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Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Phosphorous

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a fact sheet with information on the basic data and properties of Phosphorous. It also includes some of its uses.
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Website
Environmental Chemistry

Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Phosphorus

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent source of information on phosphorus including its physical and chemical properties. Highly recommended.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Phosphorus

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the element, Phosphorus, atomic number 15. Covers physical and atomic properties, the phosphorus cycle, phosphorus chemistry, and how exposure to white phosphorus affects human health.
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Other

Phosphorus Metal

For Students 9th - 10th
Summary of information on the chemical and physical properties of Phosphorus. It also includes a table summarizing its properties.
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Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Phosphorous

For Students 9th - 10th
Very nicely organized WebElements site with basic data and information on phosphorous, along with good graphics and a sumary of the isolation processes used.
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Phosphorus (P)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you can find some great information about the 15th element in the periodic table, "phosphorus." Content focuses on phosphorus' electrons, where you can find phosphorus in nature and in the home, and how phosphorus combines with...
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Interactive
University of Kentucky

Uk: Chemcomics: Phosphorus

For Students 9th - 10th
A whole bunch of comics featuring phosphorus.
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Chemical Society: Phosphorous

For Students 9th - 10th
A very informative site on phosphorous, it includes many basic facts such as origon, description, and even visuals.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Phosphorus: Periodic Table of Videos

For Students 9th - 10th
The team at Periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about phosphorus, an incredibly flammable element found in certain bombs and your body. [3:49]
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Chemicool

Chemicool: Phosphorous

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Chemicool provides a set of tables summarizing many physical and chemical properties of phosphorous
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Elements: Phosphorus

For Students 1st - 9th
This site includes information about phosphorus's atomic weight, atom, uses, sources, name, and discovery. Plus properties and characteristics of phosphorus are discussed.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Red Phosphorus Uses

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes some of the characteristics of phosphorus, what red phosphorus is specifically, as well as the uses of red phosphorus.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Phosphorus Uses

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes some of the properties of phosphorus and how it is used in the human body, in plant nutrition and growth, and commercially.