Newscripts
2018; American Chemical Society; Volume: 96; Issue: 26 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1021/cen-09626-newscripts
ISSN2474-7408
Autores ResumoFun with a fictitious element Hollywood has a history of making up science to support its plotlines. In the blockbuster movie "Black Panther," the titular Marvel Comics superhero wears a bodysuit powered by the fictitious metal vibranium. The element supposedly dissolves other metals, absorbs all sound, and is a strong mutagen. In the movie, production and use of this metal drives the economy of the fictional African nation Wakanda. Vibranium also recently inspired two chemists to ask their students to think critically. In a letter in the Journal of Chemical Education, Sibrina N. Collins, executive director of the Marburger STEM Center at Lawrence Technological University (LTU), and LTU senior chemistry lecturer LaVetta Appleby describe how they used the popular film to probe students' knowledge of the arrangement of the periodic table (2018, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00206). For extra credit on an exam, Collins and Appleby asked the students to write an essay
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