Learn Kalzium

Introduction

ICT Competency

1. Kalzium is a tool for Subject Specific Resource creation.

Educational application and relevance

Kalzium is an application which allows an exploration of elements and properties, their classification and is based on the Perioidic Table of Elements. It is possible to group and visualize elements based on various physical and chemical properties.

Version

Kalzium

style= Version 2.4.01 Using KDE Development Platform 4.13.3 This application is free and licensed under the GNU Public License. Yogesh can give correct language Configuration This tool has no specific configuration requirements. Language settings can be selected from the Help menu Overview of Features This is an interactive tool to understand the properties of elements, formation of molecules and performing different calculations for determining various properties. Some important features include: Interactive periodic table with a timeline for elements Molecule editor Equation balancer and calculators Data plots for properties Various views and ready reference for Chemistry nomenclature Other similar applications Avogadro is another application for molecular editong. Developer and Community Help This tool is developed by KDE and supports the continuous development of the application. KDE is a world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators and facilitators who are committed to Free Software development. This community has created hundreds of Free Software applications as part of the KDE Development Platform and KDE Software Distribution. Visit http://www.kde.org/ for more information about the KDE community and the software we produce. Working with the application Functionalities (this will be a step up step description of a basic overview of how to use the different functionalities) Image Steps When you move the mouse cursor on an element of the table, an overview of the current element is displayed in the Overview tab of the information panel. This panel gives an overview of the data elements of given elements. The Atom Model page displays the atomic shells. Every orbit stands for a atomic shell and every yellow circle represents an electron. The Isotopes page presents information about the isotopes of an element with information on mass, number of neutrons, percentage of isotope (abundance), half life period, energy and mode of decay, spin and parity and magnetic moment. The Spectrum page shows you elements spectrum. You can choose the range of the wavelengths, units and type of the spectrum. The intensity table can be seen at the right bottom part of the page. File formats for creation This tool does not create outputs other than screenshots of simulations and graphs. Saving the file Screenshots can be taken through system tools and saved under respective folders Export and publishing files Not applicable Advanced features Molecular Editor and Kalzium calculators are advanced used of the tool. Installation From Software center Method of installation Steps From Ubuntu software Centre Go to Ubuntu Software System and search and download. This is part of the custom distribution 16.04, Kalpavriksha. From Terminal From the web Example Web based registration Example The application on mobiles and tablets This is not yet available. Ideas for resource creation Kalzium is an interactive tool for exploring properties of elements and for learning more about compounds and properties. This does not produce an output by itself (like a video, etc) It can be combined to create resources in the following ways: Screenshots which can be integrated with text to make slide shows, quizzes, etc AV communication by combining with video clips