Description
This hypermedia-based tutorial on chemical bonds, molecular shapes, and molecular models is designed to supplement lecture material and to prepare students for model building in the laboratory, classroom, or at home. It provides not only the material fundamental for chemical model building, but contains more basic information to reacquaint students with topics in which they need to strengthen their foundation. It also contains "hyperactive molecules", three-dimensional structures that students can rotate and manipulate similarly to molecular model kits conventionally used in the laboratory. In addition digital photos provide step-by-step instructions on how to assemble molecular structures.
Instructions
In this tutorial viewing and manipulation of 3D models of molecules requires that the MDL Chemscape Chime plug-in be installed in your computer. It also requires Netscape 2.x or higher version. If you are viewing this tutorial from an EASTERN computer laboratory, your computer should already be configured with the Chime plug-in. View the Chime Test Page to check for proper installation. Then read the Chime Help Page for further information on how to use the Chime plug-in to view and manipulate molecular animations.If you are viewing this tutorial from somewhere else other than EASTERN, you need to download and install the MDL Chemscape Chime plug-in.
Notice that this tutorial is best viewed with a minimum of 256 colors and 800 x 600 resolution.
