Transcript Web Project Competition 2004 - School of Chemistry

Web Project Competition 2004
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Background
What’s required
How to write web pages
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Front Page
Chime, 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 (50+ UK Chemistry Depts)
Big prizes (£1000+)
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…
Is it compulsory?
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Yes, and no...
Timetabled, in yearbook – you are
expected to do it...
...but doesn’t count towards exams.
Carrot
• Monetary: £50 prize from Dept
+ possibility of Exemplarchem prize-money
•Communication skills
•Transferable skills (looks good on CV!)
• Makes them stand out at interview from other 1000+
UK graduating chemists.
• Web pages are all on Bristol website & stay there for many years.
• World visibility.
• A chance to be creative!
• Molecule of the Month.
• Best web projects not necessarily from best ‘academic’ students.
• Not a ‘chore’ – they get to choose the subject & style themselves.
• Puts the ‘fun’ back into chemistry.
Stick
• If you don’t do the project, ‘No project submitted’
appears on the website.
• Final year project supervisors might see the web sites …
Style tips
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 sex (testosterone, estradiol, progesterone,
the Pill,…)
Barbiturates (phenobarbitol, Marilyn Monroe…)
Cholesterol
DDT
Haemoglobin, heme, porphyrins,…
Alkaloids, morphine, opium, heroin, codeine, pethidine,
methadone,…
Soaps, stearic acid…
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
Figs must be referenced!
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
Wednesday 16th 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 Friday June 18th.
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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Frontpage (recommended)
ChemWeb
Chime
Word (only if you’re desperate!)