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Computational Chemistry in the Curriculum
A curated list of resources for incorporating computational chemistry into the curriculum. As a continuous work in progress , this list may contain omissions that are purely accidental. Please feel free to send missing links or new material to MoleCVUE.
Accreditation
Computational activities grouped by chemistry course.
Basis Sets
Need a particular basis set for an element? Here's where to find them.
Basis Set Exchange - One-stop shopping
ccRepo - A correlation-consistent basis set repository
Course Materials
Whether you're designing a small module or an entire course, these syllabi, slides, exams and assignments are good points of reference.
RSC Learn Chemistry: Computational Chemistry - Introductory handouts, videos, exercises and assessment materials.
Databases
Designing a new activity and want to check your results against known experimental and theoretical values?
Hardware
These sites eliminate the need for a local cluster.
Chem Compute - Free server for undergraduate teaching and research
MERCURY Consortium - Primarily Undergraduate Institutions across the USA
North Carolina High School Computational Chemistry Server - Serving North Carolina students & teachers
Computational pedagogy grouped by delivery method.
Online Texts
These digital texts maybe helpful for more than just online courses.
Software
A large amount of computational chemistry software exists and keeping track of it can be tricky.
MolSSI Molecular Software Database - One stop shopping
GaussView - Molecular editor & visualization
IQmol - Molecular editor & visualization
MolView - 2D & 3D molecular visualization
WebMO - Web-based interface to computational chemistry packages
Wikipedia
Videos
These videos are helpful both inside and outside a flipped classroom environment.
Chris J. Cramer: Computational chemistry - Videos for Chem 4021/8021 Computational Chemistry at the Univ. of Minnesota: a class taken by seniors and 1st-year graduate students
Exploring Chemistry (Foresman & Frisch) - Videos to compliment Exploring Chemistry 3rd Edition
Gaussian Inc - Tutorial videos