Reviewing Laboratory Experiments

Submitted by Sibrina Collins / College of Arts and Sciences at Lawrence Technological University on Sun, 10/28/2012 - 19:15

Dear VIPEr Colleagues,

I would like for someone to look over a couple of experiments I am planning to do in my inorganic lab in the spring semester. The first lab is the synthesis of copper(II) glycinate monohydrate and the second focuses on [ReO2(py)4]Cl.2H2O.

Thanks,

Sibrina

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Flipping the class - Has anyone had success with this?

Submitted by moster / houston baptist university on Sat, 10/13/2012 - 13:08

I am concidering  putting portions of my lectures online for my students to review prior to class.  I would assign this as homework.  I might try this with a discussion of Wade's Rules.  I would spend the class time doing examples instead of trying to cram in the basics and examples all at once.

I was wondering if anyone has tried flipping the class and had success.  I would like to hear the details of what topics that you have tried and how you did it (what was on the online lecture and what was done in class).

 

Thanks,

 

Mary

 

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creative commons license - a great thing to mention in class

Submitted by Barbara Reisner / James Madison University on Thu, 09/06/2012 - 16:08

Just a comment... I really like having the CC licenses from LOs on the assignments I hand out in class. It's a great way to interject the importance of citing other people's work and it's yet another example of the collaborative nature of science. Having these on assignments to my seniors lets me reinforce some of the things we discussed on Lit&Sem. It's great that everyone is getting credit for their work, but it's also great that we can provide such a good example for our students.

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Syllabus and Content

Submitted by Sibrina Collins / College of Arts and Sciences at Lawrence Technological University on Tue, 08/14/2012 - 22:06
Greetings Colleagues, Although I am on research leave for one semester at OSU, I still need to think about my classes for the Spring 2013 semester. Surprisingly, I was motivated to work on some ideas tonight. Previously, I have used the textbook "Descriptive Inorganic, Coordination, and Solid-State Chemistry," by Rodgers. I love that book, but I found myself supplementing lots of other important topics (symmetry, point groups, MO theory). So now I plan to use Miessler and Tarr. I am thinking about content and the order I want to discuss them during the semester.
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