Visualization of fluorescence and phosphorescence using demos, slides, hand motions and song

CHED 483

Kimberly Fallo, Department of Chemistry, Sacred Heart University, 5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield, CT 06825 and Gerald DeMenna, demennag@sacredheart.edu, Chemistry, Sacred Heart University & Fun-Science Academics, 212 Manida Street, Bronx, NY 0474.
The mechanisms of fluorescence and phosphorescence are difficult for many students to understand. We capture students' interest with a number of real, "glow-in-the-dark" phenomena, followed with detailed explanation and animation using a series of PowerPoint slides. We further help students "get it" by using hand motions with rhymes, and finally tie the ideas together and cement them in memory through the use of five carefully written songs.
 

Visualization and Learning Chemistry
8:00 AM-11:30 AM, Thursday, August 23, 2007 Seaport -- Flagship Room, Oral

Division of Chemical Education

The 234th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August 19-23, 2007