Some examples from ECLIPSE of what students have said relating to the use and meaning of scientific symbols:
Plus and minus signs represent the charges on atoms
The circle in a benzene ring shows where the electrons are
This is just one of a wide range of science topics that learners have talked about in ECLIPSE projects.
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Dr Keith S Taber kst24@cam.ac.uk
University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
© Keith S Taber, 2012