About spiderChem
spiderChem is an online resource for those interested in chemistry. It includes games, learning materials, revision materials, tests and articles.
spiderChem has been created by Peter Tebbutt, author and former chemist and lecturer (see also: www.documentstation.co.uk). Many of the learning resources are created using Adobe Flash and so require the latest Flash player plug-in - available from the Adobe website.
Peter Tebbutt is the author of the popular Basic Mathematics For Chemists, currently in its second edition, published by John Wiley & Sons. Available from all the usual online and high street book stores.
Terms & Conditions
- The spiderChem website is currently available free of charge for personal use.
- No membership or login is required.
- Content and multimedia resources (Flash etc) are provided 'as is' and without warranty. Should you have any problems please let us know via the contact page.
- All material on this site has been created by and is owned by Peter Tebbutt, except where indicated in the Acknowledgements section. In most cases this relates to code used for Flash modules rather than the content of these modules.
- You may not reproduce any of the content of this website without the permission of the owner. If you wish to use or reproduce any of the content for commercial purposes please contact us.
- If you have an interest in sponsoring this site please contact us via the contact page or via the documentstation website.
- We reserve the right to change these terms and conditions at any time without prior notice.
Acknowledgements
The Elements Word Search game is based on code from Gary Rosenzweig's excellent book, Actionscript 3 Game Programming University (new window alert!!!). The main difference is that I load the data from the same XML file that is used by the jigsaw games, and so there is additional code to select the correct elements when a button on the launch screen is clicked. I also wanted the elements listed (on the side) in the usual order rather than randomly.