Student Led Point Group Determinations
All chemistry is learned best by "doing," and I believe this is especially true for determining molecular symmetry. This activity was designed to end a three-part lecture/activity on symmetry and point groups for my advanced inorganic class. I call this unit on symmetry a lecture/activity series because it was designed to be student-guided learning and requires the students to teach each other how to determine a molecular point group. I only gave one formal lecture on symmetry and point groups, which was followed by the symmetry scavenger hunt activity LO. Finally this assignment was do