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A Novel Approach To Science ‐ Did Alice Learn Toxicology From The Mad Hatter?
Author(s) -
Shende Vikram Vijay,
Benore Marilee A
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.26.1_supplement.620.8
Subject(s) - adventure , alice (programming language) , subject matter , key (lock) , subject (documents) , psychology , cognitive science , art , computer science , art history , library science , pedagogy , curriculum , computer security
Stories and case studies are used to facilitate learning and understanding of conceptually difficult material. To this end, we investigated using well‐known children's literature to link past knowledge to new subject matter. Referencing a student's familiarity with one topic to teach a completely different topic may increase a student's ability to retain and understand material. To this end, lesson plans were created using The Mad Hatter, a key figure in The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland, for lessons on the physical properties, toxicology and biochemistry of mercury.