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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Air Matters

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Explore the composition of air and learn about the different atoms and molecules that we breathe every day.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Get in the Mix

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will be able to classify a mixture as homogeneous or heterogeneous. Students will be able to create a solution. Students will be able to identify the solute. Students will be able to identify the solvent. Students will be able...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Chemistry Is Colorful!!!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson, students are introduced to the 5 major types of chemical reactions. Each reaction type will be analyzed and specific examples will be noted. Students will then perform a lab investigation which includes each of the...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Separation of a Mixture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use their knowledge of physical properties to separate a mixture of four ingredients. The students are required to design their own laboratory procedure for separating the mixture. The separation process itself encourages...
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Handout
Other

Chemsite: Pure Substances vs. Mixtures

For Students 9th - 10th
An outline on the topics of pure substances and mixtures.
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Interactive
University of California

Foss Web: Mixtures and Solutions Module: Junkyard Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you know the difference between a mixture and a solution? Test your knowledge in the junkyard as you try to dissolve various objects in water. Requires Shockwave.
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eBook
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Matter: Pure Substances and Mixtures

For Students 9th - 10th
Textbook-like exposition of pure chemical substances and mixtures.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench: Size Segregation of Vibrating Particles

For Students 9th - 10th
View this simulation to observe how larger particles can be separated from smaller particles through vibration.
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Handout
Other

Homewood City Schools: Classification of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
This Homewood City Schools site has an outline form and contains lots of information about the classification and composition of matter. Some of the topics covered are matter and temperature, changes in state, composition of matter, and...
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Activity
Other

60 Second Science: Easy Putty

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Explore the properties of colloids while making putty. Discover how some mixtures can display properties of both solids and liquids.
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Activity
Other

60 Second Science: Rainbow Gel

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Examine mixtures made from different substances, and discover how to make gel.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Mixtures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces fifth graders to mixtures, solutions, and suspensions. Opportunities for student participation and an assessment are included.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Separating Mixtures

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about separating mixtures in chemistry including separation processes such as filtration, distillation, and the centrifuge.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Naming Chemical Compounds

For Students 1st - 9th
Learn about naming chemical compounds in chemistry including conventions, the order of the elements, metals, non-metals, acids, and examples on naming on this site.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Organic Chemistry

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about organic chemistry including the importance of carbon, organic molecules, compounds, hydrocarbons, synthesis, and functional groups.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Chemical Mixtures

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore all about chemical mixtures on this site including solutions, alloys, suspensions, colloids, dissolving, examples, and facts.
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Handout
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Heterogeneous Mixtures

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief definition from Frostburg State University of a heterogeneous mixture. Includes commonly known examples of these mixtures.
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Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: General Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a general chemistry course taught at the University of California, Berkeley. The course teaches periodic table, chemical bonds, molecular shape, phase changes, chemical reactions, stoichiometry,...
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Handout
Purdue University

Purdue University: Elements, Compounds & Mixtures

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides definitions and characteristics of elements, compounds, and mixtures, and gives an animated image of each.
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Activity
Science Fun for Everyone

Science Fun: Water Fireworks

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this science experiment, you will learn about density while making water fireworks!
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Pure Substances and Mixtures

For Students 2nd - 8th
Defines matter, substances, and mixtures and gives examples.
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Article
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Separation of Substances

For Students 2nd - 8th
Learn about ten different methods of separation of substances.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: High School Basic Algebra Review

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An overview of basic high school algebra topics can be found here. Absolute value, signed numbers, inequalities and equations, mixture problems, and direct and indirect variation are all listed, each with links to questions posed by...