Article ID: CBB180978653

The Strange Case of Professor Promezio: A Cold Case in the Chemistry Museum (2020)

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Promezio is a famous Italian chemistry professor who is searching for missing element n. 61. In 1924 his laboratory is partially destroyed by a fire and he disappears. Almost one hundred years later high school students are recruited to investigate this strange case. “The strange case of Professor Promezio” represents a unicum in the panorama of laboratory activities for high school students: it is a cold case in which students are asked to investigate a fact that took place almost a century ago. Through the chemical analysis of different findings, the connection with historical events of that period, the study of the suspects’ interrogation reports, the reproduction of the experiments conducted by Professor Promezio, the students will identify the possible culprit. A complex scientific problem is solved exploring different areas of chemistry and, in addition, interconnections with history, geography, ethics and other school subjects are deepened.

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Authors & Contributors
Mebrahtu, Gebrekidan
Federico Brandmayr
Moretti, Maria
Moreno-Martínez, Luis
Zambon, Alfio
Roletto, Ezio
Concepts
Chemistry
Science education and teaching
Education, Chemical
Textbooks
Chemical elements
Periodic system of the elements; periodic table
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
19th century
20th century, late
18th century
Places
Italy
United States
Ethiopia
Thailand
England
Florence (Italy)
Institutions
Imperial College, University of London
Imperial College
University of Pennsylvania
International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
Harvard University
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