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King's Centre for Visualization in Science: Scientific Models
A series of interactive applets use scientific models to teach some basic concepts of matter, including states of matter and physical and chemical changes.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: What's the Matter: Concentration Game
What's the Matter? is a guided inquiry instructional activity on classification of matter, physical and chemical properties, and physical and chemical changes. There are two parts to this instructional activity: (a) concentration game...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Trends on the Periodic Table: Metals, Non Metals, and Metalloids
In this lab activity, students will be asked to observe and then test the physical and chemical properties of several different elements.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Package Those Foods!
This activity provides students with the opportunity to create a food package for a specific food. The students have three components to focus on in the design of their food package. The package will have to keep the food clean, protect...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Plastic Polymers: Building a Model
Students will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter including physical and chemical changes from the Houghton Mifflin science curriculum. Students will create a hypothesis to test the physical properties of materials such as...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Everyday Polymers
Students explore the chemical identities of polymeric materials frequently used in their everyday lives. They learn how chemical composition affects the physical properties of the materials that they encounter and use frequently, as well...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Nitrogen
Information about the element, Nitrogen, atomic number 14. Covers common chemical transformations, its physical properties, atomic properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, and details about health-related regulations. Also discusses...
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Phosphorus Metal
Summary of information on the chemical and physical properties of Phosphorus. It also includes a table summarizing its properties.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Water and Life
A tutorial focusing on how water is essential for life! Learn how water's chemical properties relate to their physical properties.
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Reade International Corp.: Rhenium (Re) Metal & Rhenium Powder
Summary of information on the chemical and physical properties of Rhenium. It also includes a table summarizing its properties.
Other
Reade International Corp.: Rhodium (Rh) Metal & Powder
Summary of information on the chemical and physical properties of Rhodium. It also includes a table summarizing its properties.
Chemicool
Chemicool: Copper
A nice arrangement of data tables covering the most imporatnt chemical and physical properties of copper.
Chemicool
Chemicool: Manganese
Chemicool.com offers a very well organized set of data tables describing the chemical and physical properties of manganese. Very helpful.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Indium
WebElements offers a very helpful assemblage of information on the basic chemical and physical properties of indium.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Iodine
A very nice WebElements site with all sorts of basic data on iodine, its chemical and physical properties, isotopes and uses.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Iridium
WebElements offers valuable information on iridium, with basic data, chemical and physical properties, electron arrangement and more. A helpful site.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Iron
Lots of data and information on iron, its uses and chemical and physical properties. This WebElements site is an excellent resource.
Chemicool
Chemicool: Platinum
A set of tables summarizing a great many chemical and physical properties of platinum.
Chemicool
Chemicool: Seaborgium
A small table summarizing the known chemical and physical properties of this man-made element.
OpenStax
Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Body Fluids and Fluid Compartments
Learn about the chemical and physical characteristics of the fluids that make up the human body.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Top 3 Contenders for the Strongest Metal in the World
Looks at the strength of tungsten, osmium, and titanium, and their chemical and physical properties.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Mixtures and Solutions
This unit covers introductory concepts of mixtures and solutions. Students think about how mixtures and solutions, and atoms and molecules can influence new technologies developed by engineers. The first lesson explores the fundamentals...
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Matter
"Matter is everything." So begins this comprehensive website on the physical and chemical properties of matter in its four main states: solids, liquids, gases, and plasmas. The text is large and easy-to-read. Students will enjoy the...
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Boron
A great deal of information on boron, and its physical and chemical properties, all arranged and organized in a very convenient way.