Buckyballs – a new sphere of science

Activities

Performance materials – Carbon nanotubes (AccessNano, Australia)

Allotropes of carbon – students conduct a series of four brief activities to learn about different allotropes of carbon (graphite, diamond, buckyballs and carbon nanotubes)

Science NetLinks (American Association for the Advancement of Science)

Structure matters – explores the molecular structure of matter and how it can affect the physical characteristics of a specific material.

Microworlds: Exploring the structure of materials (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, USA)

Is carbon hard or soft?

Schlumberger Excellence in Educational Development – SEED (Schlumberger Ltd, USA)

Build a buckyball – provides patterns for a paper model of the structure of a buckyball.

Chemistry Department, University of Wisconsin (USA)

Problems for buckyball, diamond and graphite topic. (These problems are designed for tertiary students.)

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