Education formally is a social science that encompasses teaching and learning specific knowledge, beliefs, and skills. Good teachers in a given field use a variety of methods and materials in order to impart a knowledge of a curriculum to the students. Informally, teaching is the process of learning how things work including numbers, reading and language that are taught by parents and other members of the student's culture. There has been a plethora of journals, magazines, books, and digests in the field of education that addresses these areas. Such literature addresses the teaching practices, with subjects that include lectures, game playing, testing, scheduling, record keeping, bullying, seating arrangements, interests, motivation, and computer access. However, the most important factors in any teacher's effectiveness is the interaction with students and the knowledge and personality of the teacher. The best teachers are able to translate knowledge of a subject, good judgment, experience, and wisdom into a significant knowledge of a subject that is understood and retained by the student. It is their ability to understand a subject well enough they can convey its essence to a new generation of students that is needed by all teachers. The goal is to establish a foundation of knowledge base that allows the student to build on as they are exposed to different life experiences. The passing of knowledge from generation to generation (see socialisation) allows the student to grow into a useful member of society.
Minerals :: Rocks and Minerals
Education :: Physics

Crystallization in Foods - Contains the latest information on how and why crystals form in foods, and how this information can be used to control crystallization. General organization of Crystallization in Foods is set according to the steps that occur during crystallization.
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Crystallography 101 - An Introductory Course by Bernhard Rupp.
Crystallography and Minerals - Crystallography groups in mineralogy are composed of 32 classes of symmetry. To illustrate these symmetry elements, example crystalline forms for each symmetry class are represented by a JAVA applet.
Meta Description: [ Over 4,100 mineral species descriptions are included in this table of crystallography for all known valid mineral species. ]
Difference Patterson Tutorial - A step-by-step guide to solving these problems based on the use of an example.
Interactive Tutorial about Diffraction - A pictoral guide to using these techniques especially for working out structural information, largely through the use of illustrative examples.
Introduction to Cubic Crystal Lattices - A site introducing the properties of crystals with a cubic unit cell.
Kevin Cowtan's Picture Book of Fourier Transforms - For future crystallographers.
Knowhere - Lesson on the geometry and symmetry of elements and minerals using Polymorf, a new math and science manipulative. The topological approach is used to characterize the structure of crystals in terms of linked polyhedra.
Meta Description: [ Index of Knowhere teacher lesson plans. Polymorf is a construction set toy, model building kit, 3D puzzle, educational math manipulative, and building set all in one. Build life-like models of creatures, vehicles, buildings, and crystals. ]
MSU Chemistry: Crystallography Service - Explains crystallography procedures and is primarily intended for internal users of their analysis facilities, as well as a reference for students carrying out the work.
Principles of Protein Structure '96 - Index to course material.
SDPD Internet Course - Commercial e-learning course teaching how to determine a crystal structure from powder diffraction data.
Meta Description: [ Powder Diffraction : Stucture Determination by Powder Diffractometry Internet Course : Learn at distance how to determine a crystal structure by powder diffraction methodology ]
Snow Crystals - Information about the physics of snow crystals and snowflakes as well as the history of early scientific observations and photographs, how to take photos, preserving snow crystals, and unusual snowflakes.
Structures of simple inorganic solids - An overview of important crystal structures.
Xtal-protocols - Manual with information about (membrane) protein crystallization for X-ray crystallography.
Meta Description: [ Online manual: Protein crystallization for X-ray crystallography ]
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