These resources are designed for self study and contain tutorials and self assessment quizzes on key aspects of first year chemistry. Some require the 'Flash' plugin to be installed and enabled on your computer - for help with this, please consult the Adobe help pages.

• Apps - collection of web apps optimised for the mobile phones and tablets.
  • Molecular shapes: interactive molecular structures and resources on the VSEPR model.
  • Molecular vibrations: interactive models of vibrations of common molecules and important greenhouse gases.
  • Crystal structures: interactive models of important structures and structural principals
  • Atomic orbitals: interactive orbitals showing nodal planes and relationships between shapes and quantum numbers
  • Foundational chemistry quizzes: revision and introductory questions
  • Organic chemistry quizzes: extension, revision and introductory questions
  • Inorganic chemistry quizzes: extension, revision and introductory questions
  • Games: quizzes and memory games

• Atomic orbitals and electronic configurations: relationship between the quantum numbers and orbital shapes.
• Atomic symbols: how to read atomic symbols to extract the number of electrons, protons and neutrons for atoms, cations and anions.
• Balancing chemical equations: how to write and then balance chemical equations.
• Cell potentials: how to calculate standard cell potentials from half cell potentials.
• Common anion flip card game for mobiles: game to help learn and remember common anions on your smart phone.
• Common cation flip card game for mobiles: game to help learn and remember common anions on your smart phone.
• Common anion and cation flip card game for mobiles: game to help learn and remember common anions on your smart phone.
• Coordination numbers: molecules, complexes, metallic solids and ionic compounds.
• The Elements: games and quizzes to help familiarity with the Periodic Table.
• Electronegativity and bonding: Periodic trends in electronegativity and how to use it to predict bonding type and partial charges.
• Empirical formula calculator: work out the empirical formula of a compoound from its elements and their percentage masses.
• Flashcards: flashcards on a variety of topics including common organic functional groups and common cations and anions.
• Functional group flip card game for mobiles: game to help learn and remember common organic functional groups on your smart phone.
• Galvanic cells: understanding what is going on when a cell is operating, including the direction of electron and ion flow.
• Galvanic and electrolytic cells: understanding what is going on when these electrochemical cells are operating, including the direction of electron and ion flow.
• Gas Laws: using the ideal gas law and choosing the right value of the gas constant, R.
• Heat capacity: the difference between heat and temperature and how to convert between them using heat capacities.
• Inorganic nomenclature: how to write the formula and names of inorganic compounds.
• Nomenclature for complexes: how to write the formulae and names of transition metal complexes following the updated IUPAC rules and work out d-configurations.
• Le Châtelier's principle: how to predict the direction in which an equilibrium will shift when a change is applied.
• Lewis structures: how to draw Lewis structures for molecules obeying and disobeying the octet rule.
• Lewis structure maker: build interactive Lewis structures containing multiple bonds and lone pairs for molecules obeying and disobeying the octet rule.
• Limiting reagents: how to work out which reagent is the limiting reagent in a reaction, and how much product will result.
• MO energies: study the effect of orbital overlap and energies on bonding and the energy and form of molecular orbitals.
• MO diagrams: build interactive molecular orbital diagrams for diatomic molecules.
• Molar mass calculator: simply enter a formula and calculate the molar mass, the number of moles in 1 g and the percentage by mass of each element.
• Molar mass calculator for mobiles: simply enter a formula and calculate the molar mass, the number of moles in 1 g and the percentage by mass of each element on your smart phone.
• Moles: introduction to the concept of the mole and help with converting between mass, molar mass and moles.
• Mole calculations: revision tutorial on mole problems.
• Naming organic compounds: tutorial and self test quizzes on organic nomenclature.
• Naming alcohols, amines and halides: tutorial and self test quizzes on using the labels primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary and on naming alcohols, amines and halides.
• Naming and identifying carbonyl containing compounds: tutorial and self test quizzes on aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acid derivatives.
• Organic reactions and acidity of organic molecules: tutorial and self test quizzes on the acidity of organic molecules and types of organic reactions.
• Organic isomers: tutorial on isomerism in organic chemistry, including chirality.
• Organic isomers and chirality: assigning priorities and absolute configurations in chiral molecules.
• Organic structure determination: tutorial and self test quizzes on how spectroscopy is used to determine the structures of organic molecules.
• Organic structures: tutorial on how organic structures are drawn as condensed structural formulae and as stick structures and how to convert between them.
• Organic synthesis and retrosynthesis: tutorial and self test quizzes on strategies for designing synthetic routes.
• Oxidation numbers: how to work out the oxidation number of an element in a molecule or ion.
• Predicting nuclear decay: how to predict whether a nucleus is radioactive and whether it will undergo β⁺, β^- or α decay.
• Properties of waves: characteristic properties of waves and electromagnetic radiation.
• pH of strong acids and bases - how to calculate pH from the concentration of a strong acid or base
• Radioactivity calculations: calculating activities and performing carbon dating equations.
• Radioactive decay equations: how to write and balance nuclear equations for β⁺, β^- or α decay.
• Redox reactions: how to write redox equations by combining half cell reactions.
• Shape of the Periodic Table: relationship between chemical properties of the elements and electronic configurations and the Periodic Table.
• Shape and molecular polarity: the relationship between the shape of a molecule and its polariy.
• Significant figures: how to work out the number of significant figures that can be justified when adding, dividing, multiplying and subtracting measurements.
• Solutions: how to work out concentrations and how to convert between molarity, moles and volume.
• Solubility: introduction to solubility and how to write equations and solve equilibria problems for solutions of ionic salts.
• Common crystal structures: 3D, rotatable and interactive versions of the commonest crystal types
• Close packing: buidling solids based on repeating ABABABAB... and ABCABCABC... layers
• Packing and unit cells: relationship between the cubic and hexagonal close packed layers and their unit cells
• Vibrations: interactive animations of molecular vibrations
• VSEPR molecular shapes (by number of electron pairs): shapes for main group molecules and ions with 2-7 sets of electron pairs.
• VSEPR molecular shapes (by formula): shapes for main group molecules and ions with 2-7 bonds.