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Abby L. Parrill and Jacquelyn Gervay

The University of Arizona, Department of Chemistry, Tucson, Arizona 85721

J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74 (9), p 1141

DOI: 10.1021/ed074p1141

Publication Date (Web): September 1, 1997

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History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract

A series of QuickTime movies have been developed and are available over the World Wide Web (WWW) to help evoke student curiosity about organic chemistry. When viewed in series the movies start with a 'big picture' view based on crystallographic data and narrow in on the basic concepts needed to understand that scientific observation. The topics of this 'big picture' approach are the structure of DNA, protein secondary structure, and changes in geometry as oxygen binds to heme. These movies are available to students at http://www.chem.arizona.edu/courses/chem242/relevance.html as well as being presented in the classroom.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Biochemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Multimedia-Based Learning

Keywords (Subject):

Nucleic acids / DNA / RNA

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