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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.
Other
States of Matter and Properties of Gases: Terms
A very complete list of terms that are important to the study of gases. This resource is a web archive.
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...
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.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Fossil Fondue
To understand how fossils are formed, students model the process of fossilization by making fossils using small toy figures and melted chocolate. They extend their knowledge to the many ways that engineers aid in the study of fossils,...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Zinc
Information about the element, Zinc, atomic number 30. Covers physical and chemical properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, where it occurs, isotopes, zinc in the environment, its role in human health, and the history of its use in...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Toxicology: Heavy Metal
Defines heavy metals, describes physical and chemical properties, discusses how heavy metals find their way into plants and animals, and the negative impact they have.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Actinium
WebElements offers a nice set of basic data and information on the physical and chemical properties of actinium.
Chemicool
Chemicool: Francium
A nice summary, in data table form, of the baisc physical and chemical properties of rancium.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Lithium
All sorts of basic data along with Bohr diagrams, physical and chemical properties and a cute cartoon.
Chemicool
Chemicool: Radon
This site provides a set of data tables summarizing the physical and chemical properties and data on radon.
Chemicool
Chemi Cool: Vanadium
Set of tables describing many physical and chemical properties of the element vanadium.
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PBS
Pbs: Nova: Forgotten Genius: Natural vs. Synthetic [Pdf]
Fact sheet explaining the difference, or similarity, between a natural and a synthetic substance.
Chemicool
Chemi Cool: Carbon
A nice organized table of the important physical and chemical properties of carbon.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Tellurium Facts
Learn about the element tellurium, how it was discovered and named, its physical and chemical properties, and what it is used for.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Air Toxics Website Nickel
Very detailed information on the chemical element Nickel. Discusses its uses, physical properties, and the potential effects of exposure.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: History of the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will begin to explain the use of chemical and physical properties in the historical development of the Periodic Table. They will be...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1934
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...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: States of Matter
Students act as chemical engineers and use LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics to record temperatures and learn about the three states of matter. Properties of matter can be measured in various ways, including volume, mass, density and...
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: The Periodic Table of Data
An interactive Periodic Table of Elements which also serves as a visual database of each element's physical and thermochemical properties. Online activities include virtual graphing, tables of data, energy level diagrams, games, and more.
Corrosion Source
Corrosion Source: Erbium
This site, which is provided for by Corrosion Source, gives a summary of basic physical data on erbium. This is a great site to check out for information on the subject.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Viscosity: The Flow of Milk
Students study the physical properties of different fluids and investigate the relationship between the viscosities of liquid and how fast they flow through a confined area. Student groups conduct a brief experiment in which they...
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Zirconium
Great site with a wealth of data and information on zirconium.
Other
Reade: Zirconium Metal & Powder
Summary of information on the chemical and physical properties of Zirconium. It also includes a table summarizing its properties.