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| Volume 4D Number 1 | ||
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| In This Issue | ||
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| Lesson Planner for Demonstrations in Organic Chemistry Videodisc | ||
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Todd A. Surovell
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| Schroedinger.m: A Mathematica Package for Solving the Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation | ||
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John C. Hansen
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| Winspec: A Microwave Spectroscopy Tutor | ||
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Ian J. McNaught University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Rory Moore University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
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| About This Issue | ||
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John W. Moore and Nancy S. Gettys University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1396 |
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This issue is out of print. |
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How to Use These Programs Schroedinger.m is intended for use in physical chemistry or introductory quantum chemistry course. It comes with three example notebooks and a student lesson. It is a powerful package that will be very useful in teaching topics in quantum chemistry. This program was originally developed on the Macintosh, but will run with any Mathematica system. A Macintosh version will be published in the next JCE: Software&; issue for Macintosh, later this year. Winspec is a Windows version of Microwave Spectroscopy Tutor published for the PC (DOS) last year by JCE: Software . The reviewers of the original program liked it so much that they urged the authors to create a version for the more popular Windows platform. Like its predecessor, Winspec can be used both by the instructor as a lecture aid and by students as a laboratory simulation or homework exercise. It is suitable for use in physical chemistry and molecular spectroscopy courses. The program simulates a microwave (rotational) spectrometer, an instrument that very few universities have available for students, especially at the undergraduate level. Lesson Planner is a videodisc utility program that works with the Demonstrations in Organic Chemistry videodisc (1). You can use Lesson Planner to scan the contents of the disk. You can use this information to decide what demonstrations or segments of demonstrations you want to include in your lesson, and then construct the barcode list with Lesson Planner. The program does not provide computer control of the videodisc player. Hardware and Software Requirements Programs in Series D of JCE: Software require Microsoft Windows version 3.1 or later and associated hardware as defined by Microsoft. We recommend an IBM-PC or compatible computer with a 80386 or higher processor, a minimum of 4 MB of memory, a hard disk, one floppy disk drive to install the software, a mouse, and a Windows-compatible graphics card, such as an IBM VGA or Super VGA adapter with a compatible color monitor. DOS 5.0 or later is highly recommended. The issue is supplied on 3.5-in. disks. Additional requirements are noted below: Schroedinger.m requires a version of the Mathematica program with notebook-type interface. Lesson Planner requires MS Excel 3.0 or higher; 13 in. or larger monitor; laser printer; videodisc player with barcode scanner and TV monitor . Literature Cited |
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Last Updated: March 19, 2001 Created: December 10, 1996 |
Created by: J.L. Holmes Comments to: jceonline@chem.wisc.edu |
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| © 1997 Division of Chemical Education, Inc., American Chemical Society. All rights reserved. | |