This month’s column focuses on a public engagement project that we’re involved in. Tabletop Chemistry, funded by the Royal Society of Chemistry, uses games to engage communities with… you guessed it: chemistry.
Working alongside colleagues from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) and Southampton University, we’ve been developing creative learning resources that use ‘off-the-shelf’ games to generate a dialogue around chemistry; specifically, in understanding the differences between elements and compounds.