TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Atoms From a to Easy!
Electron orbitals. Diagonal rule. Dot diagrams. The periodic table. There's so much to know about the tiniest building blocks of life- atoms. [4:41]
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Matter
This Study Card stack enables students to review the concepts of matter, the kinds and classes of mater including atoms, molecules, elements, compounds, pure substance, and mixtures.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Atoms Make Up Everything
Learn how atoms are the building blocks of all living and nonliving things.
Other
Puhinui School: The Atoms Family: The Mummy's Tomb: Raceways
Help the Mummy build a rollercoaster to entertain the Atoms Family monsters by investigating the concepts of kinetic and potential energy.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Structure of an Atom
An atom is made of three parts - protons, neutrons, and electrons. Here you can explore these different parts.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Atom
In this interactive activity from ChemThink, students will take a closer look at atomic structure, properties, and behaviors. Includes background reading material and discussion questions.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Where Did the Matter in the Universe Come From?
Students use various articles about how atoms are made and spread throughout the universe starting with the Big Bang. They will study the articles as groups and will then present their information to the class.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Antimatter Matters
Antimatter, the charge reversed equivalent of matter, has captured the imaginations of science fiction fans for years as a perfectly efficient form of energy. While normal matter consists of atoms with negatively charged electrons...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Science for Kids: The Atom
Kids learn more about the science of the atom. Electrons, neutrons, and protons make up the smallest bits of matter.
Michigan Reach Out
Guess What! A Lesson About Atoms
A lesson plan outlining a very simple way to introduce students to how the structure of the atom was determined. Uses a mystery box with surprise items inside.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Spectra and Interaction of Light and Matter
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses continuous spectra and line spectra using examples and charts to assist in the understanding.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How Does an Atom Smashing Particle Accelerator Work?
An atom smasher, or particle accelerator, collides atomic nuclei together at extremely high energies, using engineering that exploits incredibly cold temperatures, very low air pressure, and hyperbolically fast speeds. Don Lincoln...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The 2400 Year Search for the Atom
How do we know what matter is made of? The quest for the atom has been a long one, beginning 2,400 years ago with the work of a Greek philosopher and later continued by a Quaker and a few Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Theresa Doud...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom
Introduction to the quantum mechanical model of the atom: Thinking about electrons as probabilistic matter waves using the de Broglie wavelength, the Schrodinger equation, and the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Electron spin and the...
Other
Matter Project: What Is Bond Energy?
Provides a Java applet that shows the change in energy of a bonded and a non-bonded atom.
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: It All Adds Up!
Atoms and molecules come together to create matter. What happens to the weight of matter when it is frozen? Can matter be destroyed? Check out these activities to clearly understand how this works.
Other
Atoms in Motion: All Matter Is Made of Atoms
Atoms are very, very small. Atoms are so small that it is often said that there are as many atoms in a single grain of sand as there are grains of sand on all of the world's beaches - certainly a difficult thing to prove, but you get the...
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Matter and Energy United
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses the relation between matter and energy with attention given to Mass-energy, energy, and relativity.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Atom Light Interactions
Discusses the interaction between light energy and atoms of matter. Explains Einstein's photoelectric effect and discusses its application to lasers. Includes an interactive Java applet depicting the interaction between a photon and an...
Kent State University
Kent State: Classification of Matter
Nice tree structure which shows the different separation technique needed for the two sides. Also gives examples of physical changes/separation techniques.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Biology: Atoms, Elements, and Compounds: Self Check Quiz
Try these five multiple-choice questions that help students review atoms, elements, and compounds. Each question has a hint and a self-checking feature.
Crescent Public Schools
The Internet Science Room: The Periodic Table and Atomic Theory of Matter
A chemistry tutorial highlighting historical development of the atomic theory of matter and the periodic table of elements.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Air Matters
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore the composition of air and learn about the different atoms and molecules that we breathe every day.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: What Is Matter?
[Free Registration/Login Required] Discover the composition of matter and the relationship between matter, atoms, and elements. Students will learn the differences between elements and compounds, and how molecules are formed. Chemical...