VisChem: visualising the molecular world for a deep understanding of chemistry concepts First Year • Guided activity, Lecture, Video / Audio • Chemistry, Electrochemistry, General Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Physical chemistry The VisChem site involves animations and movies on YouTube, a video and text description of the VisChem Learning Design, and two research publications. All the relevant documentation is also available on the VisChem website.
Guide to conducting Group Work First Year, Second Year, Third Year • Assessment, Guided activity, Open-ended activity • Biological Sciences, Biomedical Sciences, Life sciences How to teach students to work effectively in groups
Setting Students up for Success with Groupwork First Year, Honours / Postgraduate, Second Year, Third Year • Assessment, Guided activity, Laboratory • Assessment of transferable skills, Communication skills including science communication, Cross disciplines, Literature research/information analysis skills, Student interaction, Teamwork skills How to teach students to work effectively in groups
At-Home Labs for First Year Physics First Year • Guided activity, Laboratory, Open-ended activity • Mechanics, Optics / Waves, Physics, Thermal Physics and Statistics A set of first-year physics labs that can be conducted with common household equipment
Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) written assignment First Year • Assessment, Open-ended activity • Astronomy / Astrophysics, Physics A written assignment where students use a NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day image to creatively communicate science to a general audience.
Classical Mechanics lectures and tutorials Second Year, Third Year • Lecture, Problem set, Tutorial, Video / Audio • Mechanics, Physics A series of lectures and tutorials for a higher year undergraduate course in classical mechanics.
First year mechanics question bank First Year • Assessment, Problem set • Mechanics, Physics A bank of over 80 three-part questions covering the mechanics topic. Questions provided as Moodle STACK question type and as a PDF.
Interactive Desmos classroom activities for first-year undergraduate mathematics First Year • Guided activity, Tutorial • Introductory Mathematics, Mathematics and statistics A collection of interactive Desmos classroom activities exploring assorted topics of interest to foundation and first-year mathematics courses.
MATHS@UQ First Year • Problem set, Video / Audio • Introductory Mathematics, Mathematics and statistics This resource covers foundational topics from fractions to matrices, providing pre-requisite support to students.
Conceptual Learning with Interactive Applets First Year, Second Year • Laboratory, Lecture, Tutorial • Applied Mathematics, Introductory Mathematics, Mathematics and statistics, Pure Mathematics, Statistics A collection of applets and supporting resources for enhancing conceptual understanding in undergraduate mathematics and statistics.
Chocs and Blocks statistical sampling activity First Year • Guided activity, Lecture • Mathematics and statistics, Statistics Chocs and Blocks is an in-class statistical sampling activity involving chocolate.
Learning chemistry using web-based interaction First Year • Assessment, Guided activity, Problem set, Tutorial • Analytical chemistry, Chemistry, Electrochemistry, General Chemistry, Inorganic chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Organic chemistry, Physical chemistry 300 web-based interactive learner-friendly activities dealing with chemical concepts introduced in high school and at first year university.
Kitchen chemistry experiments First Year • Laboratory • Chemistry, General Chemistry Students can perform chemistry experiments safely at home in their kitchens. These experiments support learning of fundamental chemistry concepts.
Physclips First Year • Lecture, Tutorial, Video / Audio • Electromagnetism, Mathematics, Mechanics, Optics / Waves, Physics, Thermal Physics and Statistics A series of film clips, animations and short tutorials in introductory physics. Physclips has volumes on Mechanics, Sound and Waves, and Light.
An alternative online laboratory assessment for hands-on techniques and knowledge First Year, Second Year • Assessment, Guided activity, Laboratory, Video / Audio • Analytical chemistry, Chemistry, General Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Organic chemistry Two activities to support learning chemistry laboratory skills and equipment online.
