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Sudoku Puzzles for First-Year Organic Chemistry Students

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Alice L. Perez and G. Lamoureux

Department of Chemistry, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica

J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84 (4), p 614

DOI: 10.1021/ed084p614

Publication Date (Web): April 1, 2007

Abstract

We use sudoku puzzles to help the students (i) learn the correspondence between the names of the amino acids, their abbreviations, and codes and (ii) learn the correspondence between the names of the functional groups, their structures, and their abbreviations. This representation of information can be a fun way to learn details in chemistry.

Keywords (Audience):

High School / Introductory Chemistry

Keywords (Domain):

Biochemistry

Keywords (Pedagogy):

Humor / Puzzles / Games

Keywords (Subject):

Alcohols

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