Chimica nella Scuola
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description: La rivista CnS – La Chimica nella Scuola costituisce un ausilio di ordine scientifico, professionale e tecnico per i docenti delle scuole di ogni ordine e grado e dell’Università; si offre come luogo di confronto delle idee e delle esperienze didattiche nelle discipline chimiche.
publisher: CLUEB srl
language: en
publication name: Chimica nella Scuola
issn: 0392-8942
items: Recensione del libro Un pensiero ribelle – Maria Bakunin, la signora di Napoli di Mirella Armiero
items: Come i cowboy: un lazo per antibiotico
items: Dalla curiosità alla ricerca: il mio percorso tra accademia, industria e innovazione farmacologica
items: Bartolomeo Gosio, dalla candidatura al Nobel all’oblio
items: L’isomerizzazione fotochimica del carvone, la prima reazione fotochimica stereospecifica
items: I protagonisti del mondo materiale
items: Il miglioramento della didattica e la formazione docenti a Padova
items: L’interpretazione chimica del vivente di Giovanni Villani: un progetto di lettura critica distribuita con le scuole secondarie di secondo grado
items: Dal campionamento alla stima della sua incertezza
items: Un percorso laboratoriale sulle gemme
items: Ricchi premi e cotillon da distribuire in classe
items: Project “Teaching with Objects”
items: Un chimico senior racconta… incontri importanti nella sua vita accademica
items: ChemEscape: studenti coinvolti nella chimica
items: La teoria molecolare di Ampère: una visione di primo Ottocento carica di stimoli di riflessione
items: L’enciclica Laudato si’ di papa Francesco
items: Le nuove frontiere della catalisi ecosostenibile: un viaggio, dai catalizzatori omogenei alla fotocatalisi, ripercorrendo le tappe storiche più rilevanti per il suo sviluppo
items: Insegnare (e imparare) la chimica attraverso i musei e le collezioni di strumenti scientifici
items: La densità come concetto chiave: un percorso verticale e fenomenologico
items: Che dire dell’Homo Sapiens Sapiens?
items: Iscriversi ai Corsi di Laurea in Chimica: uno studio sulle motivazioni alla base della scelta
items: Attività laboratoriali del PLS Chimica: un’opportunità per insegnanti e studenti
items: Verso la sostenibilità e …oltre! Utilizzo del Game-based learning per la promozione della chimica sostenibile nelle scuole secondarie
items: I giochi di Avogadro della Società Chimica Italiana
items: La competizione “Giochi della Chimica”: analisi dei risultati degli studenti e partecipazione
items: Il contributo di Science on Stage all’educazione STEM
items: Strutture tridimensionali nei manuali di Chimica di fine Ottocento e inizio Novecento
items: Progettazione e sperimentazione in classe di una sequenza didattica sui concetti di dipolo permanente e istantaneo
items: La Chimica delle Macromolecole e la Complessità nei racconti di Primo Levi: La chiave a stella

Recensione del libro Un pensiero ribelle – Maria Bakunin, la signora di Napoli di Mirella Armiero
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subject: Libri da leggere
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creator: Margherita Venturi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Margherita Venturi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-11-18
publication date: 2025-11-18
starting page: 94
ending page: 96
doi: 10.1473/cns.v4i4.270

Come i cowboy: un lazo per antibiotico
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description: Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most important challenges in the world, with bacteria evolving faster than new drugs. The discovery of lariocidin, an antibiotic derived from Paenibacillus, offers new hope against resistant bacteria. Lasso peptides, including lariocidin, are a promising therapeutic solution due to their stability and antimicrobial activity.
subject: Dare voce agli studenti
  topic: section
subject: antimicrobicoresistenza
  topic: keywords
subject: lariocidina
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subject: peptidi lazo
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creator: Giovanni Pellegrino
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Giovanni Pellegrino https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-11-18
publication date: 2025-11-18
starting page: 87
ending page: 94
doi: 10.1473/cns.v4i4.269

Dalla curiosità alla ricerca: il mio percorso tra accademia, industria e innovazione farmacologica
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description: Scientific curiosity can become a driving force for both personal and professional growth. In this article, I share my PhD journey in Pharmaceutical Sciences, focused on studying AKT1 as a therapeutic target for cancer and rare diseases. Through computational modeling, in vitro experimentation, and collaboration with industry, I had the opportunity to explore innovative approaches to drug design. This experience enriched not only my scientific skills but also my perspective on the social role of research and the value of scientific education.
subject: Dare voce agli studenti
  topic: section
subject: curiosità scientifica
  topic: keywords
subject: ricerca applicata
  topic: keywords
subject: impatto sociale
  topic: keywords
subject: formazione scientifica
  topic: keywords
creator: Erika Primavera
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Erika Primavera https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-11-18
publication date: 2025-11-18
starting page: 83
ending page: 86
doi: 10.1473/cns.v4i4.268

Bartolomeo Gosio, dalla candidatura al Nobel all’oblio
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description: Bartolomeo Gosio (1866-1944) discovered the organication of metals in 1891 and purified the first antibiotic (micofenolic acid) two years later, next abandoning research at the turning of the century and dedicating the rest of his professional life to issues of public health. In the light of his seminal discoveries, which led to his nomination for the Nobel Prize in 1922, the oblivion of Gosio is surprising, and related to a series of unfortunate circumstances including the association of the gas named after him (Gosio’s gas) to pseudo-scientific claims in the realm of history and medicine. Rather than for his discoveries, Gosio was long remembered for allegedly carrying out the first studies on penicillin, but his contribution to this field is limited to the invention of the name “penicillin”, which, however, he used in the context of studies on organoarsenical compounds and not of antibiotics. The research on Gosio’s gas provides an interesting starting point for discussing the complexity of environmental issues and their reductive association to a single chemical compound or class of chemical compounds.
subject: Pagine di storia
  topic: section
subject: Bartolomeo Gosio
  topic: keywords
subject: gas di Gosio
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subject: acido micofenolico
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subject: trimetilarsina
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subject: organicazione dei metalli
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subject: arsenico
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creator: Giovanni Appendino
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Giovanni Appendino https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-11-18
publication date: 2025-11-18
starting page: 73
ending page: 82
doi: 10.1473/cns.v4i4.267

L’isomerizzazione fotochimica del carvone, la prima reazione fotochimica stereospecifica
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description: Ciamician in 1908 described the first stereospecific photochemical reaction irradiating a natural occurring chiral terpene, carvone. Ciamician proposed a structure for the obtained photoisomeric product without a study devoted to confirming it. Some year later, Sernagiotto proposed, on the basis of some incomplete experimental results, a new structure for the photoisomer. Büchi proposed, on the basis of other experimental but not conclusive results, to return to the structure proposed by Ciamician. Finally, NMR spectrum of the photoisomer, performed in 1965, confirmed the Ciamician structure.
subject: Pagine di storia
  topic: section
subject: Ciamician
  topic: keywords
subject: Sernagiotto
  topic: keywords
subject: Büchi
  topic: keywords
subject: carvone
  topic: keywords
subject: fotochimica
  topic: keywords
subject: stereoselettività
  topic: keywords
creator: Maurizio D’Auria
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Maurizio D’Auria https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-11-18
publication date: 2025-11-18
starting page: 65
ending page: 72
doi: 10.1473/cns.v4i4.266

I protagonisti del mondo materiale
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description: The second part of the article dedicated to the most important material substances that have characterized our world focuses on the characteristics and uses of cement, oil, lithium, rare earths and hydrogen. It reviews not only their positive aspects for the development of the world, but also the problems caused with their extraction, manufacture and use. Furthermore, it is examined the negative influence that some of them have had and still have on the planet’s climate and on our survival.
subject: Transizione ecologica
  topic: section
subject: cemento
  topic: keywords
subject: petrolio
  topic: keywords
subject: litio
  topic: keywords
subject: Terre Rare
  topic: keywords
subject: idrogeno
  topic: keywords
subject: aspetti positivi per il nostro sviluppo
  topic: keywords
subject: aspetti negativi connessi al loro utilizzo
  topic: keywords
creator: Fabio Olmi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Fabio Olmi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-11-18
publication date: 2025-11-18
starting page: 45
ending page: 64
doi: 10.1473/cns.v4i4.265

Il miglioramento della didattica e la formazione docenti a Padova
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description: In recent years, the University of Padua has invested substantially in the professional development of its faculty, with a strong emphasis on innovative, student-centered teaching practices. One of its flagship initiatives in this area is the Teaching4Learning (T4L) program—a faculty development model grounded in the principles of Active Learning (AL). The T4L program is designed to provide teachers the skills and strategies needed to implement active and inclusive pedagogies by offering a structured pathway that includes courses, hands-on workshops, teaching labs, peer mentoring, and opportunities for reflective practice. Through this initiative, the university not only enhances the quality of teaching, but also fosters a collaborative academic culture.
subject: Metodologie didattiche per l'Università
  topic: section
subject: didattica universitaria
  topic: keywords
subject: apprendimento attivo
  topic: keywords
subject: metodologie partecipative
  topic: keywords
subject: formazione dei docenti
  topic: keywords
creator: Laura Orian
creator: Concetta Tino
creator: Giulia Licini
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Laura Orian, Concetta Tino, Giulia Licini https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-11-18
publication date: 2025-11-18
starting page: 33
ending page: 44
doi: 10.1473/cns.v4i4.264

L’interpretazione chimica del vivente di Giovanni Villani: un progetto di lettura critica distribuita con le scuole secondarie di secondo grado
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description: This paper presents a collection of reviews of the nine chapters of the book L’interpretazione chimica del vivente by Giovanni Villani, written by high school students who participated in an educational initiative focused on the reading and critical analysis of a scientific essay. The activity was carried out during the 2024–2025 school year as part of the “Piano Lauree Scientifiche – Chimica” program at Università degli Studi di Padova. Fourteen classes from various Italian regions (Veneto, Toscana, Trentino-Alto Adige, e Piemonte) took part in the project. The book served as a springboard for students and their teachers to investigate the theme of life not only from a scientific standpoint, but also through historical and philosophical lenses.
subject: Un progetto di lettura alla Scuola Secondaria di secondo grado
  topic: section
subject: biologia
  topic: keywords
subject: chimica
  topic: keywords
subject: lettura
  topic: keywords
subject: libro
  topic: keywords
subject: scuole secondarie di II grado
  topic: keywords
subject: vita
  topic: keywords
creator: Serena Bernardini
creator: Laura Bucciol
creator: Cinzia Vincenza Caia
creator: Maria Paola Colleselli
creator: Federica Dal Molin
creator: Luana De Lorenzo
creator: Alessandra De Togni
creator: Maria Cristina Finatti
creator: Lucia Giuffreda
creator: Manuela Granella
creator: Assunta Iannone
creator: Fedora Martignago
creator: Enrico Paschetta
creator: Federica Stazi
creator: Valentina Domenici
creator: Laura Orian
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Serena Bernardini, Laura Bucciol, Cinzia Vincenza Caia, Maria Paola Colleselli, Federica Dal Molin, Luana De Lorenzo, Alessandra De Togni7, Maria Cristina Finatti, Lucia Giuffreda, Manuela Granella, Assunta Iannone, Fedora Martignago, Enrico Paschetta, Federica Stazi, Valentina Domenici, Laura Orian https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-11-18
publication date: 2025-11-18
starting page: 25
ending page: 32

Dal campionamento alla stima della sua incertezza
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description: This work deals with the PNRR project “campionamento delle matrici ambientali”, whitin we particularly focused on soil and surface water. For these matrices we studied sampling method and procedure for pH analysis. For soil matrix, the sampling uncertainty was estimated using the ANOVA method.
subject: Percorsi laboratoriali per la Scuola Secondaria
  topic: section
subject: campionamento
  topic: keywords
subject: suoli
  topic: keywords
subject: acque
  topic: keywords
subject: errore
  topic: keywords
subject: incertezza di campionamento
  topic: keywords
creator: Francesco Pellegrino
creator: Domenico Lavieri
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Francesco Pellegrino, Domenico Lavieri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-11-18
publication date: 2025-11-18
starting page: 15
ending page: 22
doi: 10.1473/cns.v4i4.262

Un percorso laboratoriale sulle gemme
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description: This work represents an example of learning path on gems aimed at providing a structured, progressive experience for learners to acquire specific skills and fundamental knowledge of biology. The laboratory methodology is based on a phenomenological-inductive approach that involved learners in practical and reflective activities. This approach helps learners to achieve solid knowledge, which are consistent to the cognitive structures of pre-adolescents. Gems also provide an example of biological transformation that students can directly observe and experience, inferring its importance.
subject: Percorsi laboratoriali per la Scuola Secondaria
  topic: section
subject: didattica laboratoriale
  topic: keywords
subject: gemma
  topic: keywords
subject: trasformazione biologica
  topic: keywords
subject: definizione operativa
  topic: keywords
creator: Paola Savini
creator: Antonietta Grande
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Paola Savini, Antonietta Grande https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-11-18
publication date: 2025-11-18
starting page: 5
ending page: 14
doi: 10.1473/cns.v4i4.261

Ricchi premi e cotillon da distribuire in classe
type: item
subject: Editoriale
  topic: section
creator: Margherita Venturi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Margherita Venturi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-11-18
publication date: 2025-11-18
starting page: 1
ending page: 4
doi: 10.1473/cns.v4i4.260

Project “Teaching with Objects”
type: item
subject: News
  topic: section
creator: Margherita Venturi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Margherita Venturi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-07-29
publication date: 2025-07-29
starting page: 87
ending page: 90

Un chimico senior racconta… incontri importanti nella sua vita accademica
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description: The present article is the first-person account of a series of encounters that have represented the path of a chemist in his professional life over the course of more than half a century.
subject: Esperienze di chimica e di vita vissuta
  topic: section
subject: laurea in Chimica
  topic: keywords
subject: Istituto Superiore di Sanità
  topic: keywords
subject: Marotta e Bovet
  topic: keywords
subject: chiralità
  topic: keywords
subject: industria farmaceutica
  topic: keywords
creator: Domenico Misiti
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Domenico Misiti https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-07-29
publication date: 2025-07-29
starting page: 77
ending page: 86
doi: 10.1473/cns.v3i3.258

ChemEscape: studenti coinvolti nella chimica
type: item
subject: Dare voce agli studenti
  topic: section
creator: Monja Schilling
creator: Giulia Quaglia
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Monja Schilling; Giulia Quaglia https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-07-29
publication date: 2025-07-29
starting page: 73
ending page: 76
doi: 10.1473/cns.v3i3.257

La teoria molecolare di Ampère: una visione di primo Ottocento carica di stimoli di riflessione
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description: André-Marie Ampère (1775-1836) was a universal genius, ranging from mathematics, to physics, to chemistry. Encouraged by the chemist Berthollet, in 1814 he published an elaborate theory of molecular structure that took into account Gay-Lussac’s law of combination volumes “To provide the means of predicting a priori the fixed ratios according to which bodies combine, bringing their different combinations back to principles that would be the expression of a law of nature”. In this work he enunciated, independently of Avogadro (1811), the law of direct proportionality between the volume of a gas and the number of particles contained therein, independent of their nature. Based on the atomistic vision inaugurated by Newton (1704) and the theory of short-range molecular forces developed by Laplace (1806), Ampère developed a complex geometric-molecular theory that, starting from only two fundamental forms, the tetrahedron and the octahedron, constructed stable molecular structures in accordance with the law of combination volumes of reagents and products. Ampère’s theory was not welcomed by the chemists of the time, however it spread and introduced for the first time the stereochemical vision of molecules and reactions that was finally affirmed in the hypothesis of tetrahedral carbon by van’t Hoff and Le Bel (1874). These anticipations, eclipsed by the nineteenth-century positivism that rejected the existence of atoms and molecules, later returned in various forms and still retain an educational and epistemological value today.
subject: Pagine di storia
  topic: section
subject: André-Marie Ampère
  topic: keywords
subject: storia della chimica
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subject: didattica della chimica
  topic: keywords
subject: epistemologia della scienza
  topic: keywords
subject: teoria della struttura molecolare
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creator: Vincenzo Villani
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Vincenzo Villani https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-07-29
publication date: 2025-07-29
starting page: 61
ending page: 72
doi: 10.1473/cns.v3i3.255

I protagonisti del mondo materiale
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description: The article reviews the most important material substances that have characterized our world. The most important characteristics and uses of five materials are examined, namely sand, salt, coal, iron and copper. It is discussed not only the positive aspects that they have had or have on the development of the world examined, but also the big problems that they have caused with their extraction, manufacture and use. Furthermore, it is examined the negative influence that some of them have had and still have on the planet’s climate and on our survival.
subject: Transizione ecologica
  topic: section
subject: sabbia
  topic: keywords
subject: sale
  topic: keywords
subject: carbone
  topic: keywords
subject: ferro
  topic: keywords
subject: rame
  topic: keywords
subject: aspetti positivi per il nostro sviluppo
  topic: keywords
subject: aspetti negativi connessi al loro utilizzo
  topic: keywords
creator: Fabio Olmi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Fabio Olmi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-07-29
publication date: 2025-07-29
starting page: 41
ending page: 60
doi: 10.1473/cns.v3i3.254

L’enciclica Laudato si’ di papa Francesco
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description: The many problems of our time are addressed and discussed in a simple and clear way in the encyclical Laudato si’ by Pope Francesco. It is a small but very important book that describes the situation of the human society in our common home, the Earth. To underline the great importance of this encyclical and its profound theological, political and social meaning, the main themes it deals with will be examined.
subject: Transizione ecologica
  topic: section
subject: crisi ambientale
  topic: keywords
subject: problema energetico
  topic: keywords
subject: risorse naturali
  topic: keywords
subject: i limiti planetari
  topic: keywords
subject: enequità e disuguagliaze
  topic: keywords
creator: Vincenzo Balzani
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Vincenzo Balzani https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-07-29
publication date: 2025-07-29
starting page: 35
ending page: 40
doi: 10.1473/cns.v3i3.253

Le nuove frontiere della catalisi ecosostenibile: un viaggio, dai catalizzatori omogenei alla fotocatalisi, ripercorrendo le tappe storiche più rilevanti per il suo sviluppo
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description: Catalytic processes are behind many chemical reactions, both industrial and non-industrial. Since the 1990s, with the rise of Green Chemistry concept and its 12 principles for making chemistry more sustainable and environmentally friendly, scientists around the world have been increasingly interested in understanding the central role of catalysis. Understanding how catalysts work is very important since they help chemical reactions to take place faster and more efficiently, using less energy and producing less waste. This short review covers the scientific advancements during the past 30 years which allowed the development of catalytic processes in a more eco-friendly way. All this, starting from homogeneous catalysis, moving through hybrid multifunctional catalysts, and ending with photocatalysis, by tracing a brief history of catalysis, its advancement and the most relevant Nobel Prizes specifically awarded to it.
subject: Keywords
  topic: section
subject: catalisi omogenea
  topic: keywords
subject: catalisi eterogenea
  topic: keywords
subject: supporti ibridi
  topic: keywords
subject: nanoparticelle
  topic: keywords
subject: metallo-enzimi
  topic: keywords
subject: sistemi supramolecolari
  topic: keywords
creator: Marcello Crucianelli
creator: Nicola Di Nicola
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Marcello Crucianelli, Nicola Di Nicola https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-07-29
publication date: 2025-07-29
starting page: 25
ending page: 34
doi: 10.1473/cns.v3i3.251

Insegnare (e imparare) la chimica attraverso i musei e le collezioni di strumenti scientifici
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description: In this paper, the educational potential of historical scientific instruments was explored and implemented as part of a special teaching project supported by the University of Pisa during the 2023-2024 academic year. The project, titled Teaching (and Learning) Chemistry through Museums and Collections of Scientific Instruments, was coordinated by the authors of this article and it served as an integrative activity for the optional courses “Fundamentals and Methodologies for Teaching Chemistry Education” (Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry) and “Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry” (Master’s Degree in Chemistry). The project involved fifteen students and resulted in the valorisation and enhancement of part of the collection of historical scientific instruments of the Department of Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry at the University of Pisa. Moreover, the undergraduate students actively contributed in creating the museum collection’s website, enriched with historical and educational descriptions of the instruments. This collaborative work later enabled the undergraduate students to conduct demonstration teaching activities for high school students, which were presented during a concluding event of the project. This article will detail the various steps of the activity and discuss its educational, formative, and cultural outcomes, also taking into account the feedback received from the students.
subject: Musei scientifici e didattica
  topic: section
subject: musei
  topic: keywords
subject: didattica della chimica
  topic: keywords
subject: contesto non formale
  topic: keywords
subject: formazione insegnanti
  topic: keywords
subject: scuole secondarie
  topic: keywords
subject: didattica universitaria
  topic: keywords
creator: Valentina Domenici
creator: Gaetano Angelici
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Valentina Domenici, Gaetano Angelici https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-07-29
publication date: 2025-07-29
starting page: 13
ending page: 24
doi: 10.1473/cns.v3i3.250

La densità come concetto chiave: un percorso verticale e fenomenologico
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description: This article presents a vertical teaching path on density, designed for students from middle school to university. A phenomenological approach and the macro-micro-symbolic triangle are used to build a progressive understanding of the concept. Common misconceptions and preconceptions are addressed, with experiments such as saline solution stratification supporting the correction of erroneous ideas. The article incorporates active teaching methodologies and reflects on how density can serve as a gateway to fundamental scientific literacy.
subject: Percorsi laboratoriali per la Scuola Superiore
  topic: section
subject: densità
  topic: keywords
subject: approccio fenomenologico
  topic: keywords
subject: metodologie didattiche attive
  topic: keywords
subject: alfabetizzazione scientifica
  topic: keywords
creator: Marco Caruso
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Marco Caruso https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-07-29
publication date: 2025-07-29
starting page: 5
ending page: 12
doi: 10.1473/cns.v3i3.249

Che dire dell’Homo Sapiens Sapiens?
type: item
subject: Editoriale
  topic: section
creator: Margherita Venturi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Margherita Venturi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-07-29
publication date: 2025-07-29
starting page: 1
ending page: 4
doi: 10.1473/cns.v3i3.248

Iscriversi ai Corsi di Laurea in Chimica: uno studio sulle motivazioni alla base della scelta
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description: Academic drop-out is influenced by a wide range of factors, including social, economic, and psychological aspects. In this preliminary study, we focus on the psychological factors and explore the motivations driving university freshmen to enroll in a chemistry program. To achieve this, we surveyed approximately 1,000 students from various Italian universities, assessing their motivations, attitudes, identity, and self-efficacy in chemistry. A cluster analysis identified four distinct student profiles: Moderately Motivated, Highly Motivated, Differently Motivated, and Failed Admission, each significantly associated with the contextual variables measured. Our findings reveal that fewer than one in five chemistry freshmen are highly motivated, highlighting the need for greater attention to orientation policies at both local and national levels.
subject: Piano Lauree Scientifiche
  topic: section
subject: abbandono universitario
  topic: keywords
subject: motivazione
  topic: keywords
subject: autoefficacia
  topic: keywords
subject: orientamento universitario
  topic: keywords
creator: Oreste Tarallo
creator: Alexa Fantozzi
creator: Italo Testa
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Oreste Tarallo, Alexa Fantozzi, Italo Testa https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 115
ending page: 124
doi: 10.1473/cns.v2i2.246

Attività laboratoriali del PLS Chimica: un’opportunità per insegnanti e studenti
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description: For many years now, PLS has offered teachers and students, in the three-year period of secondary school, the opportunity to practically try their hand at various chemistry topics. The aim that has accompanied these activities since its inception is both to bring out scientific vocations in students (in our case particularly in the chemical field) and to contribute to the training of science teachers with new teaching proposals. The common thread in the PLS Chemistry activities of the current academic year was “The colors of chemistry” and was divided into three laboratory activities which involved different disciplines present on site. In this communication, the educational ideas offered as part of the project and the students’ response will be discussed.
subject: Piano Lauree Scientifiche
  topic: section
subject: laboratorio PLS
  topic: keywords
subject: chimica
  topic: keywords
subject: colori
  topic: keywords
subject: opportunità per docenti e studenti
  topic: keywords
creator: Maria Funicello
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Maria Funicello https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 105
ending page: 114
doi: 10.1473/cns.v2i2.245

Verso la sostenibilità e …oltre! Utilizzo del Game-based learning per la promozione della chimica sostenibile nelle scuole secondarie
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description: Green and sustainable chemistry is an important piece of the skills puzzle needed to foster a cultural shift in society toward sustainability, circular economy and decarbonization. We propose a learning path on Chemistry and Sustainability which exploits the Game-Based Learning and is structured in two steps. The first one is to introduce and contextualize the concepts with the games “Sustainable Crosswords”, “New materials from Waste,” and “Reduce, Recycle, Reuse,” and the second one to go into details and consolidate with the game “Toward Sustainability... and Beyond”. The training objectives include both cognitive processes and learning content.
subject: Promozione della cultura chimica/scientifica
  topic: section
subject: sostenibilità
  topic: keywords
subject: chimica
  topic: keywords
subject: scuola secondaria
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subject: apprendimento basato sul gioco
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subject: ricerca scientifica
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creator: Maria Luisa Testa
creator: Marco Russo
creator: Chiara Aliotta
creator: Alberto Zanelli
creator: Armida Torreggiani
creator: Francesca Deganello
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Maria Luisa Testa, Marco Russo, Chiara Aliotta, Alberto Zanelli, Armida Torreggiani, Francesca Deganello https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 95
ending page: 104
doi: 10.1473/cns.v2i2.244

I giochi di Avogadro della Società Chimica Italiana
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description: Games are a powerful educational tool, as confirmed by philosophers and pedagogists who highlight its importance in developing skills such as problem-solving and creativity. Chemistry, often seen as an abstract discipline, can benefit from a playful approach. Giochi della Chimica, organized by Società Chimica Italiana since 1984, have been extended to lower secondary schools with the Giochi di Avogadro. The first edition, held in the 2023-2024 school year, saw the participation of 1700 students from all over Italy. The results show a high level of engagement, with positive feedback from both students and teachers, confirming the effectiveness of this approach in stimulating active learning.
subject: Promozione della cultura chimica/scientifica
  topic: section
subject: giochi
  topic: keywords
subject: coinvolgimento
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subject: apprendimento attivo
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subject: problem solving
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creator: Alessandro Abbotto
creator: Paola Ambrogi
creator: Sabrina Donghi
creator: Luigi Falciola
creator: Roberto Fattorusso
creator: Alice Severi
creator: Margherita Venturi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Alessandro Abbotto, Paola Ambrogi, Sabrina Donghi, Luigi Falciola, Roberto Fattorusso, Alice Severi, Margherita Venturi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 89
ending page: 94
doi: 10.1473/cns.v2i2.243

La competizione “Giochi della Chimica”: analisi dei risultati degli studenti e partecipazione
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description: Since 1984, the Italian Chemical Society has organized the “Giochi della Chimica”, competitions for High Schools. The individual competition is divided into 3 classes: A; B; C. For each class, the competition includes 3 phases: Institute Phase; Regional Finals; National Final. From 2024 on, a team competition has been also organized (a team is made of 4 students). Questions for both competitions are written by a Questions Commission and are based on a dedicated Syllabus. The most talented students from the National Final are selected for participating in the Italian delegation of International Chemistry Olympiad. This communication will present and analyze the participation and the results of the last edition.
subject: Promozione della cultura chimica/scientifica
  topic: section
subject: competizione
  topic: keywords
subject: chimica
  topic: keywords
subject: studenti
  topic: keywords
subject: competenze
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subject: problemi preparatori
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creator: Alessandro Abbotto
creator: Gianluigi Albano
creator: Marta Da Pian
creator: Luigi Falciola
creator: Roberto Fattorusso
creator: Alice Severi
creator: Mariaroberta Tersigni
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Alessandro Abbotto, Gianluigi Albano, Marta Da Pian, Luigi Falciola, Roberto Fattorusso, Alice Severi, Mariaroberta Tersigni https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 79
ending page: 88
doi: 10.1473/cns.v2i2.242

Il contributo di Science on Stage all’educazione STEM
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description: This contribution reports on a short history of SonS and its activities to promote science education and on the outcomes of the 2024 European SonS Festival, in which the Italian delegates presented several innovative Chemistry-based projects. It also presents the coming Italian and European editions.
subject: Promozione della cultura chimica/scientifica
  topic: section
subject: Science on Stage Europa
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subject: Science on Stage Italia
  topic: keywords
subject: discipline STEM
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subject: formazione docenti STEM
  topic: keywords
creator: Paola Ambrogi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Paola Ambrogi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 73
ending page: 78
doi: 10.1473/cns.v2i2.241

Strutture tridimensionali nei manuali di Chimica di fine Ottocento e inizio Novecento
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description: Graphical representations of three-dimensional structures play a pivotal role in the field of chemistry education. Their correct interpretation is indeed essential for a full understanding of basic concepts that are central for both organic and inorganic chemistry. Students should have a deep knowledge of the correct meaning of the symbolic representations that appear in school and university manuals in order to avoid misunderstandings and a meaningless learning of the discipline. The aim of the present work is to analyse two important historical examples: the three-dimensional representations of tetrahedral carbon, proposed by van’t Hoff and Le Bel in 1874 to describe the physical isomerism of organic compounds, and the geometry of metal complexes introduced by Werner in 1893. This work investigates the way in which these three-dimensional representations were received and presented in school and university textbooks published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, before the introduction of techniques of structural investigation such as X-ray crystallography.
subject: Nuove tecnologie
  topic: section
subject: testi di chimica
  topic: keywords
subject: rappresentazioni tridimensionali
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subject: carbonio tetraedrico
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subject: complessi metallici
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creator: Matteo Chioccioli
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Matteo Chioccioli https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 65
ending page: 72
doi: 10.1473/cns.v2i2.240

Progettazione e sperimentazione in classe di una sequenza didattica sui concetti di dipolo permanente e istantaneo
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description: The intertwining of chemical epistemology and didactics may foster educational approaches capable to overcome conceptual problems in chemistry. We discuss some aspects of this relationship and present the theoretical framework adopted for designing a teaching sequence on intermolecular forces.
subject: Storia ed epistemologia
  topic: section
subject: epistemologia chimica
  topic: keywords
subject: formazione chimica
  topic: keywords
subject: forze intermolecolari
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subject: apprendimento significativo
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creator: Nicolò Cimadamore
creator: Marco Ghirardi
creator: Alberto Regis
creator: Elena Ghibaudi
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Nicolò Cimadamore, Marco Ghirardi, Alberto Regis, Elena Ghibaudi https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 57
ending page: 64
doi: 10.1473/cns.v2i2.239

La Chimica delle Macromolecole e la Complessità nei racconti di Primo Levi: La chiave a stella
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description: Primo Levi (1919-1987) was a macromolecular chemist and a famous writer. Director at SIVA (Società Italiana Vernici e Affini, 1953-1973), he worked for a long time and with passion on all the problems connected with the synthesis, production and use of paints based on thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers. His work as a chemist will represent an inexhaustible source of literary inspiration on the complexity of human and scientific problems. In this way, through stories and anecdotes, Levi lightly introduces in his writings, chemical arguments of great interest from education and epistemological point of view.
subject: Storia ed epistemologia
  topic: section
subject: Primo Levi
  topic: keywords
subject: macromolecole
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subject: materiali polimerici
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subject: vernici
  topic: keywords
subject: complessità
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creator: Vincenzo Villani
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Vincenzo Villani https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0
date: 2025-06-30
publication date: 2025-06-30
starting page: 47
ending page: 56
doi: 10.1473/cns.v2i2.238