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Geographic Perspectives of Chemistry

Geographic Perspectives of Chemistry. Luis D. Montes Department of Chemistry University of Central Oklahoma lmontes@ucok.edu. Why Geographies of Chemistry?. Geography literally means “to describe the Earth”

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Geographic Perspectives of Chemistry

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  1. Geographic Perspectives of Chemistry Luis D. Montes Department of Chemistry University of Central Oklahoma lmontes@ucok.edu

  2. Why Geographies of Chemistry? • Geography literally means “to describe the Earth” • A geographic perspective of chemistry examines the ways that the principles and practices of chemistry differ from one place to another (place matters) • Analogy: the solvent effect

  3. Why Geographies of Chemistry? • Although the principles of chemistry are ‘placeless’, the practice and development of chemistry is not. • Science (and so chemistry), as a body of knowledge, is a “cultural formation, … shaped by the local environments in which its practitioners carry out their tasks”.1 1 D.N. Livingstone, ‘Reading the heavens, planting the earth: cultures of British science’, History Workshop Journal (2002), 54, 236.

  4. Why Geographies of Chemistry? • Chemistry traditionally places an emphasis on recognizes spaces and places • Chemistry creates spaces and places for its activities

  5. Names of Substances Rochelle Salt (NaKC4H6O6) Epsom Salt (MgSO4) Sal di Modena (MgSO4) Stannum Anglici (tin) Spanish Green (CuCO3) Cyprian vitriol (CuSO4) Names of Elements (26 or 34 place related names) Copper (cuprum) Americium Darmstadium Rhenium Ruthenium Gallium Ytterbium Magnesium Geography in Chemistry

  6. Europium Berkelium Americium Californium

  7. Scandium Thulium Polonium Germanium Ruthenium Francium Gallium

  8. Holmium Dubnium Strontium Erbium Terbium Ytterbium Yttrium Hafnium Rhenium Darmstadium Lutetium

  9. Magnesium Manganese Cadmium Copper (cuprum) Mediterranean Sea

  10. Where does chemistry take place?Generating chemical knowledge • Industrial research laboratories • Government research laboratories • Academic research laboratories • What differences exist in these places? • How does one gain admittance to each? • Can people in other places generate chemical knowledge?

  11. Where does chemistry take place? Disseminating chemical knowledge • Museums • Classrooms • Learning labs • Conferences

  12. Where does chemistry take place?Applying chemical knowledge • How can chemical knowledge be used to improve our surroundings? • How does the practice of chemistry impact our environment? • Where are samples/ores/minerals/elements obtained?

  13. Sites of Chemistry Education • Classroom • Laboratory • Field

  14. The Chemistry Classroom • What distinguishes a chemistry classroom? • What can be altered in the classroom environment to aid or hinder learning? • How can a classroom be designed to encourage different types of learning?

  15. The Chemistry Classroom

  16. The Chemistry Classroom

  17. The Chemistry Laboratory • What is present in a chemistry laboratory? • What is required for a safe laboratory? • How does the design of a laboratory influence or reflect the goals of the laboratory?

  18. The Chemistry Laboratory

  19. The Chemistry Laboratory

  20. The Chemistry Laboratory

  21. The Chemistry Laboratory

  22. Chemistry in the Field • Students can experience chemistry in the world around them (field trips) • Students can use chemistry they learn to interact with the world around them (service learning)

  23. Chemistry in the Field

  24. Chemistry in the Field

  25. Further Reading • Livingstone, David N., Putting Science in its Place: Geographies of Scientific Knowledge, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2003. • Good entry point for studying geographies of science; includes a bibliographic essay. • Brit. Jour. Hist. Sci., 38 (1), 2005. • The entire issue is devoted to geographies of science.

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