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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Models of the Hydrogen Atom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will explore several different models of the hydrogen atom and compare and contrast them using an online java applet.
Handout
Michael Blaber, PhD

Florida State University: The Bohr Model of the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
A well designed clear tutorial explaining the energies involved in the Bohr model of the atom. Illustrations add to the clearly presented equations.
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Other

Brockport High School: Energy Levels of Hydrogen Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Brockport High School Physics Labs web pages. Includes an excellent graphic depicting the energy levels of a hydrogen atoms and portraying the electron level transitions for the Lyman, Balmer, and Paschen series. Includes both...
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Hydrogen Energies and Spectrum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Georgia State University gives information on the transitions of electrons between energy levels. The energy levels for electrons in the hydrogen atom are discussed. The Rydberg equation is stated and electron transitions...
Activity
Other

Ap Physics Lab: Energy Levels of the Hydrogen Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
A lab activity from an AP Physics course. Students measure the energy changes associated with electron level transitions to the second energy level for hydrogen gas. Includes directions and suggestions. Ideal for a student project or lab...
eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Bohr's Model of Hydrogen

For Students 9th - 10th
How Bohr's model of hydrogen explains atomic emission spectra.
Handout
Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Hydrogen Ion

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief entry describes the hydrogen ion, strictly, as the nucleus of a hydrogen atom separated from its accompanying electron. The hydrogen nucleus is made up of a particle carrying a unit positive electric charge, called a proton.
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University of Alberta

The University of Alberta: Nmr Spectroscopy

For Students 9th - 10th
1HNMR theory begins in the nucleus of hydrogen. Complete this tutorial on the 1HNMR spectrum graph to learn about the number of equivalent hydrogens, b) the chemical environment of each hydrogen type and c) the number of neighbouring...
Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Bohr's Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
An outstanding site that can best be described as student friendly. It describes the main differences between the classical and quantum models of the atom. Clear and well illustrated.
Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Hydrogen Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a simple picture of a hydrogen atom using the Bohr model. A negatively charged electron can be seen on the outside of the positively charged proton.
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State University of New York

State University of New York: Atomic Absorption and Emission

For Students 9th - 10th
This module simulates the excitation of hydrogen atoms through irradiation with electromagnetic radiation of different wavelengths.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Reaction Between Hydrogen and Oxygen Atoms

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore energy during a reaction between hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
Graphic
Curated OER

Brockport High School: Energy Levels of Hydrogen Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Brockport High School Physics Labs web pages. Includes an excellent graphic depicting the energy levels of a hydrogen atoms and portraying the electron level transitions for the Lyman, Balmer, and Paschen series. Includes both...
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Molecular Structure of Water: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the molecular structure of water, including the Hydrogen atoms, Oxygen atoms, and types of bonds. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Molecular Structure of Water."
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Molecular Structure of Water: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will introduce the molecular structure of water, including the Hydrogen atoms, Oxygen atoms, and types of bonds. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Molecular Structure of Water."
Interactive
Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Apps Zur Physik

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, in German, offers numerous apps that illustrate common physics principles. Apps are organized into categories: mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, physics of...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Polarity Makes Water Behave Strangely

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Water is both essential and unique. Many of its particular qualities stem from the fact that it consists of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen, therefore creating an unequal sharing of electrons. From fish in frozen lakes to ice floating...
Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Quantum Numbers, Hydrogen Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial contains links to explanations of the four different quantum numbers (principal, orbital, magnetic, and spin). Equations for each are provided.
Website
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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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Polarity and Intermolecular Forces

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The following online tutorial describes how the electronegativity difference between two atoms in a covalent bond results in the formation of a nonpolar covalent,...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Chemistry of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, animations, and video clips, students examine the chemistry of living things, and they learn how interactions from atoms are fundamental to life as we know it.
Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Niels Henrik David Bohr

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a biography of Bohr, including many personal tidbits, as well as a substantial treatment of his scientific work. Several interesting quotes by and about Bohr are included. It also links to several other sources.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Bohr's Atomic Model

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains the basic principles of the Bohr hydrogen atom.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri

For Students 9th - 10th
In MRI, magnetic fields and radio wave pulses combine to get a unique, and medically beneficial, response from your body's hydrogen atoms. Take a peek in this tutorial.

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