SCIENCE AND VISUALIZATION

Learning about Math and Molecules on the Web

by David Frederickson

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Having found the World-Wide Web to be so helpful in his own research in molecular modeling, Marvin Rich—a visiting scientist in the Department of Biology (FAS) as well as a science teacher in the New York public schoools—thought the Web could help both teachers and students, in the classroom and out. Over the past year or so, working at the ACF's Scientific Visualization Center, and with the cooperation of the YMCA Beacon Technology Center in District Two, he's been developing a series of lab projects and related activities in molecular structure and its application to basic chemistry and biology.

The MathMol home page {http://cwis.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/} leads to a quick tour, to the teaching modules, or to databases and other pages. Advanced students will be able to navigate the Web for related resources, starting from the Information page or the protein page. These contain links to science resources around the world, which can quickly be searched by key word.

For more information, send e-mail to Dr. Rich {richm@archimedes.nyu.edu}.

Posted 27 October 1995. Last revised 6 December 2005.