Curated OER
Physical and Chemical Properties
These slides summarize the properties that define materials. The categories of physical and chemical changes that are used to describe substances are listed and students will find the examples of those changes useful. You could set the...
Curated OER
Deep Thoughts
Students examine what lies within the Earth. They research and create scale models illustrating the layers of the Earth and write skits advocating a travel plan to send a probe into the Earth's mantle.
Curated OER
The Periodic Table of Elements
In this chemistry learning exercise, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to the Periodic Table of Elements. There are 18 words located in the puzzle.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Elements Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids
Students investigate several properties of the given elements and decide whether each element is a metal, non-metal, or a metalloid.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Metals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines what a metal is and explains the properties of metals.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Difference Between Plastic and Elastic Deformation
Clearly explains the characteristics of elastic and plastic deformation and the differences between them.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Metallic Bond
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the metallic bond and properties of metals. Includes review questions.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Ductility
Wikipedia offers a simple definition of the term, "Ductility," including several hyperlinked terms.
Other
Ductile Iron Society: Ductile Iron Data for Design Engineers
From the Ductile Iron Society web site. Data for the elasticity and strength of ductile iron are discussed. The effect of temperature upon yield strength, elongation (i.e., strain), and ultimate tensile strength are represented in...