Here I present: “BLIND CHEMISTRY: Hands as Atoms & Fingers as Bonds”. CONTINUED.
INTRODUCTION.
The two (2) most basic ideas in chemistry are: chemical letter script of Lavoisier, and the group formula of Mendeleev. These two (2) concepts essential for sighted or blind students.
Hands as atoms: fingers as bonds conveys the three primitives of space, scale & navigation.
Ball & Stick models use five (5) holes. Hand as atoms: fingers as bonds, with educational model kits sold everywhere.
The grasping of the concepts of Lavoisier & Mendeleev is just “sticking your five (5) fingers into a bowling ball”.
