“Explaining Chirality Beyond the Lab”

Identify things that are familiar to your audience

May 30, 2025

Melissa Mejia-Gutierrez

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Example of what the mirror image is:

Here, I am displaying a visual didactic idea to explain the concept of chirality in a teaching setting. The concept needs to be directly correlated with something that is already familiar to your audience.

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Why Chirality matters:

Building blocks (LEGOS) are familiar objects to explain chirality. I created this image with the intention of showing that chirality matters and molecules may interact differently with chiral targets