Temporary dipole

Age: 14 – 18

Goal: Pupils create gif-animations to visualize chemical processes.

What you need:

• Enough computers
• Image editing tool (e.g. GIMP)

Proceedings:

1. Introduction:

• Present a chemical phenomenon and give some basic information.
• GIMP-Tutorial (gif-animation)

2. Pupils’ task:

• Find out what’s behind that phenomenon.
• Break it down into its basic components.
• Visualize the process in a gif-animation.

3. Presentation

• Present and compare the results.

Example:

• How does a gecko stick to the wall?