This is a partial and evolving list of existing online resources that are designed for, or may help with, teaching physical chemistry courses in active, engaged, and accessible ways. Want us to link to a new resource? Please email us at pchemlabsip@gmail.com, use this form, or post in the #web-resources-to-post channel of our Discord server (which you can join through this link).
LABSIP-Created Resources
Our Discord server (community discussion space)
Allourideas polls on PChem content items (These were piloted during a November 2022 online event and provided anecdotal evidence of some clear community preferences on the relative importance of specific topics in PChem courses.)
Live polls here: quantum topics and thermodynamics/kinetics topics
Results here: quantum and thermodynamics/kinetics
General PChem Teaching Resources
PIPER (PChem-Inspired Pedagogical Electronic Resource): a repository of PChem lecture and lab teaching resources hosted by Coe College
SERC repository (Science Education Resource Center): a geoscience-driven, pan-science teaching resource repository hosted by Carleton College with some PChem content, especially under the ChemEd DL project area or just by searching “Chemistry” in the search bar
Glyphs: a resource for teaching orbital overlap
Computational Resources
MolSSI (Molecular Sciences Software Institute): Python-based software, and extensive education resources for learning and using Python
Chemcompute.org: a broad list of resources and links for computational chemistry, including electronic structure packages and programming resources
ESCIP (Enhancing Science Courses by Integrating Python): Github-driven repository of computational activities for PChem and other science courses, and regular workshops for faculty on Python integration and activity development
CSCircles: hosted by U. of Waterloo, basic python starter exercises
Schrodinger teaching resources: free web-based computational resources for teaching from Schrodinger, Inc. use-able across a variety of chemistry courses
WebMO: web-based engine for performing computational chemistry calculations on local hardware (includes web and mobile apps)
IQMol: open-source molecular editor and visualizer
Psi4Education: open-source lab manual with activities for use across the chemistry curriculum using the Psi4 quantum chemistry software package
Lab Resources
POGIL-PCL: a long-running project and community that creates and trains instructors to execute guided inquiry-style lab modules for PChem lab
Peer-Reviewed Literature and Recent PChem Educational Studies
Teaching programming across the chemistry curriculum: 2021 ACS Symposium Series book on programming, organized by Ashley Ringer McDonald and Jessica Nash
ACS Exams Institute concept map for undergraduate physical chemistry (T.A. Holme, J.J. Reed, J.R. Raker, and K.L. Murphy. J. Chem. Educ. 2018, 95, 238-241)