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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Protons and Electron Pairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Acting as an overview from the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site explores Lewis acids and bases with specific attention directed toward protons and electron-pairs. Other topics covered include proton-transfer reactions...
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American Institute of Physics: Proton Transistor Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes a new use for hydrogen ions (protons, of course). Shows that protons are not just old hat.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Sub Nucleonic Structure and the Modern Picture of a Nucleus

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple explanation of the structures theoretically found within protons and neutrons. The resource consists of pictures and links to additional resources.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Robert Hofstadter

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Britannica offers biographical information on Robert Hofstadter, Nobel Prize winner for his investigations on protons and neurons. Includes image.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Atom in a Bag

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use bags of beads with known quantities of electrons, neutrons and protons to identify the element that they represent.
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Particles

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a very detailed site containing information on several sub-atomic particles including the Hadron.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Acids and Bases

For Students 9th - 10th
In the chemical economy, acids actively give away their protons while bases actively collect them, but some more aggressively than others. George Zaidan and Charles Morton use the currency of subatomic particles to explain this unseen...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Atomic Model Construction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students create models of atoms then compare the various aspects of the atoms including; relative size, charge, positions of subatomic particles, and identity of the atom based on proton, neutron, and electrons with the class.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Structure of the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn about the important discoveries of subatomic particles, and how they led to our current understanding of the atom.
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Interactives: The Periodic Table

For Students 6th - 9th
An interactive website where students learn about the basics of an atom, periodic tables organization, and the structure and properties of matter. Module includes an introduction and five lessons that are followed by a quiz and an...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Otto Stern Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief biography on the life and scientific work of Otto Stern, a physicist honored with the Nobel Prize in physics for his "development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton."
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: Chemistry Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review atoms with this slideshow. You can choose to listen to the review or read the accompanying text. At the end, play the game to review the basics of atoms that you have just learned about. You may play the game as many times as...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: How Does Radioactive Decay Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the processes of radioactive decay in primary and secondary modes.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Fuel Cell Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents a general overview of fuel cells including what is a fuel cell, how do they work, and the different types.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: P H and Color Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about color change and pH as it relates to chemical changes.
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Powers of Ten

For Students 9th - 10th
This webpage from the Florida State University offers an applet with succeeding images, each "10 times bigger or smaller than the one preceding or following it," as a demonstration of exponential notation.
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New York University

New York University: Law of Conservation of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
Site presents a straightforward presentation of Rutherford's work concerning the Law of Energy Conservation. Provides an adequate summary of early science on the nucleus, and includes much needed illustrations.
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Basic Nuclear Science Information

For Students 9th - 10th
Site provides the ABC's of nuclear science including radioactivity and gamma decay to fission and comic rays.

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