Curated OER
World of Plastics and Polymers
Students investigate plastics and learn they are giant molecules made of carbon atoms. In this polymers and plastics lesson, students perform 3 activities which all include making polymers from household items such as milk and vinegar,...
Creative Chemistry
Combustion of Alcohols
For this combustion worksheet, learners complete two problems using a table showing the amount of heat released when different alcohols burn. They then create two graphs plotting the energy release against the number of carbon atoms.
Creative Chemistry
Alkanes: Physical Properties
For this alkanes worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in the number of carbon atoms for the given alkanes. Students plot a graph showing how physical properties change with the number of carbon atoms. Then,...
Creative Chemistry
Alkanes and Alkenes
In this alkanes activity, students use a data table to plot a graph of boiling point against the number of carbon atoms. They also define cracking and double bonds. This activity has five short answer questions.
Curated OER
Life Substance
In this life substances worksheet, students will review carbon atoms, monosaccharides, dissaccharides, polysaccharides, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. This worksheet has 4 true or false and 17 matching questions.
Other
Abteilung Andersen: A Brief History of C60
This resource presents a basic description of fullerenes, their properties, and potential uses. It also contains information of R. Buckminster Fuller symmetry of fullerenes.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: See Inside a Diamond: Hot Science
Investigate the science involved in the creation of diamonds by building a carbon atom out of quarks and electrons. Observe how carbon atoms are arranged by manipulating a diamond crystal.
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Mystery of the Missing Carbon
This article discusses the mystery of the one to two billion metric tons of missing carbon from the global carbon budget. Scientists do not know where between fifteen and thirty percent of the carbon released each year disappears to, but...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Properties of Materials
This lesson focuses on the properties of carbon atoms in diamonds and graphite including their structures and bonding and their properties and uses. It also provides links to a video and an assessment.