Simulations and Data Processing as Aids to Instruction in Biological and Materials Chemistry

一个新的基于计算机的教室正在建立，以支持本科生生化、材料和分析化学领域的课程发展，并为我们的物理化学入门课程的基于计算机的教学提供额外的支持。这些发展的新特点包括使用实验室中先进研究仪器的实际实验数据和课堂体验，旨在(1)提供对蛋白质结晶学和核磁共振光谱在确定生物结构中的作用的欣赏，(2)允许学生在基于解决实际问题的物理化学课堂上完成家庭作业，(3)支持进一步开发模拟和数据处理的使用，以提供更清晰的物理化学概念的呈现，以及(4)提供在固体化学中更有效地呈现基本概念的手段。受该项目影响的学生包括化学、生物和工程专业的学生；我们估计每年将有大约400名十几门正规课程的高级本科生受到该项目的影响。开发的教学材料将通过WWW免费分发。虽然该教室的目的是专门用于支持高级本科水平的教学，但该教室的设施正在向本科生和校园其他单位开展的各种K-12外联活动提供，但该教室并未用于这些目的。

A new computer-based classroom is being established to support continued curricular developments in the undergraduate biochemical, materials, and analytical chemistry areas of the department, and to provide additional support for computer-based instruction in our introductory physical chemistry course. Novel features of the developments include the use of actual experimental data from advanced research instruments in laboratory and classroom experiences that are designed to (1) provide appreciation of the roles of protein crystallography and NMR spectroscopy in the determination of biological structures, (2) allow students to perform homework in physical chemistry classes that is based on solving realistic problems, (3) support further development of the uses of simulations and data processing to provide more trenchant presentations of concepts in physical chemistry, and (4) provide the means to present more effectively essential concepts in solid state chemistry. Students impacted by this project include those majoring in chemistry, biology, and engineering; we estimate that about 400 advanced undergraduates in a dozen formal courses will be affected yearly by the project. Instructional materials developed will be freely distributed by means of the WWW. While intended to be used exclusively for the support of instruction at the advanced undergraduate level, the facilities of the classroom are being made available to undergraduate research students and to various K-12 outreach efforts operated by other units of the campus when the classroom is not being used for these purposes.