Handout
Chemicool

Chemi Cool: Vanadium

For Students 9th - 10th
Set of tables describing many physical and chemical properties of the element vanadium.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering and the Periodic Table

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about the periodic table and how pervasive the elements are in our daily lives. After reviewing the table organization and facts about the first 20 elements, they play an element identification game. They also learn that...
Website
National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health: Office of Dietary Supplements: Magnesium

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Institutes of Health provides information about magneisum.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ionic and Covalent Bonding

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, students learn about ionic and covalent bonds and predict which elements will form which type of bond. Includes interactive exercises as well as videos.
Interactive
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Chemistry Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review atoms with this slideshow. You can choose to listen to the review or read the accompanying text. At the end, play the game to review the basics of atoms that you have just learned about. You may play the game as many times as...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Atoms

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn about atoms and atomic structure in this collection of instructional videos, grade-level texts, and quick assessments.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Classification of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will define a mixture and understand why mixtures are different than pure substances. They will classify mixtures as homogeneous or...
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Atom in a Bag

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use bags of beads with known quantities of electrons, neutrons and protons to identify the element that they represent.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Meaning of Matter

For Students 6th - 8th
Matter is all around us, so it's a good idea to know what it is, and why it matters. Learn about matter, its categories, and its subcategories with this interactive lesson.
eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: The Chemical Elements: Audio Book

For Students 9th - 10th
An introduction to elements, which explains how they cannot be broken down into smaller substances. Interactive tutorial takes you through the different elements in the periodic table.
eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Common Elements: Audio Book

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive introduction to some of the common elements. Discover what the particles look like in these elements in the fascinating pictures and animations.
Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Names and Symbols of Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover the periodic table of elements in a fun and exciting way through this interactive model. After learning about them, quiz yourself on the names and symbols.
Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive site that explores the details of the periodic table. Click on an element to find out all of its important information.
Interactive
University of Kentucky

The Comic Book Periodic Table of Elements: Scandium

For Students 9th - 10th
This site may focus on fun, rather than facts, but it will become a favorite of any Chemistry student. Here you will find scanned images of panels and/or pages of comic books, with references to the element you seek.
Interactive
University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Arsenic

For Students 9th - 10th
Comics from the 1960's featuring the element arsenic. Not the greatest source of information, but interesting with some very nice visuals.
Interactive
University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Einsteinium

For Students 9th - 10th
A pair of comics that feature the element einsteinium. Fun ways to learn about chemistry!
Interactive
University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Erbium

For Students 9th - 10th
A 1997 comic mentioning the element erbium. A good way to make learning about the elements fun.
Interactive
University of Kentucky

Chem Comics: Fluorine

For Students 9th - 10th
A comic strip that features the element fluorine. Interesting, and a different approach to providing information.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Elements

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This StudyCards stack enables students to review elements present in the modern periodic table. Given the atomic number, element name, and the electronic configuration, students find the position (period and column) of the element in the...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Group and Periodic Properties Lab

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe and perform experiments with sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur ,and phosphorus. The discover trends down groups, across periods, and having to do with the pH of metal oxides vs. nonmetal oxides.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Elements Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate several properties of the given elements and decide whether each element is a metal, non-metal, or a metalloid.
Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Chemical Composition

For Students 9th - 10th
Chemical composition is a section of a larger overview on Chemistry, covering a variety of aspects. This section focuses on elements, atoms, compounds, and structure. Examples, formulas, and pictures are provided.
eBook
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Aufbau Rules

For Students 9th - 10th
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses atomic electron configurations. Specifically, the Aufbau rules are discussed with information on energies of...
Handout
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Chemical Fact Sheet: Neodymium

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough summary of information on neodymium, its properties and uses. Good resource for this individual element.