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Chemical Education: Software Abstract for Special Issue Number 12: The Solid State Resources CD George C. Lisensky
Beloit College Beloit, WI 53511-5595 Arthur 6.Ellis
University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI 53706-1396 The Solid State Resources CD-ROM for Macintosh computers is intended to help instructors to i n t e n a t e materiIlls science examples into introductory chem&ry courses. The CD includes: slide shows overhead masters QuickTime movies (animations and video) t h e complete book,Teaching General Chemistry:AMaterials Science Companion ( 1 ) (the Companion) the Instruction Manual, ICE Solid State Model Kit (2) an Index to all materials on the CD runtime software to allow access to all materials on the CD
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Those already using the Companion will find this CD a useful adjunct. The CD also is a n excellent teaching resource for those who do not have the book. The material on the CD is intended for presentations and is not designed for use by individual students.
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in explanation of abstract concepts. For example it is more effective to show a n animation of constructive and destructive interference of two waves than to attempt to explain the process in words. The complete contents of Teaching General Chemistry:A Materials Science Companion, published by the American Chemical Society, including illustrations and laboratory experiments, is included on the CD. I t is available in both Adobe Acrobat (4) format (Acrobat reader is included) and Microsoft Word (5)format (Word 4.0 or later, not supplied on the CD, is required).
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Figure 1. A unit cell containing one orange (excerpted from video sequence on CD). Color slide shows on topics such as Atoms and Electrons, Stoichiometry, Crystalline Structures, Defects, Electronic Structure, Equilibrium, and Phase Changes permit a n instructor to present solid-state examples with the support of high quality color graphics. The slide shows are in PowerPoint (3)format. APowerPoint Viewer is included on the CD. Those who own a copy of PowerPoint will be able to edit the shows. Overhead projector transparency masters of figures from t h e Companion a r e available for high-resolution printing in color or black and white using Adobe Acrobat reader (41,which is included on the CD. Over 100 QuickTime movies, both video and computer animations, are on the CD. Animations of many of the figures in the Companion can be used in the classroom to aid
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Figure 3. All QuickTime movies can be viewed from the Cinema Viewer.
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The instruction manual for the ICE Solid-state Model Kit (2)is included. The manual provides layer sequences (a series of two-dimensional cross sections of three-dimensional unit cells) for over 80 structures. The layer sequences can be printed for use on handouts, problem sets and exercises. A complete Illustrated Index to the CD-ROM materials allows you to locate, preview, and access any of the materials described above quickly and easily.
