Teaching Modules
Free Resources for the Classroom
The CCDC and our colleagues continually produce educational materials for teaching structural chemistry concepts in the classroom. Many of these materials make use of the Teaching Subset – a freely available set of 750+ structures that can be investigated with the free version of our Mercury visualization and analysis program.
If you are an educator looking for supplementary teaching materials, find out more about the The CSD Teaching Subset. If you have developed your own modules using the CSD and would like to share them with the broader community, please contact us at .
Download our white paper on teaching chemistry with interactive, 3D, computer-based resources here. It includes a list of topics with links to teaching resources for each one.
Introduction to Optical Isomerism and Chirality
Click to download a short organic chemistry tutorial and quiz suitable for A-level (high-school) teaching on optical isomers and chiral molecule. This resource has been created based on the transcript of our YouTube video: Introduction to optical isomerism and chirality.
Introduction to Symmetry Operations and Point Groups
Download a short introduction to symmetry operations, symmetry elements and point groups. This brief module targets undergraduate students and it is realised based on the transcript of our YouTube video.
Click to download the flowchart used to determine Point Groups based on the symmetry elements identified.
Learning Point Group Symmetry Through 3D Printed Models
This module was developed by Anton Savchenkov and uses 3D printed models that he created from CSD data.
View these models on the Shapeways site.
For more information see: Anton V. Savchenkov, J. Chem. Educ. 2020, 97, 6, 1682–1687, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.0c00192.
