Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: The Evidence of Chemistry
The students will learn to identify evidence that a chemical reaction has taken place. They will use the Internet to research evidence and find examples. They will look around their school and neighborhood for examples. They will perform...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Activity: Is It in There?
Can you connect our daily lives to dying start? In this lesson, students will find connections between elements found in the world around us today and chemical elements in dying stars.
Earth Life
Earth Life: A Bird's Brain and Nerves
Learn about the nervous system of birds. Written at a reader friendly level.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Nervous System
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The nervous system, together with the endocrine system, controls all the other organ systems of the human body. Learn more about the nervous system in this learning...
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Carl Bosch
Learn about the life and work of German chemist, engineer, and Nobel laureate in chemistry, Carl Bosch.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Scope of Chemistry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of chemistry and examples of chemistry in everyday life.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Career Profile: Soil and Plant Scientist
Find out about the career of plant scientist from this Science Buddies career profile. If you are interested in biology, this specialization in soil and plant science might be for you. Read about the qualifications and education...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Photosynthesis
This video segment from Interactive NOVA: "Earth" looks at photosynthesis, the chemical process plants use to make their own food.
Other
Arctic Natives, Wildlife Threatened by Pollution
An article about the industrial chemicals and pesticides that are threatening life in the Arctic. Explains which species are more vulnerable to the pollutants.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Exothermic Reaction Examples
Explains what an exothermic chemical reaction and is and gives examples seen in everyday life.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Percy Julian
Brief profile of the life of African American chemist Percy Julian. Entry relates Julian's desire to achieve against the odds of early 20th century prejudice and discrimination.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Body Control Center
Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to your body's basic systems--all to keep you alive. This interactive feature illustrates the complexity of such a task.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Dmitri Mendeleev
This overview of the life and accomplishments of chemist Dmitri Mendeleev discusses his upbringing and education. It also provides details on his creating the Periodic Table and his presentation to the Russian Chemical Society.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Beneath the Sea: Light Stick Chemistry
Explore chemiluminescence and describe how the temperature of the chemicals that combine in a light stick affects the reaction. Apply that knowledge to understand bioluminescence in deep-sea marine life.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Purple Bacteria
Advanced material that provides information on the purple and green sulfur bacteria and the chemical processes they use to live.
BBC
Bbc Nature: Woolly Bear Moths
It is not surprising that this family of moths is commonly called woolly bears or woolly worms, as the caterpillars of many species are really very hairy. The larvae can be full of poisonous chemicals acquired from their host plants,...
BBC
Bbc Nature: Sexton Beetles
Sexton beetles are the undertakers of the beetle world. They are attracted to the corpses of small mammals and birds by sulfur chemicals given off during decay. Learn more about sexton beetles in this well-constructed overview produced...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Plastic Polymers: Building a Model
Young scholars 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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: If You're Not Part of the Solution!
Students continue the research begun in the associated lesson as if they were biomedical engineers working for a pharmaceutical company. Groups each perform a simple chemical reaction (to precipitate solid calcium out of solution) to...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Put a Spark in It! Electricity
Uncountable times every day "with the merest flick of a finger"each one of us calls on electricity to do our bidding. What would your life be like without electricity? Students begin learning about electricity with an introduction to the...
NBC
Nbc Learn: Chemistry of Water
This video/lesson series explains how the structure and behavior of H2O in liquid form gives water its properties, and make it a chemical essential for life. Also in this collection: a Victorian-era depiction of the water molecule; news...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Intro to Photosynthesis
Discussion of the conversion of light energy to chemical energy through the life-sustaining process of photosynthesis. Explores the reactions of photosynthesis, where they take place, and their ecological importance.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: Chemist
The BLS offers an overview of the career of a chemist. The website provides a general description of what being a chemist is like and includes information on the type of education and experience a chemist needs.
Other
Pollution Probe: Mercury in the Environment [Pdf]
High levels of mercury exposure can cause birth defects, permanent brain or kidney damage, and/or death. This resource focuses on the impacts of mercury in the environment. Learn how mercury can reap havoc on lakes and other aquatic...