Chemistry 14D

Spring 2010 - UCLA


14D MUSIC VIDEOS

 

140 Chem 14D students rallied to make 61 music videos about organic chemistry!  Many of the videos can be found on youtube, and some of our favorites are listed below with links. 



**Read the UCLA Newsroom Feature News story about the project**



The project has also been featured on the following websites:

Chemical & Engineering News

SoCal Minds

Converge Magazine

UNC Charlotte Center for Teaching and Learning

Taylor and Franklin Teaching, Learning, and Technology

Kansas State University, Infotech

The Sceptical Chymist, Nature Chemistry



Friday’s videos (6/4/2010):


Chemistry Jock 

by Justin Banaga, Yannick Goeb, Kim Bui

(substitution, elimination, alkene reduction, tautomerization, Diels–Alder)



















99 Problems

by Isaiah Cho, Lena Chon

(substitution, elimination, study tips)


















We in the Lab

by Jordan Cisneros, Sarah Sandhaus, Adam Uchimoto, Rizwan Jattala

(substitution, elimination, Diels–Alder, misc.)




















Wednesday’s videos (6/2/2010):


The Tupperwares

by Victor Tran, Jonathan Fredrick Casas, and Kathy Nguyen

(substitution reactions, nucleophilicity, solvents)




















Break Alkenes with Me

by Michelle Rice, Christina Bentley, Shannon Nguyen, and Yuri Feagans

(alkene reactions)




















I Can Be a Ninja

by Randy Chang, Kevin Choi, Andrew Hwang, and Stacey Mercado

(substitution, elimination, alkene reactions, study tips)





















Other Classics:


Beastin’ Chemistry

by Dana Boutros, Rebecca Andersen, Emery Valencia, Xinran Cui

(edited by Sonam Kumar)

(substitution, Diels–Alder, electrophilic aromatic substitution, synthesis)



















One Time

by Justin Pham, Connie Tan, and Isabel Lui

(alkene reactions)




















Don’t Fear Garg is Here

by Vincent Tse, Alan Avalos, and Elizabeth Ly

(retrosynthesis, substitution, elimination, alkene reactions, Diels–Alder, electrophilic aromatic substitution)




















O. Chem Ballad

by Jaymee Castillo

(substitution, elimination, alkene reactions, electrophilic aromatic substitution)



















O. Chem Fun

by Charlotte Yoon

(substitution, elimination, alkene reactions)




















Hard Out Here as a TA

by Grace Chiou and Adam Goetz

(study tips)