Audiobook of A World from Dust:
(.mp3 format, full book .zip found here, or .zip by chapter below)
Author’s Note:
Resources for Teaching:
A World from Dust Discussion Guide for Chemistry Classes
This classroom guide includes the following:
- General discussion questions for each chapter for use in multiple contexts
- Ideas for the Biochemistry classroom with four presentation assignments (assessed by student-written quizzes)
- Ideas for the Physical Chemistry classroom with four “Data Talks” that align with physical chemistry topics
- Ideas for the First-Year Chemistry and Writing classroom
Resources for Science:
Blog posts on how recent discoveries relate to the book’s narrative
Print and fold your own Folding Periodic Table
12-part video series on art and science, titled “12 Colorful Rules that Shaped Our World,” on YouTube:
Physical Chemistry Data Talks:
Data Talk 1, for AWfD Chapters 1-3 + Atkins and de Paula Chapters 1-2: PChem Data 1-3 Presentation 2016
Data Talk 2, for AWfD Chapters 4-6 + Atkins and de Paula Chapters 3-4: PChem Data 4-6 Presentation 2016
Data Talk 3, for AWfD Chapters 7-9 + Atkins and de Paula Chapters 5-6: PChem Data 7-9 Data Talk Version 2
Data Talk 4, for AWfD Chapters 10-12 + Atkins and de Paula Chapters 7 & 11: PChem Data 10-12 Data Talk
Slides from Recent Talks:
ASA2016McFarland: PDF of slides from ASA 2016 talk, “How the Periodic Table Shaped Life (and the Brain)”