General Resources | Chapter 5 Links | Chapter 5 Interlude | Software Tools

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• General Resources for Introductory Chemistry
  
  • The ChemTeam
    Includes material appropriate for general chemistry.  Definitions and tutorial exercises with answers are provided.
  • World of Chemistry
    Extensive resources for chemistry education. Visit the General Chemistry link for concepts and worked-out examples.
  • Chemdex
    The Sheffield Chemdex is a chemistry portal.
  • General Chemistry Starting Points
    More resources, including jokes.
  • Just Ask Antoine
    Your general chemistry questions answered.
  • The Chemistry Hypermedia Project
    Tutorials on various topics in general chemistry.
  • Chemistry Journals
    A database of online articles.

     

• 5. Periodicity and Atomic Structure
  
  • Winners of the Nobel Prize
    Information on these prizes, including recipients mentioned in this chapter:
    Max Planck, Albert Einstein, and Niels Bohr.
  • Quantum Theory Comes of Age
    A historical review of the great researchers in this field and their ideas. 
  • The Photoelectric Effect and Blackbody Radiation
    Information on these classic experiments from the physics department at the University of Winnipeg.
  • WebElements
    A comprehensive presentation of elements, including electron configurations.
  • Periodic Properties of the Elements
    An entry from the University of California at Berkeley with exercises and solutions.
  • Electronic Structure and Periodicity
    A large number of exercises with solutions.

• Interlude: The Aurora Borealis: Atomic Spectra on a Grand Scale
  
  • Aurora Borealis -- The Northern Lights
    Information on this phenomenon from a planetarium in Norway.
  • Shooting the Aurora Borealis
    Photos of the Aurora Borealis from Alaska, including an animated sequence of images.
  • Auroras
    Paintings in the sky.

     

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Software Tools

Annotations in this listing indicate sites that use (or link to sites that use) software tools beyond the browser. Information on these tools can be obtained as follows:

Chime MDL Chemscape Chime Page See also RasMol sites:  RasMol molecule viewer Berkeley-enhanced RasMol Java Java home page at Sun Microsystems Netscape Navigator Java support page QuickTime Apple QuickTime home page Shockwave Macromedia VRML An Introduction to VRML