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Web ref.org: Oxygen

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice entry on oxygen, its properties, and uses including good links to all the terminology in the entry.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1934

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website from The Nobel e-Museum, read about Harold Clayton Urey (1893-1981 CE), the chemist awarded with a Nobel Prize "for his discovery of heavy hydrogen." Download Urey's Nobel Lecture, "Some thermodynamic properties of...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: States of Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students act as chemical engineers and use LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics to record temperatures and learn about the three states of matter. Properties of matter can be measured in various ways, including volume, mass, density and...
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Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Physical and Chemical Changes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan focuses on the difference between physical and chemical changes of matter.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Changes in Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students identify the chemical properties of a substance and describe chemical changes and differentiate them from physical changes....
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eSchool Today

E School Today: What Is Matter

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about matter, its three states, changes of state, how matter behaves, and physical and chemical changes in matter.
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The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Abpi: Solids, Liquids, and Gases

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students learn about solids, liquids, and gases in this interactive slide show. Animated cartoon characters explain concepts having to do with properties of matter. A self-checking quiz follows the lesson.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Characteristics of Halogens

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the characteristics, chemical and physical properties, and uses of halogens.
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Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Mercury

For Students 9th - 10th
A great deal of information on the uses and appliactions of mercury, along with some basic data and physical and chemical properties. Very thorough.
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Polymer Science Laboratory

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level chemical engineering course highlighting polymers. Course topics focus on the range of properties of polymers, methods of synthesis, and physical chemistry. Course features include a list of related readings and a large...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Ether

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia description of this chemical compound group. Includes structure, chemical reactions, synthesis, physical properties, nomenclature, and much more.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Physical and Chemical Properties of Krypton

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the physical and chemical properties of the noble gas Krypton.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Acids and Bases

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students investigate the different chemical and physical properties of acids and bases.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Melting Ice

For Students 6th - 8th
Using temperature probes, students will monitor the temperature of melting ice cubes in different situations. This lab activity, allows students to view the procedure and answer questions online that can be saved and evaluated by the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Understanding Elements

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan examines the properties of elements and the periodic table. Students learn the basic definition of an element and the 18 elements that build most of the matter in the universe. The periodic table is described as one...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Chlorine Chemistry: A Building Block of Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate physical and chemical properties of several chlorine compounds such as iron chloride, calcium chloride, and sodium chloride. The students will then discover that chlorine is one of the building blocks of matter and...
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McREL International

Mc Rel: Glue Polymer (Whelmer #15 Learning Activity)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An easy to do activity that investigates the basic principles behind chemical bonding. The activity is written in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Freezing Things: States of Matter

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The class will go back over the Power Point presentation on chemical and physical properties. The teacher will then conduct numerous liquid nitrogen demos. This activity is used early in the Chemistry course. The students love it. This...
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Environmental Chemistry

Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Bismuth

For Students 9th - 10th
An exceptionally detailed resource listing just about any property of bismuth you could ever want to know. A very valuable resource.
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Environmental Chemistry

Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Holmium

For Students 9th - 10th
As the name of this site implies, this is a huge reference site for elemental information. Whether you are looking for properties or isotopes, this site probably has what you need. Images of structure and electron energy level can be...
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Environmental Chemistry

Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Hassium

For Students 9th - 10th
As the name of this site implies, this is a huge reference site for elemental information. Whether you are looking for properties or isotopes, this site probably has what you need. Images of structure and electron energy level can be...
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Other

Study Stack: Changes in Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
An online flashcard deck that reviews properties of matter. Test your knowledge of matter, chemical changes, and physical changes. Site allows you to put flashcards into two sections, those you know and those you don't. After separating...
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Read Works

Read Works: Everyday Compound or Poison?

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how chemicals can be combined to form safe or unsafe compounds. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Advanced Placement Chemistry: Liquids and Solids

For Students 9th - 10th
Take on this self-guided advanced level e-text, and learn about the chemical and physical structure of liquids and solids.

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