Test your electron-configuration skills in this animated exercise. Practice writing the abbreviated configurations for some of the common elements on the periodic table.

This section from the online textbook "An Introduction to Chemistry", provides some helpful hints to writing complete electron configurations. Three ways to predict the order of filling electron orbitals are given.

Test your knowledge of common atoms and their corresponding electron configurations. In this interactive exercise, you will find out how much you really know about the orbitals of electrons.

This audio book, narrated by author Mark Bishop, describes how to write regular and abbreviated electron configurations, and how to draw orbital diagrams. Also find links to animations, tutorials, power points, and chapter maps about...

The modern atomic theory chapter from "An Introduction to Chemistry", describes electrons, electron orbitals, and how to draw orbital diagrams. Many pictures and examples help to explain the information. Also find a detailed chapter...

Learn about nuclear energy as you listen to the audio book describing nuclear chemistry. View maps, examples, graphs, and pictures describing everything from electrons to beta emissions and more.

Explore this online article by Rachel Karchmer discussing the advantages of publishing student work on the web.

This section from the online textbook "An Introduction to Chemistry" provides helpful hints to writing abbreviated electron configurations. Also learn how to look up the atom's outer shell electrons.

This section of the online textbook "An Introduction to Chemistry", shows the unexpected electron configurations of six elements. A chart compares their predicted configurations with their actual configurations. Also find links to...

This power point covers the molecular structure chapter from "An Introduction to Chemistry". It reviews the main ideas and shows many examples of covalent bonding from valence electrons. Also includes detailed steps to drawing lewis dot...

This power point highlights the main ideas about modern atomic theory from the online textbook "An Introduction to Chemistry". Step by step instructions are given to write electron configurations and draw orbital diagrams. Also includes...

This audio book, narrated by Mark Bishop, describes the formation of covalent bonds. Lewis dot structures help highlight the valence electrons used to determine which bonds form. Also find links to animations and tutorials about other...

Learn all about molecular structures in this easy-to-understand, audio book. See how valence electrons determine how atoms bond together, and look at the bonding inside some of the most common molecules around you.

Distant EKOs is a scholarly newsletter about astronomical research on the Kuiper Belt. The bulk of information is accessed by clicking on the Current and Past Issues links. The newsletter issues contain, primarily, abstracts of scholarly...

Test yourself on the names and formulas of some common anions. This interactive animation makes it fun to learn about atoms that have gained electrons.

The Antislavery Literature Project is a collaborative electronic publishing venture that provides educational access to the literature and history of the antislavery movement in the United States that is crucial to understanding African...

In addition to overviewing Compton's (1892-1962 CE) studies in x-rays, this article includes information on Compton's published works, his education, and personal life.

Report published in 1985 by NSF and RAND dealing with electronic mail and message systems and the issues related to use of e-mail. The report also presents a set of guidelines for effective use.

While this resource was developed to support adult literacy learners, it can easily be used from junior grades and up. After reading an article about how people today interact on the Internet, students complete a variety of vocabulary...

Transcript of an edition of Aesop's fables published in 1880 for young readers.

Full text of Frederick Douglass's "An Appeal to Congress for Impartial Suffrage," originally published in the Atlantic Monthly, January 1867.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published as a serial in the Appeal to Reason 1905, one work is The Jungle, by Upton Sinclair. It exposed harsh working conditions in the meat packing industry.

Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1847, one publication is Jayne Eyre. This story was written by Charlotte Bronte.

A complete translation of the "The Memoirs of the Lord of Joinville," published in 1906, is provided here at the Electronic Text Center of the University of Virginia.