Creating and Using a Consumer Chemical Molecular Graphics Database: The "Molecule of the Day" - A Great Way To Begin Your Lecture
Abstract
"The Molecule of the Day" consumer chemical database has been created to allow introductory chemistry students to explore molecular structures of chemicals in household products, and to provide opportunities in molecular modeling for undergraduate chemistry students. Before class begins, an overhead transparency is displayed which shows a three-dimensional molecular structure of a household chemical, and lists relevant features and uses of this chemical. Within answers to questionnaires, students have commented that this molecular graphics database has helped them to visually connect the microscopic structure of a molecule with its physical and chemical properties, as well as its uses in consumer products. It is anticipated that this database will be incorporated into a navigational software package such as Netscape.
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