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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Hompage

For Students 9th - 10th
ChemCenter, available from the American Chemical Society, provides chemistry news, reference sources and other public services.
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National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Kids' Pages: What's Wrong Whiskers?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Online children's story that teaches about the health effects of exposure to environmental hazards such as chemicals. Click on "next" at the bottom of the story to see why Whiskers, the family cat, becomes ill from all the chemicals used...
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National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Kids Pages: Crabby Kathy

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Online children's story that teaches about the health effects of exposure to environmental hazards. Click on "next" at the bottom of the story to see why Kathy becomes "crabby" from all the chemicals and contaminants in her room.
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: More About Equilibrium

For Students 5th - 8th
Equilibrium in chemistry is two reactants combining together and then coming apart to their two parts. Review this resource featuring a way to approach chemical equilibrium.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Elements

For Students 1st - 9th
Kid's learn about the science of chemical elements. Basic forms of matter made from a single type of atom.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Energy

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science behind Energy including its different forms such as chemical, electrical, heat, and gravitational. When is energy considered renewable or nonrenewable?
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Mediterranean Sea: What Are Reversible and Irreversible Changes?

For Students 5th - 7th
Students will learn about reversible and irreversible changes in materials in this lesson.
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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Science for Kids: Solids, Liquids and Gases

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Engaging hands on science lessons for grades 2-6 on the three states of matter.
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Metals in the Periodic Table

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a general overview of the metals in the periodic table. Content explores the different types of metals, and how you can identify a metal.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Chemistry Lab Equipment

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the lab equipment used for chemistry experiments such as beakers, flasks, test tubes, stirring rods, pipettes, bunsen burners, gloves, goggles, and more.
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Physics4kids

Physics4 Kids: Thermodynamics and Heat: Heat

For Students 6th - 8th
Explains how heat is created from a chemical reaction, from friction, or from energy inefficiency, as well as the meaning of specific heat capacity.
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Stoichiometry

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a great overview of stoichiometry, the part of chemistry that studies amounts of substances that are involved in reactions. Content focuses on what you measure, and includes two examples.
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National Institutes of Health

Niehs: Kids' Pages: You and Your Genes

For Students 3rd - 8th
Online children's story that teaches about genes and how they direct how you react to things in your environment. Click on "next" at the bottom of the story to see how different people respond differently to harmful substances.
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E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: Netherlands: What Are Permanent and Temporary Changes?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students match a substance with its state of matter, identify what state something is, and learn about temporary and permanent changes in matter.
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Biology 4 kids

Biology4 Kids: Quiz: Mitochondria

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take this ten-question review quiz over the cell organelle, mitochondria. Read more about each question after an incorrect answer is given.
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NOAA

Noaa: Office of Response and Restoration

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are tools and information for emergency responders and planners, and others working to understand,.the effects of oil and hazardous materials in our waters and along our coasts. Links to oil/chemical spill information and photos....
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University of Nebraska at Omaha: Brains Rule! Games: Ecstasy Invaders

For Students 3rd - 8th
Go on a mission inside a nerve cell to find out about how neurons produce and release neurotransmitters to communicate with other neurons. Learn what happens to these brain chemicals when the drug ecstasy interrupts the process.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Periodic Table of Chemical Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a picture of the periodic table of chemical elements, an important set of information for anyone learning about chemistry. Elements such as hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, sodium, iron and gold are listed using their chemical symbols...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Chemical Structure of Methane

For Students 9th - 10th
This diagram shows the chemical structure of methane. A methane molecule contains one carbon atom and four hydrogen atoms.
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Acids in Proteins

For Students 9th - 10th
The first thing you might be asking is, "What is an amino acid?" There are more than fifty, and each one of them is a little different. Amino acids are used in every cell of your body to build the proteins you need to survive. All...
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Physical Chemistry Basics

For Students 5th - 8th
Discover what physical chemistry is all about in this brief overview.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Soda Bottle Boat Experiment

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use the chemical reaction that occurs when mixing a base (baking soda) with an acid (vinegar) to turn a plastic soda bottle into a jet boat.
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Gold Nugget

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows an enormous gold nugget. Known as the Mojave Nugget, it weighs 156 ounces and is the largest gold nugget found in California. Gold is a precious metal with the chemical symbol Au. For more information on gold, check out...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Zinc

For Students 9th - 10th
This photo shows a close up view of zinc, a metallic chemical element with the symbol Zn.