PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Discovering Air
Our understanding about the air we breathe has changed dramatically through time. This illustrated timeline from the NOVA Web site tracks the changing thought on air and the creation of the Periodic Table of the Elements.
Other
Le Moyne College: Joseph Priestley
This site is provided for by the LeMoyne College. Read 18th-century chemist Joseph Priestley's notes entitled "Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air."
Other
The Science House: Production of Oxygen
In this experiment, students generate a gas, oxygen, and test its properties. Teacher notes are included.
Smithsonian Institution
National Postal Museum: Art of the Stamp: Joseph Priestley
View the artwork for a U.S. postage stamp issued in 1983 to commemorate Joseph Priestley, the scientist who discovered oxygen. With a short passage on his contributions to the teaching of history, religion, and science.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: The Discovery of Oxygen
Brief discussion on the discovery of oxygen and how it got its name.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Joseph Priestly
An English philosopher and divine, was born in 1733 near Leeds. -Marshall