Meet the molecules in chocolate: Informal opportunities for building thematic molecular models with children

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1361-1364

  Amey, Jennifer R ^a   Fletcher, Matthew D ^a,b   Fletcher, Rachael V ^a   Jones, Alison ^a   Roberts, Erica W ^a   Roberts, Ieuan O ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Kingswood School   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54549102074     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed085p1361     Document Type: Article

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