Animations, videos and 3D models for teaching space‐group symmetry

A series of animations, videos and 3D models that were developed, filmed or built to teach the symmetry properties of crystals are described. At first, these resources were designed for graduate students taking a basic crystallography course, coming from different careers, at the National Autonomous...

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Published in:Journal of applied crystallography 2024-12, Vol.57 (6), p.1966-1977
Main Authors: Bucio, Lauro, Moreno-Tovar, Rosario, Hernández-Juárez, Edilberto, Sandoval-Santiago, Andrea S., Elejalde-Cadena, Nerith R., Bucio, Andrés, Falcón-Moreno, Moises, Rosales-Chávez, Ivonne
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
3D models
animations
COVID-19
Crystallography
Crystals
Pandemics
Seitz operator
space groups
Students
Symmetry
symmetry operations
Teaching and Education
Three dimensional models
Video
videos
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Summary:A series of animations, videos and 3D models that were developed, filmed or built to teach the symmetry properties of crystals are described. At first, these resources were designed for graduate students taking a basic crystallography course, coming from different careers, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. However, the COVID‐19 pandemic had the effect of accelerating the generation of didactic material. Besides our experience with postgraduate students, we have noted that 3D models attract the attention of children, and therefore we believe that these models are particularly useful for teaching children about the assembled arrangements of crystal structures. Animations, videos and 3D models have been designed to visualize the effects of symmetry operators on selected cases of crystal structures, pointing out the relationship with the diagrams published in International Tables for Crystallography, Vol. A.
ISSN:1600-5767
0021-8898
1600-5767
DOI:10.1107/S1600576724008872