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So you’re writing your first post… | just another chemistry weblog
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So you’re writing your first post…. You found an article that really grabbed your attention and you cannot wait to share it. Great! So where do you begin? Start by choosing a specific idea, fact, or result and use it to focus your writing. Your enemy here is being overly broad and/or vague. Once you have a focus, prepare a list of 5-7 points/ideas/contexts/relationships/etc. that you. View all posts by skassel →. Topics for Group Projects. F’14 MotW Assignment – Part II. Add yours ↓. You must be logged in.
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If you are struggling with your Molecule of the Week topics… | just another chemistry weblog
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If you are struggling with your Molecule of the Week topics…. Updated F 09.03.10 –. As a reminder, you need to find three examples from the chemical literature (full papers, 2009 to present) that minimally include a molecular metal-ligand complex and a crystal structure. Send me links to the papers, or, better yet, share a Google Doc with me so I can comment on the examples you provide. That’s it! The subject/area/topic is completely up to you. While the paper provides background, it doesn’t specif...
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Mercury 101 | just another chemistry weblog
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So you’re working on your Molecule of the Week assignment and you’re looking at your molecule in Mercury and thinking. Wow this is hideous. How am I going to make this look presentable. If you’re not familiar with Mercury, the program seems a bit complicated with letters and buttons all over the place. Hopefully some of these tips will help clear things up, and you’ll get a pretty picture in the end. Let’s Start with a before picture:. After these 5 steps you’ll end up with a beautiful molecule:. Now tha...
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Topics for Group Projects | just another chemistry weblog
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Topics for Group Projects. General Topics with possible subtopics / examples. Ring Opening Metathsis Polymerization (ROMP). Solid-state / Nanochemistry Chemistry. Metal Organic Framework Materials (MOFs). Boron neutron capture agents. Descriptive / Main Group Chemistry. Ammonia borane for H2 storage. Compounds of the Nobel Gases. Main group multiple bonding. Transition metal complexes as therapeutics. Metal oxides as catalysts. View all posts by skassel →. F’14 MotW Assignment – Part II. Add yours ↓.
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Why take it to the Next Level? | just another chemistry weblog
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Why take it to the Next Level? This website has been presented to me as a senior at Villanova Univeristy, someone who has taken. Of undergraduate classes. I am a chemistry major, as are the other students in Dr. Kassel’s class, and we have chosen to make chemistry a big part of our lives, the predominant focus of our undergraduate careers and curriculum. Wow-did you ever actually think you were going to be able to do that? After all, besides the fun parties, great friends, clubs, groups, sports and so on...
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A few of my favorite books on writing | just another chemistry weblog
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A few of my favorite books on writing. In keeping with the current ‘writing’ theme, here are my favorite books on writing. I think of the first four as ‘must haves’ though I obviously have them all! The Elements of Style, The (4th Edition). By William Strunk and E. B. White. On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition. By William K. Zinsser. By VA Howard and J.H. Barton. Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose. Technical Writing for Engineers and Scientists. By Barry J. Rosenberg.
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Chemical Information? | just another chemistry weblog
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8220;A month in the laboratory can often save an hour in the library.”. 8212; Frank H. Westheimer. A wealth of information exists outside of Google, although both Google. Are powerful tools. How do you search for chemistry related information, documents, references, and other literature? What if you wanted. To find references related to your current laboratory experiment? To find references for your writing assignments? To find references for your research? To cultivate new research or project ideas?
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Lists of some of my science related feeds… [updated] | just another chemistry weblog
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Lists of some of my science related feeds… [updated]. Chemistry journals I ‘try’ to keep up with (every two weeks or monthly):. Accounts of Chemical Research. Crystal Growth and Design. And other science related feeds I review (every week or so):. Slate Magazine – Science. What are you reading online (science related of course). Leave a link and why you read it in the comments! View all posts by skassel →. Recommended reading F’13 Edition. Friday Science Spree 09/13/13. Friday Science Spree 09/30/11.
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Basic Newswriting Tips | just another chemistry weblog
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From Prof. Ksiazek. 8216;s visit on W 09/21/11 (and the annotated pdf. Of his example from yahoo news. Who is your audience? What sources of information can I use to better understand my audience? What is their prior knowledge of my topic? How can I make the story accessible to a wide audience? Story structure: The Inverted Pyramid. Getting started: Writing the lead and nut graph. 5 W’s and H – Who, What, Where, When, Why and How. Tips for writing leads:. Don’t bury the lead. Topics for Group Projects.
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Science requirements irk to the core, a reply. | just another chemistry weblog
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Science requirements irk to the core, a reply. In her opinion piece “ Science requirements irk to the core. View all posts by cdillon →. Friday Science Spree 09/13/13. Friday Science Spree 09/30/11. Friday Science Spree 09/23/11. Friday Science Spree 09/16/11. Friday Science Spree 09/09/11. Controversial Fat Injections to Improve Breast Reconstruction. Is Beauty Worth the Risks? Should the government get involved? Add yours ↓. You must be logged in. To post a comment. Designed by ColorLabs and Company.