Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ717030
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Apr-1
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
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"We Actually Saw Atoms with Our Own Eyes": Conceptions and Convictions in Using the Scanning Tunneling Microscope in Junior High School
Margel, Hannah; Eylon, Bat-Sheva; Scherz, Zahava
Journal of Chemical Education, v81 n4 p558 Apr 2004
The feasibility and the potential contribution of the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in junior high school (JHS) as an instructional tool for learning the particulate nature of matter is described. The use and power of new technologies can probably be demonstrated by the scanning tunneling microscopy (STM).
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Equipment, Scientific Concepts, Science Instruction
Journal of Chemical Education, Subscription Department, P.O. Box 1267, Bellmawr, NJ 08099-1267. Web site: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/AboutJCE/contact.html.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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