Suggested activity #1
Students
rarely need to know much about structures beyond 6 bonds to an atom
(octahedrons). However, the more complex structures are usually the ones that
are the most interesting, so we suggest simply having the students do some
exploration of the “full database”, or the “cool structures” database. There
are some really awesome molecules in there, and hopefully simple exploration
will give the students a taste of what is really out there.
Here are some of our
favorites:
B_FUYY~1.MOL
CEDURLUX.MOL
CEXONYAA.MOL
BABECYIR.MOL