Chemistry never sounded this good!
I just heard from a professor friend at UCLA about a fabulous approach to teaching by her colleague, organic chemistry Professor Neil Garg. According to a UCLA press release:
Undergraduates in Neil Garg’s organic chemistry course produce clever, creative music videos as an extra-credit assignment. The bigger secret may be just how much chemistry they learn by doing so, as none of them are chemistry majors and most admit they didn’t like chemistry when the class started.
Basically, students are asked to produce a music video with a theme from organic chemistry. Sounds geeky? Ha. You will be amazed by how cool it is:
SN2 electrophiles: primary carbon not tertiaryLone pairs show nucleophilicityUse polar aprotic solventTosylates and halides, they will leaveInversion of stereochemistry
So students are able to learn chemistry in a fun way. You can read the full article and get some more videos here and in Garg’s website, including a Lady Gaga-ish gig called “Bond this way“.
Posted on July 25, 2011, in teaching. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Life is Chemistry 
Haha, I love it! Geeky but fun.
Well, I plan to write only about geeky stuff this time:) Haha.. just kidding:) Suggestions are welcome.
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