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      The Building Blocks of Battery Technology: Using Modified Tower Block Game Sets to Explain and Aid the Understanding of Rechargeable Li-Ion Batteries

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          While Li-ion batteries are abundant in everyday life from smart phones to electric vehicles, there are a lack of educational resources that can explain their operation, particularly their rechargeable nature. It is also important that any such resource can be understood by a wide range of age groups and backgrounds. To this end, we describe how modified tower block games sets, such as Jenga, can be used to explain the operation of Li-ion batteries. The sets can also be utilized to explain more advanced topics such as battery degradation and challenges with charging these batteries at high rates. In order to make the resource more inclusive, we also illustrate modifications to prepare tactile tower block sets, so that the activity is also suitable for blind and partially sighted students. Feedback from a range of groups supports the conclusion that the tower block sets are a useful tool to explain Li-ion battery concepts.

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                Journal
                J Chem Educ
                J Chem Educ
                ed
                jceda8
                Journal of Chemical Education
                American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.
                0021-9584
                1938-1328
                10 June 2020
                11 August 2020
                : 97
                : 8
                : 2231-2237
                Affiliations
                [1]School of Chemistry, The University of Birmingham , Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
                Author notes
                Article
                10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00282
                7424848
                32801390
                a4c2826d-4527-4ef0-9f90-03286960e1fe
                Copyright © 2020 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.

                This is an open access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the author and source are cited.

                History
                : 02 April 2020
                : 18 May 2020
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                ed0c00282
                ed0c00282

                Education
                hands-on learning/manipulatives,demonstrations,electrochemistry,oxidation/reduction,oxidation state,solid state chemistry,materials science

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