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1、BoundtoFail:ChallengesFacedintheDesignofMolecularLevelVisualizations MarkBishop,MontereyPeninsulaCollegeandChiralPublishingCompanyResaKelly,SanJoseStateUniversity,DepartmentofChemistry  Whatcompromisesshouldthepeoplecreatingchemistry-relatedanimationsmake?Thenatureofmatterattheparticulateleveliscer

2、tainlymorecomplexthanwecanshowinacomputeranimationandprobablymorecomplexthanwearecapableofimagining.Forthepeoplecreatingcomputeranimationsthatillustratetheparticulatenatureofmatter,thisconclusioncanbeliberating,butalsofrustrating.Ifweareboundtofailinouranimationofreality,wecanrelaxandjustfocusontry

3、ingtoillustratekeyideasthatwewouldliketoillustrateforourchemistrystudents.However,theimpactoftheanimations,ifdoneproperlyorimproperly,canhavealastingimpactonthestudents’conceptions.Animatorsneedtotrytoanswerafewimportantquestions.Ifasimplifieddepictionofacomplexmolecularleveleventisportrayedinthevi

4、sualization,howwillitaffectstudents’understanding?Willtheanimationleadtoenhancedunderstandingorwillitleadtomisconceptions?Ifweanimatethecomplexityofthemolecularleveleventasaccuratelyaspossible,willthestudentsbeabletomakesenseofit?Thepurposeofthispaperistostartadialogueamongchemicaleducatorsaboutthe

5、necessarycompromisesanimatorsmustmake.We(MarkandResa)haveseparatelycreatedanimationsthatillustrateprecipitationreactions,sowewilluseouranimationsasexamplesofthedecisionsthatwemade.http://preparatorychemistry.com/precipitation_flash.htmComplexorSimple:Howmuchcomplexanddynamiccharactershouldwetrytoca

6、pture?Mark:Myfirstthoughtisthatweshouldtrytoillustrateasmuchofthedynamicnatureofparticlebehavioraspossiblewithintheconstraintsofcomputerprocessingpowerandanimatortimeandpatience,butwhenIthinkaboutthismorerealistically,Irecognizethatitispossibletodotoomuch.Thecloserwegettowhatwethinkisreality,themor

7、eclutteredandconfusingtheanimation.Themostimportantthingistofocusonthekeyideaswewanttopresentandaskourselveshowwecanbestillustratetheseideas.Thetrickistofindthebestbalanceofclutteredchaosononehandandsimple,