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Brain POP - Electricity
In this electricity worksheet, students answer 22 fill in the blank questions about conductors, flow of electrons, electrical circuits, and magnets.
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The Periodic Table of Elements
In this chemistry worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to the Periodic Table of Elements. There are 18 words located in the puzzle.
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Science Word Search
In this science worksheet, students identify and locate various science related vocabulary terms. There are 21 words located in the puzzle.
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Science Puzzle
In this science worksheet, learners identify and locate vocabulary words related to various sciences. There are 20 words located in the word search.
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Periodic Table & Its Trends
Students review atomic structure and then participate in a activity in which they categorize several "elements" into some form of order based on their properties. They discuss the trends they see. They also practice several electron...
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Periodic Table & Its Trends-Day 1
Students are introduced to the periodic table. They find the common trends among the electron configurations and the names of certain groups of the table. Students explore the atomic mass, atomic number, mass number, mass and charge...
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Electrons
Students discover that there are many facets to the electron in chemistry such as electron cloud. They view movies an animations of electrons. Students visit links pertaining to electrons.
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Swinging Electrons
Students illustrate paramagnetic and diamagnetic differences due to the unfilled and filled valence shells. They prepare saturated solutions and place into test tubes.
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Charge It!
Students complete an experiment using balloons to help them examine the concept of static electricity. They discover how engineers use this information to create better air filters for homes. They describe how to charge an insulator as...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
A learning module with built-in interactive features where students can observe how electrons behave. Using a virtual scanning tunneling microscope (STM), they experiment with moving the electrons inside an atom around. The STM has two...
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Periodic Table and Energy Level Models
Learners interpret the information given in the periodic table to describe the arrangement of electrons on the energy levels around an atom.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley Lab: Micro Worlds Project: Advanced Light Source
A discussion of the Advanced Light Source (ALS) facility and its use in material analysis and medicine.
University of St. Andrews (UK)
University of St. Andrews: Search for Physics Beyond the Standard Model
This webpage is a picture site showing how different leptons interact.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Waste Not, Want Not: Use the Microbial Fuel Cell to Create Elec
Gross. What is that in the toilet? But maybe it's not just gross. Did you know there are bacteria that digest organic waste and create electrons? What if there was a way to collect those electrons to power a circuit? In this science fair...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Quantum Wave Interference
When do photons, electrons, and atoms behave like particles and when do they behave like waves? In this interactive, use quantum detectors to explore how measurements change the waves and the patterns they produce on the screen.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Static Electricity: Creating Lightning on Much Smaller Scale
In this elementary science activity, students will experiment with static electricity using balloons. After investigating how balloons attract and repel various objects, students will watch a simulation of static electricity to help gain...
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Primer on Quantum Theory of the Atom
Covering a range of topics related to the quantum theory of the atom, this site provides a three-part dissection of atomic theory including information on particles, waves, light, electrons, and atoms.
Ohio State University
Betha Chemistry Tutorial
This site resource offers tutorials on the gas laws, balancing chemical equations, and quantum mechanics.
PBS
Pbs: People & Discoveries Niels Bohr
A wonderful PBS biography of a great man. This contains many personal touches, yet does a fine job of describing Bohr's scientific work. But it's best at Bohr the man. Nice quotes, one in the middle, one at the end.
Other
Science at Home: The World of Matter
Science at Home offers this site full of simple experiments that can be conducted at home. Don't miss the other sections, "forces and energy" and "electrons in action".
Other
American Institute of Physics: Discovery of the Electron
Use this resource to read about the "Experiments by J.J. Thomson in 1897 [which] led to the discovery of a fundamental building block of matter." This exhibit is organized into several sections, including: "Mysterious Rays" and "1897...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Electron Arrangement in Atoms
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The focus in this learning module will be on the complexity of electron arrangement in atoms.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Discovery of the Electron and Nucleus
Learn about Thomson's cathode ray experiment and the plum pudding model and Rutherford's gold foil experiment.
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Hompage
ChemCenter, available from the American Chemical Society, provides chemistry news, reference sources and other public services.