the BETHA project
For a few years around 1995, students and faculty* of the
Chemistry Department and ACCAD (Advanced Computing Center for the Arts
and Design) collaborated to develop an on-line chemical
education resource. The effort was funded by BETHA (Battelle
Endowment for Technology in Human Affairs). The resource was
favorably reviewed in
Journal of Chemical Education, 77, p.299 (2000).
Please click here
to check it out!
The resources include a not-too-serious introduction to chemical
equation balancing in which students must balance chemical equations
to solve a murder mystery.
The gas laws tutorial provides background on the physical
motivation of the gas laws and techniques of problem solving. Images
from interactive resources are shown below.
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The quantum mechanics tutorial covers the fundamental
physical concepts of quantum theory. It features an interactive java
applet in which motion of a particle of variable mass and energy can
be simulated. In this activity, the student can visualize the
difference between classical and quantum motion, and see how the two
limits are connected.
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BETHA project participants
| ACCAD |
Chemistry |
| Heath Hanlin |
Weldon Mathews |
| Midori Kitagawa-DeLeon |
George McBane |
| Zil Lilas |
Sherwin J. Singer |
| D. Neal McDonald |
Anna Timasheva |
