Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Element List
Site provides the first 18 elements found in the Periodic Table. Click on an element to discover where it is found and what it's characteristics are.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Carbohydrates Quiz
Take an interactive quiz over carbohydrates. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review
Amethyst Galleries
Native Elements Class: Graphite
Description of graphite and its basic properties. Also a comparison to diamond and how they differ.
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Mystery of the Missing Carbon
This article discusses the mystery of the one to two billion metric tons of missing carbon from the global carbon budget. Scientists do not know where between fifteen and thirty percent of the carbon released each year disappears to, but...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Is the Universe Made Of?
The atoms around you have existed for billions of years- and most originated in the flaming, gaseous core of a star. Dennis Wildfogel tells the captivating tale of these atoms' long journeys from the Big Bang to the molecules they form...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Abiotic Cycles
Given scenarios, illustrations, or descriptions, the student will describe the flow of matter through carbon and nitrogen cycles and describe the consequences of disrupting these cycles.
Peter F.J. Harris
A Carbon Nanotube Page
This site is an excellent, higher level, introduction to nanotubes and how they might be used.
Science Struck
Science Struck: How Does Coal Become a Diamond?
This article looks at the properties of coal, graphite, and diamonds, all of which are made from carbon, and explains why they are different. The formation of diamonds inside the Earth is described, and the theories around whether or not...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Properties of Materials
This lesson focuses on the properties of carbon atoms in diamonds and graphite including their structures and bonding and their properties and uses. It also provides links to a video and an assessment.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Physics & Chemistry: Carbon Dioxide
Explains what carbon dioxide is, where it is found, sources of it, and describes human activities that contribute to carbon depletion and increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. (Updated: February 22, 2013)
US Department of Energy
Department of Energy: Cleaning Up Coal
Find out why coal causes pollution and several techniques that can be used to clean it up.
NASA
Nasa: Climate Kids: Energy
Explore energy resources through stories, case studies, activities, and examples.
Other
Chemistry 1341 Lecture Notes: Inorganic Carbon Compounds
The forms of inorganic carbon are discussed in terms of their hybridization, stability, reactivity, and uses.
Friesian School
Fresian: The Carbon Family C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb
This resource provides a very technical description of the 5 elements in the Carbon Family.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biogeochemical Cycles Review
Review information on the cycling of matter throughout the spheres of Earth.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biogeochemical Cycles
Test your knowledge of the water cycle, carbon cycle, and nitrogen cycle.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Biological Macromolecules
How much do you know about biological macromolecules?
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Hydrocarbons
Learn about "hydrocarbons", chemical compounds whose molecules are made up entirely of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
National Earth Science Teachers Association
Windows to the Universe: Biogeochemical Cycles
Biogeochemical cycles happen when individual elements are recycled over and over in different parts of the Earth. Two examples are the Nitrogen Cycle and Carbon Cycle. Read an explanation of biogeochemical cycles and view a diagram of...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 2.2 Organic Compounds
Learn about the organic compounds and macromolecules found in living organisms,
MadSci Network
The Mad Scientist Network: Chemistry
Using a question and answer format, this page addresses the question: "What effect may crystallization have on the optical properties of a material?" Crystalline and amorphous solids are compared and contrasted; their properties are...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Southern Ocean Carbon Sink Filling Up Fast
From ABC News in Science, Deborah Zabarenko's article explores the rising danger of the amount of carbon dioxide currently filling up the southern ocean around Antaratica.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Chemistry of Carbon
A brief overview of chemistries studying compounds including carbon.