Crescent Public Schools
The Internet Science Room: Chemistry Class Introduction
This introduction to chemistry class reviews some major concepts to help prepare students for a high school chemistry course.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Welcome to General Chemistry Laboratory!
Geared towards helping Dartmouth College students starting General Chemistry Laboratory, this site offers resources important for anyone in the lab. Learn why you should keep a lab notebook and how to keep yourself and others safe. This...
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Pipet
A concise but informative explanation of what a pipet is and how to use a pipet bulb.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Top Loading Balance
Use a top loading balance to weigh solid material when a precision of 0.1 is adequate. Find out how to operate this instrument in this concise site.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Repipet
Learn what a repipet is and how it is used in this brief but informative site.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Vacuum Filtration
Vacuum filtration is a technique for separating a solid product from a solvent or liquid reaction mixture. This comprehensive site addresses setting up and performing vacuum filtration.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Spectronic 20 Analog
This site explains how a Spec. 20 spectrometer measures the amount of visible light absorbed by a colored solution. Requires QuickTime plug-in for some features.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Digital Spectrometer
This site explains how a digital spectrometer measures the amount of visible light absorbed by a colored solution.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Scanning Spectrometer
The scanning spectrometer measures absorbance vs. wavelength for liquid samples. Directions on how to use this instrument are provided here.
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Analyzing and Identifying Substances Aqa
This lesson focuses on analyzing and identifying substances. Substances can be analyzed using a variety of methods including paper chromatography, gas chromatography and mass spectrometry. After reading about the different techniques,...
Frostburg State University
General Chemistry Online: Laboratory Operations Faq
A narrow list of questions about technicalities with chemistry labs. Find out the how to properly clean glassware and why acid should always be added to water in that order.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Making Heat
In this activity, students perform a reaction with different concentrations of reactants and monitor the temperature of the reaction. Activity contains procedure, analysis questions, and graph template. Students can save their answers...
Science Struck
Science Struck: What Is a Buchner Funnel? Setup, Structure, and Uses
Learn what a Buchner funnel is, how it works to filter solids from liquids, and some of its applications.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Uses of Crucible Tongs
Discusses what tongs are used for and why crucible tongs are a very important tool in a laboratory and other settings. Describes the different types of crucible tongs, their uses, and some safety tips.