Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mass Spectrometry: Using a Game Format to Develop Logic Skills
Students will use previous knowledge of chemistry concepts and skills to interpret mass spectrometry graphs and will learn to determine one or more possible formulas for an organic molecule represented on the graph. They will also gain...
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta: Detective O Chem
It has been discovered that an indigenous Australian plant possesses a compound that shows antiviral activity against the H5N1 virus. Your mission, should you accept it, is to identify the compound before a rival pharmaceutical company...
University of Arizona
University of Arizona: Biochemistry
Problem sets, tutorials, and activities related to biochemistry.
National Institutes of Health
Ncbi: The Molecular Biology of the Cell: The Chemical Components of a Cell
Advanced chapter of the book "The Molecular Biology of the Cell" describes and provides illustrations of our most current understanding of the chemical makeup of cells and their components. Explains in detail how electron activity keeps...
Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Functional Organic Groups
Through an online slide-show format, learn about functional groups in organic chemistry.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Molecular Structures: Acetamides
Investigate acetamide, a common amide, with this interactive 3-D molecule. View the structure from all angles and also find links to other organic structures.
Chiral Publishing
Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Molecular Structures: Polysaccharides
View complex carbohydrates from every angle by manipulating starch and cellulose molecules. Also find links to information about other organic structures.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Linus Pauling (1901 1994)
This Access Excellence site provides a general biography of Linus Pauling, the two-time Nobel laureate who the elucidated chemical bonding, amino acid and protein structures, and the molecular basis of sickle-cell anemia.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1962
Read about Linus Carl Pauling, the winner of the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Other Resources," and "The Nobel Chemistry Prize 1954."
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Proteins and Nucleic Acids
This information can be used for exam review or as an introduction. It presents a good overview of the topics with charts, graphs, links, and a quiz.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Functional Group
Encyclopedia entry for functional groups that, in in organic chemistry, are specific groups of atoms within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Plane of Symmetry
This site from the free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, provides a basic definition for plane of symmetry. Links are given for additional information on related subjects.