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Frostburg State University: Organic Chemistry Help
This site is designed to be a supplement for students of organic chemistry. Its tutorials and self-grading tests are interactive and extremely helpful.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: What Is Chemistry?
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will define chemistry and differentiate between the macroscopic and the microscopic as it relates to chemistry. They will begin to...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Hydrocarbons
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students investigate and explore the bonding characteristics of carbon that lead to such a large number of organic compounds.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Molecules: The Movement of Atoms
Students work as engineers to learn about the properties of molecules and how they move in 3D space through the use of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics. They design and build molecular models and use different robotic sensors to control the...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Alfred Nobel His Life and Work
This resource provides information about Alfred Nobel, a scientist who contributed greatly to the world of chemistry. This article includes several pictures and details about Nobel's personal life and professional career.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Let's Make Silly Putty
Students make two different formulations of imitation Silly Putty with varying degrees of cross-linking. They witness how changes in the degree of cross-linking influence the putty properties.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Chemistry: Advanced Organic Chemistry
College-level advanced chemistry course focusing on organic chemistry. Course highlights the application of structure and theory to the study of organic reaction mechanisms. Course features include selected lecture notes, assignments,...
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Introduction to Solid State Chemistry
A collection of video lectures from a course that investigates the application of basic chemistry principals to engineering systems. The course draws from industrial practice to give examples of the application in engineering systems. In...
University of Calgary
Univeristy of Calgary: Cycloalkanes
A brief description of cycloalkanes. Properties, chemical make-up, and structure provided. Brief introduction to nomenclature of cycloalkanes and generic formula. Interactive piece requires x-pdb plug-in.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions
Students will study temperature changes caused by the evaporation of alkenes and alcohols and relate this data to the strength of intermolecular forces of attraction. They will also predict, and then measure, the temperature change for...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Trends in Alkane Boiling Points
Students will develop a mathematical model of alkane boiling points by graphing the number of carbons in the alkane chain against its boiling point.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: Learn Chemistry: Resources for Students
Search from over two thousand chemistry resources for students. Options allow user to refine search to pinpoint the exact resource needed. Includes presentations, videos, worksheets, quizzes, experiments, games, tutorials, and more.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Lipids and Carbohydrates
An introduction to these chemical families. Diagrams are easy to understand and the text explains basic concepts well.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: Proteins and Nucleic Acids
This information can be used for exam review or as an introduction. It presents a good overview of the topics with charts, graphs, links, and a quiz.
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University of Wisconsin: Cycloalkane Conformation
Comparison of straight chained and cycloalkanes. Bond angles of a variety of structures presented. Equatorial and axial positions shown. Plug-ins required for interactive illustrations.
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Cambridge University: Chemistry Journals
This site is an index to over 2000 scientific journals in chemistry. Some journals require purchase, but many offer free articles or samples.
Famous Scientists
Famous Scientists: Fritz Haber
Learn about the life and work of Fritz Haber, who has been dubbed the father of chemical warfare.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Carbon Chemistry: An Introduction
A nice introduction to why carbon is the key to organic chemistry. Explains the role of valence electrons in the bonding of carbon and gives lots of "stick figures" models of simple hydrocarbons.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: What Is Carbon?
The element Carbon is the basis of all human life. Learn here about the discovery of Carbon and its function amongst all living things.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Areas of Chemistry
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces the major areas and disciplines of chemistry.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
National Inventors Hall of Fame: Alfred Nobel
This site honors Alfred Nobel for his invention of dynamite. Content includes a very brief biography and a focus on the impact of dynamite on our culture.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry Quiz
Take an interactive quiz over biochemistry and organic chemistry. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
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School of Chemistry: Amines
An introduction to amine chemistry. Includes naming, examples and real world examples.