Web Project Competition 2006

Background What’s required How to write web pages

Front Page Chime, 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)

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 First prize of £150 Second prize of £75 Third prize of £25

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 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…

Is it compulsory? Yes, and no... Timetabled, in yearbook – you are

expected to do it... ...but doesn’t count towards

exams.

Carrot

•Communication skills

•Transferable skills (looks good on CV!)

• Makes you 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’ – you get to choose the subject & style yourself.

• Puts the ‘fun’ back into chemistry.

• Monetary: Prizes from Dept

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

Interesting! Novel (not Viagra! or fireworks!),

check the various MOTM pages and previous years’ entries to see what’s already been done.

Colourful Interactive (Chime structures) Easy to read (6th form level) Not (too) controversial!

Choose something:

Example Ideas

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

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 Figures must be referenced!

Series of shortish pages (4-5 paragraphs), linked together. E.g.:

Don’t… …use garish backgrounds (unreadable) …get too technical.

(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. …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

Wednesday 21st June. Given to me either by:

Email to: paul.may@bris.ac.uk (beware of zipfiles)

On floppy disk CD URL Memory Stick

Results put on noticeboard along with the exam results, on Friday June 23rd.

Marking Scheme Marking will be done by myself & Dr Western. 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 Frontpage (recommended) ChemWeb Chime Word (only if you’re desperate!)