TY - JOUR
T1 - Click, Zoom, Explore
T2 - Interactive 3D (i-3D) Figures in Standard Teaching Materials (PDFs)
AU - Chatterjee, Sourav
AU - Moon, Sooyeon
AU - Rowlands, Amanda
AU - Chin, Fred
AU - Seeberger, Peter H.
AU - Merbouh, Nabyl
AU - Gilmore, Kerry
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the Simon Fraser University Dean of Science Office, the Max-Planck Society, and DFG InCHeM (FOR 2177) for their generous financial support. We are grateful to Sarah Gilmore for assistance in creation of the survey.
PY - 2021/11/9
Y1 - 2021/11/9
N2 - While chemistry exists in three dimensions, it is presented in two. This down-conversion results in a significant loss in information and often necessitates multiple images/figures to convey the complexity, intricacy, and beauty of a given structure. Currently, three-dimensional models are built to allow students to interact with molecules. However, model building for students is time-consuming, has the potential for error, and requires the purchase of a model kit. Outlined herein is a concise, straightforward method for incorporating interactive three-dimensional (i-3D) figures into teaching aids in PDF format. These figures can be generated from a variety of sources and allow for structures, molecular orbitals, unit cells and crystal lattices, as well as biopolymers to be presented in the same information-rich format as they are created. These images can be seen and interacted with by anyone reading the file in the standard PDF software (Adobe Reader). It is time for chemical education to take advantage of the digital age.
AB - While chemistry exists in three dimensions, it is presented in two. This down-conversion results in a significant loss in information and often necessitates multiple images/figures to convey the complexity, intricacy, and beauty of a given structure. Currently, three-dimensional models are built to allow students to interact with molecules. However, model building for students is time-consuming, has the potential for error, and requires the purchase of a model kit. Outlined herein is a concise, straightforward method for incorporating interactive three-dimensional (i-3D) figures into teaching aids in PDF format. These figures can be generated from a variety of sources and allow for structures, molecular orbitals, unit cells and crystal lattices, as well as biopolymers to be presented in the same information-rich format as they are created. These images can be seen and interacted with by anyone reading the file in the standard PDF software (Adobe Reader). It is time for chemical education to take advantage of the digital age.
KW - Communication/Writing
KW - Distance Learning/Self Instruction
KW - First-Year Undergraduate/General
KW - Graduate Education/Research
KW - Hands-On Learning/Manipulatives
KW - High School/Introductory Chemistry
KW - Multimedia-Based Learning
KW - Second-Year Undergraduate
KW - Stereochemistry
KW - Upper-Division Undergraduate
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85119624493&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00296
DO - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00296
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85119624493
SN - 0021-9584
VL - 98
SP - 3470
EP - 3475
JO - Journal of Chemical Education
JF - Journal of Chemical Education
IS - 11
ER -
