Chemistry Resources
Active Learning in the College Classroom
A paper co-authored by chemistry professor Donald R. Paulson and philosophy professor Jennifer L. Faust of California State University, L.A., that offers techniques for cooperative learning for individuals and for groups. Related concepts: cooperative, active, experiential, science, discussion, feedback, wait time, Socratic method, demonstration, journal, active review, concept mapping
http://www.calstatela.edu/dept/chem/chem2/Active/index.htm
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society is a self-governed individual membership organization that consists of more than 160,491 members at all degree levels and in all fields of chemistry. The organization provides a broad range of opportunities for peer interaction and career development, regardless of professional or scientific interests. The programs and activities conducted by ACS today are the products of a tradition of excellence in meeting member needs that dates from the Society's founding in 1876.
http://www.chemistry.org
Atomic Orbitals
Defines, describes, and illustrates atomic orbitals, hybrid orbitals, nucleus, principal quantum , and electron density.
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/aos/index.html
Chemical Formula Search
NIST Chemistry Web Book Database. This site is a database of thermodynamic data, IR spectra, mass spectra, UV spectra, and visible light spectra for over 5,000 organic compounds.
http://webbook.nist.gov/chemistry/form-ser.html
Chemical Nomenclature
This resource is a chemical nomenclature tutorial. Chemical nomenclature is a fundamental skill essential to chemistry student success. The tutorial focuses on binary metal-nonmetal compounds, nonmetal-nonmetal compounds, compounds containing polyatomic ions, and acids.
http://science.widener.edu/svb/pset/nomen_b.html
Chemistry Animations
Chemistry Animations provides animations for several chemistry topics including acid-base, atomic orbitals, atomic structure, attractive forces, electrochemistry, general skills, molecular structure, solid state, and solutions. Each topic has an impressive listing of animations.
http://dwb4.unl.edu/ChemAnime/index.htm
Chemistry Coach
Chemistry Coach is a combination of tutorials, worksheets, and chemistry activities. Topics include dimensional analysis, electron configuration, phase diagrams, change of state, mole concept, chemical equations, stoichiometry, bonding, Lewis structures, acid-base theories, kinetics, oxidation-reduction, nuclear chemistry, etc. This site is an outstanding resource for teachers and students. The tutorials contain good explanations and relevant questions.
http://www.asa3.org/asa/education/learn/chemcoach.htm
Chemistry Experiment Simulations, Tutorials and Conceptual Computer Animations
Tutorials and Computer Animations for Introduction to College Chemistry. As the title implies this resource integrates tutorials, animations, and simulated experiments to very effectively communicate numerous topics in chemistry. The topics include electrochemistry, gas laws, thermochemistry, equilibria, solutions, acid-base, stoichiometry, kinetics, selected organic reactions, and periodic trends
http://tinyurl.com/4yfkb
Chemistry Related Articles
This is a complete encyclopedia of chemistry including general chemistry, organic chemistry, biographies, and other related articles. The encyclopedia is well organized with a detailed and easy to use directory. This is a very worthwhile resource for students. It provides informative and very useful explanations to a full spectrum of chemistry topics. Topics include nomenclature, atomic structure, elements, compounds, molecules, solutions, bonding, intermolecular forces, states of matter, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acids & bases, Quantum Theory, organic chemistry, etc
http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/categories/chem.html
Chemistry Webercises Directory
A chemistry meta-list offering access to an incredible clearinghouse of chemistry sites. The table of contents includes selected important chemistry resources on the web, properties of substances, general chemistry, applied chemistry, history of chemistry, organic chemistry, and chemistry topics of societal concern.
http://tinyurl.com/2wngyb
Chemistry-Based Quick-Time, Shockwave Flash, GIF Animations, and Streaming Audio
This excellent resource provides Quick-Time movies, Shockwave Flash, GIF Animations, and Streaming Video of some very complex chemistry procedures and analysis. The clips cover electrophoresis, spectroscopy, chromatography, chemiluminescence and more.
http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/sound.html
Chemistry-Wikipedia
Chemistry-Wikipedia, the free A-Z encyclopedia of chemistry. Topics include nomenclature, atomic structure, elements, compounds, molecules, solutions, bonding, intermolecular forces, states of matter, chemical kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acids & bases, Quantum Theory, organic chemistry, etc. It also discusses the branches of chemistry and cross disciplinary studies. The text is filled with easy access external links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry
ChemSpy.com-Chemistry Tutorials
The main topics focused on in this series of tutorials are thermodynamics, unit conversions, distillation, nomenclature, molecular visualization, the Bohr atom, organic chemistry, spectroscopy, chromatography, and acids/bases. Each tutorial includes related questions and problems. Solutions and answers are available. The tutorials are detailed and pedagogically sound.
http://www.chemspy.com/tutorials.html
Chemtutor
Chemtutor offers help with the fundamentals of chemistry. The topics include math review, units and measurement, atomic structure, elements, compounds, periodic table, states of matter, compounds, reactions, mole concept, oxidation-reduction, gases, solutions, and acids and bases.
http://www.chemtutor.com/
Colby OChem Visual Demos
This resource consists of a set of animated organic chemistry tutorials. The tutorials include Orbitals, Alkane Physical Properties, Cycloalkanes, Stereochemistry, Carbocationic Rearrangements, Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution, and many more. To advance the clips the user must click in the field of the animation. This is an excellent set of tutorials
http://www.colby.edu/chemistry/OChem/demoindex.html#table
Delights of Chemistry
This collection of demonstrations and animations reinforce many chemical concepts. The collection includes Blue Bottle, Making Fire, Barking Dog, Oscillation Reaction, Volcano, Cryogenics, Polymers and many more. Each demonstration is accompanied by a complete explanation.
http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/delights/
Dynamic Periodic Table
Clickable Periodic Table of the Elements
http://www.dayah.com/periodic/
Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
Chemistry Encyclopedia
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/chemistry/
General Chemistry Online
Tutorials, Drills, and Quizzes. This interactive site contains tutorials, drills, and quizzes. The topics include significant figures, matter, atomic theory, chemical formulas, naming compounds, and gas laws. The quiz questions are well written and students receive immediate feedback on their answers
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/tutorials/index.shtml
General Chemistry Review
This resource is a blend of detailed explanations, practice questions, problems and practice quizzes. This site covers every significant topic associated with general chemistry. The topics include measurement, states of matter, elements, compounds, solutions, oxidation-reduction, thermodynamics, acids & bases, organic chemistry and many more. This resource provides well written, complete chemistry tutorials for a full spectrum of chemistry topics. This is a very worthwhile site for general chemistry students and faculty alike
http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/
Learn Chemistry Tutorials
This resource provides information on numerous introductory chemistry topics. The topics include math review, units and measurement, atomic structure, elements, compounds, periodic table, periodic trends, states of matter, compounds, reactions, mole concept, oxidation-reduction, gases, solutions, acids and bases, thermochemistry, kinetics, nuclear chemistry, and organic chemistry. The resource also provides keyed practice tests.
http://www.learnchem.net/tutorials/
Lecture Help Pages
Lecture Help Pages, California State University Chemistry Department. This resource is a combination of drill and practice chemistry problems, chemistry word problems, and chemical data analysis. The resource contains a full spectrum of topics including: nomenclature, structures and bonding, mole concept, kinetics, chemical equilibrium, stoichiometry, solutions, significant figures, gas laws, etc. The site does not provide in-depth explanation of topics.
http://chemistry2.csudh.edu/lecture_help/lechelp.html
Multimedia for Chemical Education
"Multimedia for Chemical Education"-Different themes and demonstrations.
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/it_lectures/poznan/
Ohio State University Interactive Tutorials
This resource provides practice quizzes for a full spectrum of chemistry topics. It also provides tutorials for Quantum Theory, balancing chemical equations, gas laws, and organic chemistry.
http://lrc-srvr.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/under/chemed/qbank/quizmain.htm
Organic Chemistry Help!
The organic chemistry tutorials provided in this site provide a valuable tool for organic chemistry students. It provides detailed step by step explanations of a large number of organic chemistry topics. The tutorials are broken down into topics with related links available. The topics include alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatics, amines, ketones, aldehydes, and carboxylic acids. Several reaction mechanisms are also explained using excellent diagrams. These mechanisms include substitution, elimination, and addition, etc.
http://tinyurl.com/mw6n6q
Organic Chemistry Tutorials
This is an excellent resource for organic chemistry. Some of the tutorials are in pdf format and require Adobe Acrobat. Topics include conjugate acid-base pairs, Lewis dot structures, resonance structures, carbocations, electrophiles, nucleophiles, chirality, and classification of isomers. An emphasis is placed on vocabulary. The tutorials are detailed and well developed.
http://web.chem.ucla.edu/~harding/tutorials/tutorials.html
Performance Materials.Net
Performance Materials Net provides information about composites, engineering ceramics, plastics, and biomedical materials. Indexed by application, brand, business news and organization.
http://www.performance-materials.net
Periodic Table of Comic Books
A tongue-in-cheek Periodic Table
http://www.uky.edu/Projects/Chemcomics/
Periodic Table of the Elements at Los Alamos
Periodic Table of the Elements with links to information on each element in the table. Links to various tutorials on basic chemistry pertaining to the periodic table is provided.
http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm
Richard Felder papers
Richard Felder has written or co-authored a number of papers about the use of active and cooperative instructional methods in college science and engineering courses, some reporting on his own classroom research studies and some summarizing the literature. His website links to most of his cooperative and collaborative learning papers as well as links to other websites.
http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/
Scientific Method
Pictorial representation of the steps of the scientific method.
http://www.abacon.com/dia/socio/p16.html
The Chemistry Hypermedia Project
The Chemistry Hypermedia Project offers student resources on General Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Analytical Instrumentation (including a complete overview of spectroscopy), Equilibrium Practice Problems, and Excel Simulations. Each heading has an extensive directory of topics.
http://www.chem.vt.edu/chem-ed/vt-chem-ed.html
The Visual Elements Periodic Table
The most beautiful Periodic Table of Elements ever created--and it's interactive, too!
http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/pertable_fla.htm
Virtual Chemistry Laboratory
Here's your chance to mix chemicals without wearing safety goggles. You won't spill any acid on the spectrometer in this lab
http://neon.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/
