SHAPE-TRANSITIONS AND MIRROR REFLECTIONS: THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF NATURE EXPLAINED TO CHILDREN
Our favorite quotations:
“Nothing in science has any value tosociety if it is not communicated, andscientists are beginning to learn their social obligations.”
-Anne Roe (1904-1991) American psychologist
“We should not teach children thesciences; but give them a taste forthem.”
-J. J. Rousseau
What is a shape-transition? What is mirror symmetry breaking? What is chirality?
Kids will play with these complex but intriguing topics which bridge chemistry, physics, mathematics as well arts, literature, music, biology…
How is that possible?
Through gamification, augmented reality, Alessia and Alessandra, twin systers, will discuss symmetry, symmetry breaking and the misterious word of chirality with kids and young students.
By playing with the real mirror images of each other, and using a theater scene, the twin systers will explain us chirality, like in the Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
REFERENTE: Alessandro Stroppa – Consiglio nazionale delle ricerche (CNR)
