Web Project Competition 2001

Background What’s required How to write web pages

Word Front Page Netscape Composer Chime, WebLab Viewer, ChemWeb

Important URLs 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 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

Within School of Chemistry Top 4 will be chosen to go forward to RSC

ExemplarChem competition First prize of £50

ExemplarChem Competition 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?

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. 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

Choose something: 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

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

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… …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 Projects must be submitted by 20th

June. Given to me either by:

Email (zip file) to: paul.may@bris.ac.uk

On floppy disk URL

Results put on noticeboard along with the exam results, on June 22nd.

Marking Scheme Marking will be done by myself & Dr Maher Presentation (8 marks)

This is how visually attractive the web site is. Readable? appropriate to the subject matter? easy to navigate, etc?

Each project should have the author’s contact address/email address. Content (8 marks)

The quality of the information presented. The amount of chemistry/scientific facts that are given. Are the reference sources indicated properly and fully?

Internet awareness (4 marks) 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 Word (only if you’re desperate!) Frontpage (a bit better) Netscape Composer (even better) ChemWeb, WebLab Viewer Chime