As some of us are frantically "dusting off" and "polishing up" our syllabi for courses this spring, I thought it might be interesting/useful to share lists of experiments that you do in your inorganic laboratory course (if you have one).  So, tell us a little bit about your course (level, lab pre-requisites, concurrent or separate with lecture) along with your list of experiment titles.  It might also be helpful to indicate if any specialized equipment is needed for an experiment other than standard glassware, IR, NMR, UV/Vis. 

I have begun to use Moodle in my courses both as a content delivery tool and to foster more interaction amongst students and between faculty and students.  I notice that I use different features depending on if I am teaching our large intro course or my smaller inorganic courses.  I would love to hear how different folks are using tools like Moodle in interesting ways in their courses.  Last spring, I tried a few assignments where I had students create a wiki.  And this fall, in our large intro course, we set up a Database to collect lab results from all the different lab sections.  I'

Hi all,

I am on sabbatical leave this year at University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. It's wonderful!

Several chemistry faculty here are developing a new integrated organic/inorganic course for undergraduates. I think the students will have had some organic before they take this course and a very small amount of inorganic. I was just wondering if anyone is aware of any courses like this, either at the introductory or the more advanced level.

I had an extended conversation with a colleague over the weekend about what he (as a non-solid state chemist) should convey to students about solids.  Happily, this conversation was made all the more pleasant by L'énorme (GIANT cone of Belgian fries) and some good beer.  Here's what I think are the 7 things that students should know about solids coming out of an inorganic chemistry course.  Maybe you don't have time or expertise do all 7, but some is better than none.