Transcript Web Project Competition 2001

Web Project Competition 2001
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Background
What’s required
How to write web pages
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Word
Front Page
Netscape Composer
Chime, WebLab Viewer, ChemWeb
Important URLs
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Project Rules & Deadlines
(http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/~paulmay/misc/webcomp.htm)
HTML (http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/pt/shared/rghtml.htm)
ExemplarChem (http://www.chemsoc.org/exemplarchem/home.htm)
Background
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2-3 week ‘blank’ period
Need to fill this with something
‘educational’
But…not too heavy going, or involve too
much teaching!
Must be fun!
Do it on your own time
Transferable skills – highly employable!
Web Competition
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Within School of Chemistry
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ExemplarChem Competition
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Top 4 will be chosen to go forward to RSC
ExemplarChem competition
First prize of £50
National Competition (70+ UK Chemistry Depts)
Big prizes (£200+)
Lots of prestige, press coverage, etc.
All web projects will appear of the Chemistry
Dept web site (and stay there for years!).
What do you have to do?
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Write a set of web pages (maybe 10 or so)
about a Chemical theme.
You choose the theme – whatever bit of
Chemistry (if any!) you like.
Chemistry is a loose term – includes Biochem,
Physics, Materials, Env Science, etc.
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MOTM.
Lifestory of a famous chemist.
Story of the discovery of the electron, etc.
You can do as much, or as little as you want…
Style tips
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Choose something:
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Interesting.
Novel (not Viagra! or fireworks!), check
the various MOTM pages and last year’s
entries to see what’s already been done.
Colourful
Interactive (Chime structures)
Easy to read (6th form level)
Not (too) controversial!
Example Ideas
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The chemistry of vision (rhodopsin, cis/trans retinal, Vit A, carotene…)
The chemistry of sex (testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, the Pill,…)
Barbiturates (phenobarbitol, Marilyn Monroe…)
Cholesterol
DDT
Haemoglobin, heme, porphyrins,…
Ibuprofen
Alkaloids, morphine, opium, heroin, codeine, pethidine, methadone,…
Monosodium glutamate.
Nicotine
Glycerol, Nitroglycerin, dynamite, Nobel
Soaps, stearic acid…
Nitro-based Explosives, NH4NO3, picric acid, TNT, RDX, PETN, Semtex…
Vitamin A, B, C, etc…
The chemistry of smells & odours
Layout
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Series of shortish pages (4-5 paragraphs), linked
together.
Title page (with your name & email address)
Introduction (what the molecule is, its structure,
what it’s famous for…)
Its history (who discovered/invented it?)
How to make it synthetically
How it works
Side effects
Related molecules
References
Don’t…
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…use garish backgrounds (unreadable)
…get too technical. (Explain it as if you’re
talking to a 1st year undergrad or 6th form
level)
…make it dull! (Use lots of colour, lots of
diagrams, break up text with pictures).
…make it too controversial. (Remember the
pharmaceutical companies are sponsoring the
prizes…)
…mix upper and lower case filenames. Use
only lower case, e.g. filename.htm or
image.gif not Filename.HTM, or Image.GIF
Deadlines
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Projects must be submitted by 20th
June.
Given to me either by:
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Email (zip file) to: [email protected]
On floppy disk
URL
Results put on noticeboard along with
the exam results, on June 22nd.
Marking Scheme
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Marking will be done by myself & Dr Maher
Presentation (8 marks)
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This is how visually attractive the web site is.
 Readable?
 appropriate to the subject matter?
 easy to navigate, etc?
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Each project should have the author’s contact address/email address.
Content (8 marks)
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The quality of the information presented.
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The amount of chemistry/scientific facts that are given.
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Are the reference sources indicated properly and fully?
Internet awareness (4 marks)
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Does the page make good and appropriate use of the web medium, rather than just
being an electronic version of a paper document?
 use of 3D structures for molecules (Chime or VRML).
 interactive multiple choice questions.
 use of video clips or animations.
 links to external sites for more information, etc.
How to Write Web Pages
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Word (only if you’re desperate!)
Frontpage (a bit better)
Netscape Composer (even better)
ChemWeb, WebLab Viewer
Chime