Learn everything you ever wanted to know about naming binary covalent compounds! See how scientists came up with systematic names for many common molecules and study the prefixes and roots for them.

Quiz yourself on binary covalent nomenclature with this interactive animation. Convert formulas to names or names to formulas while learning some common compounds.

Test yourself on ionic nomenclature. Convert either names to formulas or formulas to names. After this quiz, you'll remember how to name cations and anions.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart presents rules for writing and naming ionic and covalent compounds. There is a short assessment using Activotes.

Read and fill in the blanks on these pictures of microscopes with the correct part names. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students will explore cyclic hydrocarbons, and explain how ring strain contributes to the shape of cyclic hydrocarbons. They will also name and write...

In this interactive module, students are introduced to the most fundamental part of chemistry: chemical reactions and the formulas that accompany them.

How to name ionic compounds containing common polyatomic ions.

The composition of a noun is more than just a person, place or thing. Use this resource to study examples of nouns and their many uses.

Everything you ever wanted to know about ethers! Includes an organized chart showing the compound name, line drawing, and a 3D model. Cyclic ethers, crown ethers, epoxides, and sulfides are also defined along with an organized chart. Try...

An online resource for tree identification by common name, scientific name, leaf, or fruit.

Practice classifying substances using this fun, interactive exercise. Get either the formulas or names of substances, and decide which type of compound it is.

This Chem4Kids site provides a general overview of acids and bases, and their use in chemistry. Content focuses on "names to know" and how acids and bases work.

This activity allows students to review their knowledge of monatomic and polyatomic ions. After rolling the ion dice, the students will write the correct chemical formula and name for the compound "rolled".This lesson plan was created as...

This site from CSUDH WWW Project For Chemistrygives an interactive online nomenclature practice problems and drills. Click on star icon to start drill.

Find basic steps for naming acids and other chemical compounds. Use the tutorials to practice naming compounds.

Wikipedia provides a definition of celluloid, the name of a class of compounds created from nitrocellulose and camphor, and shows how it was used to create such inventions as movie film.

Do you want to learn about organic formulation? This website will help you to name organic compounds. For each type of compounds you have a brief explanation and some examples. You will find animated clips which will try to help you find...

Wikipedia entry for the chemical compound amide. Includes naming conventions, properties, reactions, and so on.

Through informational text, interactive puzzles, and review questions, students differentiate ionic and covalent bonds and identify the properties of each. They also use oxidation numbers to predict formulas of ionic compounds, name...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorail students will define acids and bases in terms of the ions that are produced when each type of compound is dissolved in water. They...

Milkweed bugs, as their name suggests, have a close relationship with the milkweed plant. The plant produces a milky sap, and toxic compounds, but somehow the milkweed bug is unaffected by them. Instead, it concentrates chemicals from...

Students investigate the pH level of household substances by testing a variety of common compounds. Substances are tested with pH strips and placed on the continuum of the pH scale range of 1 to 14. After testing a solution, the student...

All of the elemental information about scandium that you are likely to need can be found at this extensive site. This information includes atomic number, atomic weight, group name, standard state, properties, uses, electron...