TY - JOUR
T1 - Multidisciplinary learning at the University scientific museums: the Bunsen burner
AU - Zingales, Roberto
AU - Agliolo Gallitto, Aurelio
AU - Pace, Vitalba
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We report on a laboratory activity carried out together with secondary school (high-school) students, with the aim of increasing their interest toward historical scientific instruments and stimulate their approach to scientific knowledge. To this purpose, we propose a hands-on activity that can be fruitfully performed at the University scientific museums. We organized a one-week summer stage at the Historical Collection of Physics Instruments and at the Museum of Chemistry of the University of Palermo. A group of selected students attended it, under the tutoring of university researchers. They were showed some Bunsen burners belonging to the collections, how they are restored, how they work and how they were used in the chemical laboratories. At the end of the stage, students introduced museum visitors to these instruments, describing them and referring about the activities they had carried out.
AB - We report on a laboratory activity carried out together with secondary school (high-school) students, with the aim of increasing their interest toward historical scientific instruments and stimulate their approach to scientific knowledge. To this purpose, we propose a hands-on activity that can be fruitfully performed at the University scientific museums. We organized a one-week summer stage at the Historical Collection of Physics Instruments and at the Museum of Chemistry of the University of Palermo. A group of selected students attended it, under the tutoring of university researchers. They were showed some Bunsen burners belonging to the collections, how they are restored, how they work and how they were used in the chemical laboratories. At the end of the stage, students introduced museum visitors to these instruments, describing them and referring about the activities they had carried out.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10447/250459
UR - http://www.anms.it/riviste/dettaglio_rivista/32/10
M3 - Article
VL - 11
SP - 103
EP - 107
JO - MUSEOLOGIA SCIENTIFICA
JF - MUSEOLOGIA SCIENTIFICA
SN - 1123-265X
ER -