1. Web Project Competition 2003 • Background • What’s required • How to write web pages • Front Page • Chime, WebLab Viewer, ChemWeb • Important URLs • Project Rules & Deadlines (http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/~paulmay/misc/webcomp.htm) • HTML(http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/pt/shared/rghtml.htm) • ExemplarChem (http://www.chemsoc.org/exemplarchem/home.htm)

2. Background • 2-3 week ‘blank’ period • Need to fill this with something ‘educational’ • But…not too heavy going, or involve too much teaching! • Must be fun! • Do it on your own time • Transferable skills – highly employable!

3. Web Competition • Within School of Chemistry • Top 4 will be chosen to go forward to RSC ExemplarChem competition • First prize of £50 • ExemplarChem Competition • National Competition (50+ UK Chemistry Depts) • Big prizes (£1000+) • Lots of prestige, press coverage, etc. • All web projects will appear of the Chemistry Dept web site (and stay there for years!).

4. What do you have to do? • Write a set of web pages (maybe 10 or so) about a Chemical theme. • You choose the theme – whatever bit of Chemistry (if any!) you like. • Chemistry is a loose term – includes Biochem, Physics, Materials, Env Science, etc. • MOTM. • Lifestory of a famous chemist. • Story of the discovery of the electron, etc. • You can do as much, or as little as you want…

5. Style tips • Choose something: • Interesting. • Novel (not Viagra! or fireworks!), check the various MOTM pages and last year’s entries to see what’s already been done. • Colourful • Interactive (Chime structures) • Easy to read (6th form level) • Not (too) controversial!

6. Example Ideas • The chemistry of vision (rhodopsin, cis/trans retinal, Vit A, carotene…) • The chemistry of sex (testosterone, estradiol, progesterone, the Pill,…) • Barbiturates (phenobarbitol, Marilyn Monroe…) • Cholesterol • DDT • Haemoglobin, heme, porphyrins,… • Alkaloids, morphine, opium, heroin, codeine, pethidine, methadone,… • Monosodium glutamate. • Glycerol, Nitroglycerin, dynamite, Nobel • Soaps, stearic acid…

7. Layout • Series of shortish pages (4-5 paragraphs), linked together. • Title page (with your name & email address) • Introduction (what the molecule is, its structure, what it’s famous for…) • Its history (who discovered/invented it?) • How to make it synthetically • How it works • Side effects • Related molecules • References

8. Don’t… • …use garish backgrounds (unreadable) • …get too technical. (Explain it as if you’re talking to a 1st year undergrad or 6th form level) • …make it dull! (Use lots of colour, lots of diagrams, break up text with pictures). • …make it too controversial. (Remember the pharmaceutical companies are sponsoring the prizes…) • …mix upper and lower case filenames. Use only lower case, e.g. filename.htm or image.gif not Filename.HTM, or Image.GIF

9. Deadlines • Projects must be submitted by xxth June. • Given to me either by: • Email (zip file) to: paul.may@bris.ac.uk • On floppy disk • URL • Results put on noticeboard along with the exam results, on June xxst.

10. Marking Scheme • Marking will be done by myself & Dr Maher • Presentation(8 marks) • This is how visually attractive the web site is. • Readable? • appropriate to the subject matter? • easy to navigate, etc? • Each project should have the author’s contact address/email address. • Content (8 marks) • The quality of the information presented. • The amount of chemistry/scientific facts that are given. • Are the reference sources indicated properly and fully? • Internet awareness (4 marks) • Does the page make good and appropriate use of the web medium, rather than just being an electronic version of a paper document? • use of 3D structures for molecules (Chime or VRML). • interactive multiple choice questions. • use of video clips or animations. • links to external sites for more information, etc.

11. How to Write Web Pages • Frontpage (recommended) • Lview • ChemWeb, WebLabViewer • Chime • Word (only if you’re desperate!)