SLiThErs - Supporting Learning with Interactive Teaching: a Hosted, Engaging Roundtable

A collection of all of the IONiC VIPEr SLiThErs (Supporting Learning with Interactive Teaching: a Hosted, Engaging Roundtable). These events are short presentations on a topic followed by a period of discussion between the presenter and live participants. Each of these events is recorded and posted to the IONiC VIPEr YouTube Channel.

Chip Nataro / Lafayette College Thu, 12/17/2020 - 14:18
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Description

AI statements are somewhat obsolete.

David Randall / Andrews University Wed, 07/29/2026 - 12:34

NYT Connections-Style Game for Lewis/HSAB Theory

Submitted by Emily Mane / Sacred Heart University on Fri, 06/26/2026 - 11:17
Description

This game is modeled after the New York Times (NYT) "Connections" game, in which players are presented with 16 words or phrases and the objective is to sort the words into four groups of four words that are all connected in some way. The game can be done by students individually, in small groups, or even together as a whole class. This game aims to help students practice and/or review concepts related to Lewis acids and bases and hard-soft acid-base theory. In the game, students will be presented with 16 ions or compounds belonging to four different groups.

Intermediate Inorganic Laboratory with CURE SQ2025

Submitted by Kyle Grice / DePaul University on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 15:06
Description

In this lab we have two standard introduction labs (LUM and POR) and then a full CURE. This was the second time I ran this CURE (the first was Spring 2024).

The CURE is being published as a multi-institution ACS Symposium Series Chapter in 2026, and the materials from the CURE will be hosted in a collection on VIPEr. 

Once the chapter is published, I will add the link to it in the description. 

2026 Multi-institutional CURE in Inorganic Chemistry

This collection is of LOs related to the Multi-Institutional CUREs developed by the authors. 

Kyle Grice / DePaul University Tue, 03/17/2026 - 12:40

Programmable Atom Equivalents: Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA

Submitted by Alexandra Brumberg / Drexel University on Sun, 03/08/2026 - 23:05
Description

This literature discussion was created for the ACS National Award Winners 2026 collection for Prof. Chad Mirkin, the recipient of the 2026 ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials for “establishing the field of colloidal crystal engineering with DNA.” This LO is based on the article, "A General Approach to DNA-Programmable Atom Equivalents" published in Nature Materials, 2013, 12, 741.

2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry - MOFs

In celebration of the 2025 Nobel prize in Chemistry awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yagi, this collection features various LOs about MOFs.

Chip Nataro / Lafayette College Wed, 10/08/2025 - 08:43

Geometry of macrocyclic Cu complexes

Submitted by James F. Dunne / Central College on Wed, 02/26/2025 - 12:19
Description

This literature discussion introduces students to various tetradentate ligands not commonly seen in textbooks.  Students can apply knowledge of ligand binding to predict coordination geometry while exploring how the 3D nature of more complex ligands can affect their coordination to a metal.

AsF5 - a superacid for super review!

Submitted by James F. Dunne / Central College on Fri, 02/21/2025 - 13:02
Description

This LO was developed as a review activity for the end of the semester.  Students are required to touch on a wide range of topics including acid-base theories, crystal systems, point groups, the spectrochemical series, and 19F NMR spectroscopy.  A close reading of the paper is required helping to build student comprehension of the literature.

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