Resumen de Discovering Symmetry in Everyday Environments: A Creative Approach to Teaching Symmetry and Point Groups
Kei Fuchigami, Matthew Schrandt, Gary L. Miessler
A hands-on symmetry project is proposed as an innovative way of teaching point groups to undergraduate chemistry students. Traditionally, courses teaching symmetry require students to identify the point group of a given object. This project asks the reverse: students are instructed to identify an object that matches each point group. Doing so requires students to think about symmetry in their everyday environment and aids in the development of a more intrinsic understanding of the assignment of symmetry classifications.
