Instructor Resources for Teaching Chemistry

Last revised and links checked Jan. 2001

(Here is where I'm collecting teaching links I want to be able to go back to....)

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Teaching Resource Pages:

ConcepTests--use to enhance your lecture

ICE (Institute for Chemical Education--resources for teaching)

Network for Chemistry Teaching (U.K.)

Chemical Education Resource Shelf

ChemTeam Photo Gallery--pictures of famous scientists

Carmen Giunta's Classic Chemistry Page--historical scientific papers and more

Interactive Spreadsheets for Excel (Flick Coleman)

One Example--there are several: Titration curves for the titration of monoprotic acids (weak or strong), and polyprotic acids. The user can change the acid and base concentrations, the pKa's, and the initial acid volume. The first derivative can be displayed.

Statistical Analysis of Data--Interactive Excel Spreadsheet Lessons (Flick Coleman)

Includes the following lessons: Graphical Presentation of Data, Precision and Accuracy, Mean and Standard Deviation, The Normal Distribution, Confidence Intervals and Criteria for the Rejection of Data, Regression and Curve Fitting, Elements of Probability

Second Law of Thermodynamics (Lambert)--novel explanation for students and instructors

General Resource Pages:

Online Thesaurus

General Resource Pages created by chemists:

(see my Chemistry Tutorial and Resource Page for materials also targeted for student use)

George Wiger's Tutorials for Students

Homepage for Chemists (1223 links)

Chemical Genealogy Database

Reading material and discussion:

The Chemical Educator (online journal)

ChemConnect--links to over 500 chem journals online

Chemed-l Discussion List (threaded web version-- since Feb. 97)

CCCE (Committee on Computers in Chemical Education)

Software and Structure Libraries:

(see also the Chemistry Tutorial and Resource Page for more structure libraries)

Library of 3D Molecular Structures--download gif, VRML or pdb files

ACD Labs--demo versions of chemistry software for drawing, NMR, pK, etc.