Concord Consortium
Non-Bonding
What makes helium so Noble, anyway? Explore the bonding properties of helium versus those of hydrogen using an interactive resource. Science scholars manipulate atoms of each element and observe changes in potential energy as the atoms...
CK-12 Foundation
Runaway Balloon
When a child lets go of a helium balloon, what happens to it? Does it float all the way to space? The simulator allows pupils to experiment on party balloons and weather balloons under different conditions to see what happens to them in...
Curated OER
Name That Gas!
Young scientists discover that air is a mixture of different gases - mainly nitrogen and oxygen. The properties of some of the other gases found in oxygen are listed in a table, then learners must decide which one of those gases is...
Curated OER
Art: Hot Air Balloon Replicas
Students investigate the science behind hot air balloon flight. In a lecture and demonstration, they observe how helium-filled balloons are affected by the wind. Using basic household items such as newspaper, paper cups, and balloons,...
Curated OER
Gases Lighter and Heavier than Air
Learners explore the concept of air density. In this air density lesson plan, students fill balloons with helium and carbon dioxide. Learners determine which gases are heavier or lighter than air.
Curated OER
The Universe
For this space science worksheet, students use the clues given at the bottom of the sheet to complete the crossword puzzle relating to the universe. There are 16 clues to solve in the puzzle.
Curated OER
Helium Balloon Race
Students determine the force of a helium balloon that allows it to rise a specific distance. In this helium instructional activity students calculate the amount of paper needed to construct a weight and determine the density of a piece...
Curated OER
Gases Around Us
In this gases worksheet, learners look at 6 pictures, put a rings around the gases in each picture and then name each gas or gases on the lines provided.
Curated OER
Grahams Law
In this Grahams Law worksheet, students determine which gas will escape faster when equal amounts of helium and argon are placed in a porous container and allowed to escape. Then they determine what the molecular weight of a gas is that...
Curated OER
Protons, Neutrons and Electrons
For this chemistry worksheet, students use the periodic table to complete the chart shown, filling in all of the missing information in the blank spaces. They identify and describe various elements found in the periodic table.
Curated OER
Earth And Beyond
In this earth and space worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary terms and names related to earth and space sciences. There are 53 words located in the puzzle.
University of Kentucky
Periodic Table of Comics: Helium
Comics featuring helium and including nice graphics for a presentation.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: Periodic Table/helium
A great source of information on helium. Exceptionally thorough and well written.
PBS
Pbs Kids: Design Squad Challenge: Balloon Drive
Hands-on challenge "to make a helium balloon hover in one spot, then move it through an obstacle course using air currents". Provides full list of materials with ideas on how to design, build, and test the balloon's movement. Activity...
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Helium
Information about the element, Helium, atomic number 2. Covers its discovery, physical and atomic properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, its uses, possible substitutes, and permissible exposure limits.
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Chem Lab: Spectrum of the Hydrogen Atom
In this experiment, you will use a meterstick spectroscope to observe the emission spectrums of hydrogen, sodium, neon, helium, and mercury. Requires Java plug-in.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Helium
A very nice site with all sorts of information on helium, including good summaries on isolation and uses of helium.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Helium
Here you can find lots of great information about helium. Learn about its electrons, where it exists in nature, and about the element itself!
NASA
Nasa Space Science Data Archive: Galileo Project Information
This is the homepage of all of the archived information about and from the Galileo Mission. Included is data from the flybys of Venus, Earth, Moon, and Asteroids Gaspra and Ida, as well as the current data from Jupiter and its moons. See...
Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: The Noble Gases
Through an online slideshow format, learn about the chemical properties and practical uses of the noble gases. Includes questions at end.
US Department of Energy
Fus Ed Web: Physics of a Fundamental Energy Source
An excellent resource on nuclear fusion! Using incredible graphics and excellent discussion, this site (with its several pages) provides an exhaustive online course on the topic. Click on the link for "a Guided Tour" and begin.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: An Uplifting Project: The Buoyancy of Balloons
In this science fair project, measure the "lift" of a set of balloons and track how it changes over time as the helium escapes from the balloons. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract,...
Florida State University
Florida State University: Magnet Lab: Dilution Refrigerators
Dilution fridges owe their cooling power to the incredible element helium. This animation illustrates how dil fridges exploit the element's properties to make things very, very cold.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Noble Gases
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers electronic configuration of noble gases and the reactivity of noble gases.