Integrating Molecular Visualization into Experiments in Introductory Biology, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Genetics.

本计画将透过引入对三维结构和转换的概念化和形象化的能力，来改变一、二年级生物和化学课程的实验设计。该设计将使学生参与将课堂和实验室联系起来的实验，这些实验反映了生命科学家和化学家的智力和实验室实践。学生将以两种方式学习生物材料或化学材料。学生将使用基于计算机的工具分析分子结构，并在实验室中操作相同的材料。提供观察和分析分子结构能力的仪器是在高分辨率图形个人计算机上运行的分子可视化软件和分子模型，这是本提案所要求的。

This project will implement change in the design of experiments for first and second year biology and chemistry courses by introducing the capability to conceptualize and visualize structures and transformations in three dimensions. The design will engage students in experiments which connect lectures and laboratory and which reflect the intellectual and laboratory practices of life scientists and chemists. Students will study biological material or chemical in two ways. The student will analyze the molecular structure using computer-based tools and also manipulate the same material in laboratory. The instruments which provide the capability for viewing and analysis of molecualr structure are molecular visualization software running on high-resolution graphics personal computers and molecular models, as requested in this proposal.