SYNTHESIS EXPLORER
This unique, curriculum-relevant resource allows chemists to choose a starting compound, react it and view details of the reaction (conditions, reagents used and the classification). In addition, Synthesis Explorer allows physical, structural and spectral data for each individual compound to be examined.
SPECTRASCHOOL
- www.spectraschool.org
A site entirely devoted to spectroscopy, produced in close collaboration with the University of Leicester and forming part of the Spectroscopy in a Suitcase / Chemistry for our Future project.
The first phase of SpectraSchool incorporated a library of NMR, IR, Mass and UV/Vis spectra which can be explored using a powerful graphing tool. The site also includes videos describing the techniques and other downloadable resources.
Phase 3 is now live! Includes 13C NMR spectra and a new facility to allow visitors to plot their own spectra.
THE QUANTUM CASINO
- www.thequantumcasino.org
Recently, in post–16 specifications, thermodynamics been taught with the emphasis on energetics – using ∆H for a reaction as the indication of whether it is likely to ‘go’ or not. This site looks at an alternative, and more fundamental, approach. This starts from a consideration of the chance behaviour of particles and energy, and sees how this leads to the entirely predictable outcomes of chemical reactions. This is illustrated using tutorials aimed at teachers plus video clips and a series of unique and powerful simulations.
DANCE WITH CHANCE - www.dancewithchance.com
Produced for INSEAD, one of the world's top business schools, this site accompanies the forthcoming book Dance with Chance. In a nutshell, Dance with Chance is all about knowing what you can and cannot predict, and therefore what you can and cannot control. The site incorporates an interactive quiz and a blog, and will soon include activities complementing the material in the book.
THE
PERIODIC TABLE OF DATA - www.ptofdata.org
Two major web sites produced for the Royal Society of Chemistry.
The Periodic Table of Data includes an interactive Periodic Table permitting tables and graphs of data to be viewed, as well as unique Energy Levels diagrams for all the elements and a new Periodic Table Games section. The most recent addition is a facility for exploring Dot Cross diagrams. Page views for these sites now regularly top 80,000!
The History of the Periodic Table presents documents and on-line material exploring the history and development of the Periodic Table to its present-day form. Click below to visit these sites.
Visit: The Periodic Table of Data | History of the Periodic Table
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YOUR METTLE - THE CORUS VIRTUAL ACTIVITY CENTREProduced for Corus Education, this web site is aimed at Key Stages 2 and 3, and presents a Virtual Activity Centre including on-line experiments for investigating the properties of materials. Experiments are added four times per year.
CHEMISTRY IN YOUR CUPBOARD - www.chemistryinyourcupboard.org
The material in this site consists of nine pieces each describing the chemistry that underlies a household product from the range produced by Reckitt Benckiser. The products range from pharmaceuticals (Nurofen, Gaviscon) to cleaning materials (Cillit Bang, Finish). The pieces ‘tease out’ the chemistry of these products at a level suitable for post-16 students and cover a whole range of chemical principles and topics. Questions are embedded in the texts to promote learning and test understanding. The material has been produced with the help of product specialists from Reckitt Benckiser so it is guaranteed to be accurate and up to date.
ALCHEMY?
Produced for the Royal Society of Chemistry, this project started life as a multimedia CD-ROM and is now available on-line. It includes 15 specially shot videos illustrating various industrial processes and also incorporates multiple choice questions, slide shows and other graphic resources.
PRACTICAL
CHEMISTRY FOR SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Another multimedia CD-ROM now available on-line, including videos illustrating various aspects of laboratory good practice and also incorporating multiple choice questions and other resources.
Visit the Practical Chemistry for Schools and Colleges web site
INSPIRATIONAL
CHEMISTRY
CD-ROM and web site to support the Royal Society of Chemistry publication Inspirational Chemistry, presenting a searchable set of resources for use on- or off-line using a specially-designed Java search engine.
ESSENTIAL
TEACHER SUPPORTA series of six CD-ROMs providing Teacher Support materials for the Nelson Thornes' Essential Science series (the chemistry titles of which were co-authored by Presenting Science director Ted Lister). Presenting Science designed and programmed a flexible user interface presenting the material and enabling relevant resources to be located.
Find out more at the Nelson Thornes web site.
STRUCTURES
OF CHEMISTRY
Produced on behalf of Nelson Thornes, this post-16 teaching resource uses the Virtual Reality Modelling Language (VRML) to display a collection of rotatable 3D molecules. Latest version includes 290 interactive multiple choice questions.
Find out more at the Nelson Thornes web site.
JOINT
EARTH SCIENCES INITIATIVE (JESEI)
Prepared for a consortium between the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Institute of Biology, the Institute of Physics and the Earth Science Teachers’ Association, a collection of materials to help chemistry, biology and physics specialists with their teaching of Earth science.
GREEN
CHEMISTRY
This resource is the result of a collaboration between the Royal Society of Chemistry, the American Chemical Society and the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemie. It presents a series of resources for teachers and students studying environmental issues from a chemical perspective.