Fastest Fingers: A Molecule-Building Game for Teaching Organic Chemistry

Chemistry educators are constantly searching for new ways to engage their students in the classroom. Fastest Fingers is a team-based activity in which students race to solve an organic chemistry problem and then build the answer using a modeling kit. Points are awarded for speed as well as accuracy, encouraging teams to collaborate effectively and work efficiently. The game can be tailored to many different levels by varying the difficulty of the problem: topics such as nomenclature, isomerism, and basic reactions schemes can easily be included.