Dear Instructors, To help you get the most out of the new third edition, we’ve enlisted the help of some incredible instructors from around the country to provide you with updated sample syllabi. We want to extend our heartfelt thanks to Andrew Morehead at East Carolina University, Vandana Bindra and Nanette Wachter at Hofstra University, … Continue reading New Sample Syllabi Available
As an educator, part of my summer fun is thinking about ways to revitalize and improve my courses in the coming year. This summer, the arrival of the third edition of Joel Karty’s Organic Chemistry: Principles and Mechanisms is giving me a lot to get excited about. While I have always appreciated the mechanism-based approach to organic … Continue reading Looking Forward with the Third Edition
Teach the Mechanism is a platform for Joel Karty and organic chemistry educators to share their experiences and discuss the benefits of a mechanistically organized course. By inviting professors from a wide variety of schools to be guest bloggers, we accomplish an array of topics and unique perspectives. Please get to know Joel Karty and … Continue reading About
I was drawn to Joel Karty’s textbook because of its innovative mechanistic organization. I remembered my own undergraduate experience and the power that mechanisms held in the learning process to illuminate the reasoning behind the overwhelming number of transformations and seemingly random sets of reagents. Now, most of all, I want my students to see … Continue reading By the Numbers: Teaching the Mechanism and the ACS Exam
As a Synthetic Organic Chemist by trade, I use NMR spectroscopy heavily for analysis and structure identification. When designing a course in organic chemistry, it comes as no surprise that I want my students to be comfortable mining information from an NMR spectrum and using it to solve problems. A mechanistically organized course lends itself … Continue reading Playing Musical Chairs with Spectroscopy
Organizing a course like organic chemistry with dense material and volumes of content to cover can be incredibly daunting. At times, it seems impossible to find a balance between giving fundamental concepts the attention they require and building up the toolbox of reactions for students to use at a reasonable pace. Like many professors, I … Continue reading Surprises from Chapter 10
When I consider adopting a new textbook for a course, I have one main concern: my audience. I teach a wide variety of students; the chemistry major who began doing research his freshman year on his path toward graduate school, the psychology major who is concerned about his GPA and preparation for the MCAT, the … Continue reading Biomolecules Hidden in Plain Sight
Topics taught in the order they appear in the textbook: Elon University Joel Karty’s 3e syllabus OChem I Joel Karty’s 3e syllabus OChem II East Carolina University Andrew Morehead’s 3e syllabus OChem I Andrew Morehead’s 3e syllabus OChem II Lesley University Grace Ferris’ 3e syllabus Grace Ferris’ Introduction to Previewing Grace Ferris’ Reading Journal Examples … Continue reading Adopter Syllabi and Class Strategies