Free Resources for Education

Biocourseware Website
Biocourseware provides Chemistry and Biology web ppps which are light weight and functional. No downloading or installation are required.

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Avogadro Website
Avogadro is an advanced molecule editor and visualizer designed for use in computational chemistry, molecular modeling, bioinformatics, materials science, and related areas. It offers flexible high quality rendering and a powerful plugin architecture.

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ChemEd DL Website
ChemEd DL provides exemplary digital resources, tools, and online services to assist in teaching and learning chemistry. A collaborative, community-driven effort, ChemEd DL is the place for sharing your work and benefiting from what others have done.

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ChemCollective Website
The Chemistry Collective is a collection of virtual labs, scenario-based learning activities and concepts tests, which can be incorporated into a variety of teaching approaches as pre-labs, homework, and in-class activities for individuals or teams.

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MolWorks Website
MolWorks is an integrated software tool for molecular design where you can draw molecular structures. You can also change element type and bond order. The molecular structure is displayed with wire, and ball & stick.

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Khan Academy Website
The Khan Academy provides over 1400 videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance.

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BKChem Website
BKChem is a chemical drawing program. Create bond-by-bond drawings using templates of common rings. Linear formulas (such as -CH2CH(COOCH3)2) also supported. Full editing available.

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Marvin Family Website
Marvin is a collection of tools for drawing, displaying and characterizing chemical structures, substructures and reactions. Marvin can be easily installed on your desktop and seamlessly integrated into web pages.

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ACD/ChemSketch Website
ACD/ChemSketch is a comprehensive chemical drawing package containing tools for 2D structure cleaning, 3D optimization and viewing, drawing of polymers, organometallics, Markush structures, and IUPAC systematic naming capability for molecules with fewer than 50 atoms and 3 rings.

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