Solid State Models with ICE Solid State Model Kits

Submitted by Nicole Crowder / University of Mary Washington on Mon, 01/07/2013 - 15:56
Description

In this in-class activity, students are broken up into teams of 4, which are then sub-divided into two teams of two for the building of the structures. The activity makes use of the ICE Solid State Model kits, and each group should have their own full kit.

The activity has 6 sets of structures for the teams to build; depending on the length of your class, you could have each team build all six sets OR have each team build one of the six sets to then share with the rest of the class.

A - HCP and CCP

B - Primitive cubic and CsCl

Atomic Orbital Display

Submitted by Flick Coleman / Wellesley College on Thu, 10/04/2012 - 12:26
Description

This is a jmol display of the atomic orbitals from 1s to 4f that can be rotated in space. They are plotted relative to the x, y, and z-axes.

Using the curated data sets from Wolfram Research in Inorganic Chemistry

Submitted by BoB LeSuer / The College at Brockport, SUNY on Wed, 09/19/2012 - 10:56
Description

Recent versions of Wolfram's Mathematica software have access to a variety of curated data sets that are relevant to Chemists.  This activity is an example of how one can use the ElementData dataset to develop an on-line tool to explore periodic trends.  Wolfram provides a free web-based platform (the FreeCDF plugin) to view and interact with specifically designed Mathematica files.  The activity can be accessed in one of three ways:

keeping a lab notebook

Submitted by Adam Johnson / Harvey Mudd College on Thu, 09/13/2012 - 23:19
Description

I found this great website linked from somewhere a few days or a week ago and already forgot where. But I am teaching organic lab this semester and convinced one of the students to do a little research. As a reward, I am going to buy her, and the whole class, gelly roller pens for keeping their notebooks.

This is a GREAT site that has so much detail on keeping a lab notebook. There is a lot of great stuff in there.

Stoichiometry Roadmap

Submitted by Craig / U. of MIchigan-Dearborn on Mon, 07/30/2012 - 14:53
Description

 

Home Built Equipment Links

Submitted by Chris Bradley / Mount St. Mary's University on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 15:09
Description

I am always interested in building/modifying equipment and glassware, and the following C and E News article led me to an interesting website, also linked, where details on building homemade rotators and stir plates are in place. Both models can be constructed with materials for less than $30. As I'm always looking to keep costs down for equipment like this, I thought I would share it. If anyone knows of other links, please let me know.  

 

 

Computational Chemistry for Chemistry Educators

Submitted by Marites (Tess) Guinoo / University of St. Thomas on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 14:29
Description

I learned of this website after attending the Computational Chemistry for Chemistry Educators (CCCE) workshop last summer '11. In this webpage you will find all the workshop lectures intended for audiences who do not have a computational expertise. You will also find lab exercises already written.

Exploring the Nanoworld Innovating through Materials from the University of Wisconsin Madison

Submitted by Patricia Stan / Taylor University on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 13:29
Description

This is a great web resource for all types of nano materials.  There are lesson plans, demos, activites, labs and lots of background information.  It is very easy to navigate and there are videos of the labs so you can see each step - very useful when doing a type of synthesis or technique new to you.

ChemTube3D

Submitted by Anthony L. Fernandez / Merrimack College on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 08:51
Description

ChemTube3D is a website maintained by the University of Liverpool that has interactive 3D animations ans structures.  The content is broken up into several areas:

  • A Level;
  • Organic Reactions;
  • Structure and Bonding;
  • Polymers;
  • Solid State.

There is a lot of information on the site, and the information could be used in many courses.  The areas that I find most useful in my sophomore-level inorganic chemistry course.

Periodic Table Videos

Submitted by John Lee / University of Tennessee Chattanooga on Tue, 07/17/2012 - 10:43
Description

The periodic table video website was developed by a group from the University of Nottingham.  In addition to the link to the website there a link to a publication in Science on the website is included below.  This is a great website that has a periodic table hyperlinked by element to a you tube video on that particular element.  On any given element video you see a mixture of general properties of the element (lecture) and an experiment that shows the element.  In addition, a new subheading has been added at the top for molecular videos where (a somewhat random yet interesting) list of mole

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