To achieve high efficiency in the self-learning process, students need to carry out activities step by step, answering questions before moving on to new content.
What is chemistry simulation?
What role does chemistry simulation play in teaching chemistry?
What tools and resources are available to support chemistry simulation design?
Let's look at some examples of chemistry simulation and answer "What is chemistry simulation?".
Atomic model simulation
Simulation of the experiment of heating a solution in a test tube
Simulation of experiments to prepare the reaction between magnesium and hydrochloric acid
Simulation of the hydrochloric acid production process
Definition of chemistry simulation
"Simulation is the imitation of the operation of a real-world process or system over time. Simulation involves the generation of an artificial history of the system, and the observation of that artificial history to draw inferences concerning the operating characteristics of the real system that is represented." (Banks, 2000). Chemistry is a scientific discipline within the realm of natural science that investigates the composition, structure, properties, and transformations of elements, compounds, and substances (Ministry of Education and Training, 2018).
From the definition of simulation and chemistry, the following definition of chemistry simulation can be given: Chemistry simulation is the process of following a real chemical system. Chemical systems include microstructure, reaction mechanism, chemical production process, experiments...
Some requirements of chemistry simulation
Arrange the requirements of chemistry simulation below with corresponding content. Explain sorting logic. Please play until all four pairs are correct; the system will automatically record the results. Fill in your full name and class in the Name box (for example Thai Hoai Minh - 01), then press Start.
Think and answer the following question: What role does chemistry simulation play in teaching chemistry? Can see some suggestions here (Le and Luong, 2013).
Share tools and resources that support the design of natural science simulations (online and offline) that you are aware of.
Banks, J. (2000). Introduction to simulation. In Proceedings of the 31st conference on Winter simulation: Simulation - A bridge to the future - Volume 1 (pp. 7-13).
Le, H. T., & Luong, T. H. (2013). Ứng dụng kĩ thuật mô phỏng trong dạy học [Application of simulation in education]. Journal of Education, 316, 37-44.
Ministry of Education and Training (2018). Chuong trinh giao duc pho thong mon Hoa hoc [Chemistry general education curriculum].