The Magic of The Periodic Table: from Illusion to Game

Josep Duran (1,4), Pep Anton Vieta (2,4), Miquel Duran (1,4), Fernando Blasco (3), Laia Guillaumes (5, 4), Sílvia Simon (1,4)

(1) Department of Chemistry, Universitat de Girona(2) La Salle High School, Girona, and Dept. Chemistry, Universitat de Girona

(3) Escuela de Montes, Dept. Matemática Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid(4) Càtedra de Cultura Científica i Comunicació Digital, Universitat de Girona

(5) Vedruna High School, and Dept. Chemistry, Universitat de Girona

http://magsci.eu @magsci #magsci #lamtp

Chemistry & MagicAt the beginning…

Chemistry & Magic

AIGUA AIRE

TERRA FOC

AIRWATER

EARTH FIRE

“Principles of Chemistry” 1869

Dmitri Mendeléiev

Chemistry & MagicToday…

Chemistry & MagicToday…

Project “From the Magic of Science to the Science of Magic”

(#magsci, 2015) Funding Agency: Spain’s FECyT

#magsci: Six tasks• Stage show, The Mathemagic of Science• Stage show, The Magic of the Periodic Table• I Meeting on Science, Magic and Education• MOOC on Magic and Science• Participative activities at schools and @c4dudg• Mobile apps on magic and science, gamification of

recreational science

#lamtp Zaragoza, Sevilla, Valladolid,

Girona, Tarragona, Lleida,Barcelona Honours Mention,

Ciencia en Acción 2014 June 2015: Nancy (Science&You),

London (Science on Stage)

London, June 2015

#magcimooc

http://magcimooc.net/

#magcimooc UdG, July 2016

And you, which element you are?• Assign one element of the periodic table

according to birthday date.– A natural year is 365 (366) days. Periodic table

have 118 elements. 122 is 1/3 of the total of days

And you, which element you are?• Assign one element of the periodic table

according to birthday date.– A natural year is 365 (366) days. Periodic table

have 118 elements. 122 is 1/3 of the total of days– Correspondence between number of day and

number of element.

And you, which element you are?• Assign one element of the periodic table

according to birthday date.– A natural year is 365 (366) days. Periodic table

have 118 elements. 122 is 1/3 of the total of days– Correspondence between number of day and

number of element.– People write in a sticky-note the element number

and some data and stick in the table

And you, which element you are?• Assign one element of the periodic table

according to birthday date.– A natural year is 365 (366) days. Periodic table

have 118 elements. 122 is 1/3 of the total of days– Correspondence between number of day and

number of element.– People write in a sticky-note the element number

and some data and stick in the table– We take a photo over a chroma with some

characteristics of the element

You overtake energy despite being the smallest and simple element of the periodic table.Remember that you are number one!

Intriguing and difficult to define, you are like Jekyll and Hyde: both essential to life as wickedly dangerous.You are a chameleon that adopts the colors black, red and white.

And you, which element you are?• Assign one element of the periodic table

according to birthday date.– A natural year is 365 (366) days. Periodic table have 118

elements. 122 is 1/3 of the total of days– Correspondence between number of day and number

of element.– People write in a sticky-note the element number and

some data and stick in the table– We take a photo over a chroma with some

characteristics of the element– We made a periodic table of the elements

The Magic of The Periodic Table: from Illusion to Game

Josep Duran (1,4), Pep Anton Vieta (2,4), Miquel Duran (1,4), Fernando Blasco (3), Laia Guillaumes (5, 4), Sílvia Simon (1,4)

(1) Department of Chemistry, Universitat de Girona(2) La Salle High School, Girona, and Dept. Chemistry, Universitat de Girona

(3) Escuela de Montes, Dept. Matemática Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid(4) Càtedra de Cultura Científica i Comunicació Digital, Universitat de Girona

(5) Vedruna High School, and Dept. Chemistry, Universitat de Girona

http://magsci.eu @magsci #magsci #lamtp