This course has been taught using this software four times. Interactive computer assignments, implemented with the Netscape web browser, guide students into the multifaceted structure-function relationships of biological molecules. By interactively manipulating structures on a computer screen in tandem with the prescribed directions of an investigative exercise, students directly engage the nuances and extraordinary specificity of biomolecular function. A computer-based, interactive lab manual, developed for a biochemistry lab course, will be demonstrated. The software couples conceptual and experimental mastery of the subject, allows visualization of abstract processes occurring on the molecular level, and demonstrates the interrelatedness of the sciences.
Students choose the pace, path, and depth of material accessed.