National ACS Award Winners 2022 LO Collection

This collection of learning objects was created to celebrate the National ACS Award Winners 2022 who are members of the Division of Inorganic Chemistry. The list of award winners is shown below. 

Shirley Lin / United States Naval Academy Sat, 03/12/2022 - 07:01
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

NYT Connections-Style Game for Ligand Classes

Submitted by Emily Mane / Sacred Heart University on Fri, 06/26/2026 - 11:08
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 the major classes of ligands. In the game, students are presented with 16 ligands, all belonging to four different classes.

NYT Connections-Style Game for Point Groups

Submitted by Emily Mane / Sacred Heart University on Fri, 06/26/2026 - 10:52
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 assigning point groups to molecules. In the game, students will be presented with 16 molecules, all belonging to four different point groups.

Impact of Gold Coordination on a Nonclassical Zinc Finger Protein

Submitted by Betsy Jamieson / Smith College on Mon, 06/22/2026 - 11:57
Description

This literature discussion was created for my 300-level elective course in bioinorganic chemistry.  Over the course of the semester, we read a series of 3 papers from Sarah L.J. Michel's lab at the University of Maryland's School of Pharmacy. This paper, "Role of Gold in Inflammation and Tristetraprolin Activity" (https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201904837) was the third one we examined. I used it as part of our section on metals in medicine and to discuss additional biochemical/bioinorganic techniques. 

Impact of Lead(II) Coordination on a Nonclassical Zinc Finger Protein

Submitted by Betsy Jamieson / Smith College on Mon, 06/22/2026 - 11:36
Description

This literature discussion was created for my 300-level elective course in bioinorganic chemistry.  Over the course of the semester, we read a series of 3 papers from Sarah L.J. Michel's lab at the University of Maryland's School of Pharmacy.

Catalysis CURE Project in Capstone Lab Course

Submitted by Madalyn Radlauer / San Jose State University on Wed, 05/27/2026 - 18:54
Description

In CHEM 146, a capstone course for chemistry majors at San José State University, I run a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) developed in collaboration with many members of the IONiC VIPEr community. This CURE starts with every student in the lab developing and presenting their proposed project to the class (described in a separate LO) and then "fund" (pursue) the top rated proposals in groups of 2 or 3 students.

Catalysis CURE Proposal in Capstone Lab Course

Submitted by Madalyn Radlauer / San Jose State University on Wed, 05/27/2026 - 17:25
Description

In CHEM 146, a capstone course for chemistry majors at San José State University, I run a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) developed in collaboration with many members of the IONiC VIPEr community. This CURE starts with every student in the lab developing and presenting their proposed project to the class. Each proposal is addressing the same overarching scientific aim: to study catalysts for catechol oxidation where at least one of the proposed catalysts has not been used for this reaction before.

Comparing the Solid- and Solution-State Stoichiometry of Metal Complexes with Schiff-base Ligands
Description

This research-based laboratory series investigates the stoichiometry of metal ion complexes of the Schiff-base ligand salicylaldehyde benzoyl hydrazone (SBH) in both the solid and solution states using gravimetric analysis and UV-VIS spectroscopy.

Peter Craig / McDaniel College Mon, 05/11/2026 - 17:32

Background Slides for CURE Project Spring 2025

Submitted by Kyle Grice / DePaul University on Wed, 04/29/2026 - 15:32
Description

This is a slide deck I use to introduce the CURE the first day of Inorganic Lab. I have posted the syllabus for this class as an LO as well, and will combine the materials from this CURE in a collection. The CURE was carried out in SQ24 and SQ25 quarters, in collaboration with Madalyn Radlauer, Byran Nell, and David Quist. We have a ACS Symposium Series Chapter on it that will be published in 2026, and I will link the chapter here once it is published.