary Text


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Chemistry for Everyone

Primo Levi and The Periodic Table: Teaching Chemistry Using a Literary Text

Viktoria Klara Lakatos Osorio, Peter Wilhelm Tiedemann, and Paulo Alves Porto
Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Cidade Universitária, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brasil

May 2007
Vol. 84 No. 5
p. 775

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We describe the use of a chapter excerpt from Primo Levi's book The Periodic Table in two courses for first-year undergraduate students offered by the Institute of Chemistry of the University of São Paulo. The aim is to motivate the students by giving them a problem-solving activity based on a literary text.

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The adapted excerpt (as it was given to the students) of the chapter "Potassium" from Primo Levi's book, The Periodic Table, is available.


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Citation	Osorio, Viktoria Klara Lakatos; Tiedemann, Peter Wilhelm; Porto, Paulo Alves. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 775.
Keywords	Chemical Education Research; First-Year Undergraduate / General; High School / Introductory Chemistry; Inorganic Chemistry; Interdisciplinary / Multidisciplinary; Metals; Periodicity / Periodic Table; Potassium; Problem Solving / Decision Making; Reactions; Sodium; Student-Centered Learning
History	Created: Last Updated:	3/22/2007 3/27/2007

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