QR codes, quick response, have multiple applications. Basically, the most prominent one is the one used to scan it with the mobile phone, using an application to access an Internet page with additional content. In this case the image that illustrates the article, and especially those found on Flickr, allow access videos on the YouTube channel and explanatory videos of each of the elements of the periodic table of elements.
To illustrate these funny videos the content generated by the Professor Martyn Poliakoff, an academic creation that appears in the explanations of each of the 118 elements of the periodic table. The films are productions of the University of Nottingham and have the objective of promoting the knowledge of chemistry among students. It does not seem to go wrong because it has 250,000 subscribers and its videos have been viewed more than 40 million times.
I think that the professor, with an aspect of mad scientist barely attractive, lacks a bit of rhythm in the explanations that seem a bit monotonous. At least that is what I think in this video that I embed on Helium, although Spanish subtitles allow you to follow it completely and the experiments are very graphic and complete.
And it is increasingly clear that our children will have to learn by accessing materials that are available on the Internet, television has long ceased to be a space for dissemination and sharing of education and culture. So those who do it best on channels like YouTube or Vimeo or those that emerge will survive or be a reference.
To study chemistry, generate vocations, make explanations and especially entertain while learning, there are videos of Periodic Table which can be accessed from QR codes and therefore can always be seen at home, in class or anywhere where we have a mobile terminal with an Internet connection.
