JCE VIPEr: Inorganic Chemistry Learning Objects for Use in the General Chemistry Curriculum
A new JCE VIPEr column can be found in the July issue of the Journal of Chemical Education:
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed100366m
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GLCA New Directions workshops - 2010
Questions and answers about the GLCA New Directions virtual and in-person workshops can be posted here.
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Submit Abstracts for ACS Boston
The session entitled "Advances in Teaching Inorganic Chemistry" for the Chemical Education Division at the next ACS Meeting in Boston (August 22-26, 2010) is in need of submissions. I know that there are plenty of great ideas out there. The deadline for submission is March 29 so don't pass this opportunity up.
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NSF Solicitation: Chemistry and Materials Research at the Interface between Science and Art (SCIART)
Please take a look at the following link to the NSF call for proposals for Chemistry and Materials Research at the Interface between Science and Art (SCIART). The (required) Letter of Intent is due March 12, 2010 and the Full Proposal deadline is May 04, 2010
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BCCE 2010
All,
Just a brief reminder (and plug) that abstract submissions for BCCE 2010 are just around the corner. A complete list of symposia is available at the conference website (www.bcce2010.org). While there isn't a specific inorganic chemistry symposium, there are many topics that I believe will be of particular interest to the VIPEr community (e.g., using history in teaching, online homework, clickers, bonding theory usage in chemistry, integration of research and teaching, etc.).
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ACS International REU program?
Colleagues
I have an excellent research student who is considering applying for the ACS International REU program. Students can be placed at institutions in Germany, Italy, France, and Scotland. Does anyone have experience with this program or tips for assembling a successful application?
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Are you a new user of VIPEr? Be sure to register for the most benefit!
Welcome to VIPEr! Greetings if you have stumbled across our site recently or arrived here via our recent mention in C&E News. I like to send out a reminder periodically encouraging faculty (and others) to become registered users of the site. It only takes a minute or so, people get to learn your favorite element :), and most importantly it allows you to post material, rate our learning objects, and access some parts of the site that are not accessible otherwise.
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Thermodynamic Crimes
I went to a wonderful seminar given by David MacKay (http://withouthotair.com) at the Armourer's and Brasiers Cambridge Forum. He talked about the physics (i.e. what would it take, not what would it cost) to provide the UK with energy from renewable resources. One of my favorite quotes (and there were many) was:
Burning chemicals should be a thermodynamic crime.
It just makes me laugh.
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So Habe Ich Gesagt
In late 1966 or early 1967, while still a grad student at IU, I drove down to the University of Kentucky for a two day seminar on reaction mechanisms of coordination compounds. The speakers were Fred Basolo, Ralph Pearson, Cooper Langford and Harry Gray (who had just moved from Columbia to Cal Tech). Langford and Gray had just published their book "Ligand Substitution Reactions" (now available free as a pdf at http://caltechbook.library.caltech.edu/100/) and Basolo and Pearson had just finished working on the second ed
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New version of VIPEr website! Please let us know if you find any bugs!
As many of you may have already realized, this week we rolled out a new version of the VIPEr website! Now there is a new website learning object type,where you can share your favorite other inorganic website resources. There is also a learning object type called "5 Slides About" where you can share lecture materials on specific topics. There is also easier access to new content on the website on the top right of the home page as well as a variety of other minor upgrades. We hope you enjoy the new features!
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