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[music] a mixed (easy-hard) selection of the content in organic chemistry; Organic Chemistry; Roger Frost; [music] much of the content in organic chemistry will be usual in post-16 studies such as GCE; IGCE; IB; Higher Leaving Certificate; SQA Advanced Higher; CBSE; Organic Chemistry; Roger Frost; [music] up to 30 of the full 230-slides in organic chemistry can be used with "secondary school" students studying GCSE, IGCSE, Leaving Certificate; Organic Chemistry; Roger Frost; from the CD-ROM of Roger Frost's organic chemistry teaching tools http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1287041536http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1243478508
 

 
how Organic chemistry works for teachers
Teachers project animated 'slides' - on a whiteboard perhaps - to explain a reaction mechanism, or why a compound dissolves. A slide takes two minutes to explain but a mechanism takes a bit longer.
The overall idea is easy: you see a short movie split into sequences, but unlike a movie it pauses for you to make a point. You click the double bond of ethene because 'red' means ‘play' or 'do'. The model changes and pauses.		  

You could click the next 'red' item or use the pause to ask questions. Why is bromine polarised? What’s attracted to what? So what will happen next?
The red highlight offers a clue, you click this and the bond line mutates into 'electrons'.
 
A slider allows you to back-track through longer sequences.

 

how Organic chemistry helps learning

To students, most ‘slides’ appear as a puzzle and the mechanism above is one such puzzle. The software is not a rolling lecture and requires a bit of thinking. The student's task is to 'turn the animation into words' as they discuss, use their texts and work 'actively'. For the example above, they would draw the mechanism in their book and explain it as if they were a teacher. With the help of our animation, the task to ‘take notes on amines’ or 'write about the substitution of benzene' becomes a great way to learn.

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