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Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Indium

For Students 9th - 10th
WebElements offers a very helpful assemblage of information on the basic chemical and physical properties of indium.
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Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Potassium

For Students 9th - 10th
This WebElements site provides a great deal of elemental information. There are audio files demonstrating the correct pronunciation of the element name, pictures showing the electron shells, and information on isotopes, properties and more.
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eBook
Other

The Organometallic Hyper Text Book: Alkene Complexes

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of alkene complexes formed with transition metals. Includes information on hybridization and synthesis.
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eBook
Other

The Organometallic Hyper Text Book: Olefin Metathesis

For Students 9th - 10th
Rearrangements of alkene with transition metal complexes. Includes information on catalysts, mechanisms and other similar polymerizations.
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Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Plutonium

For Students 9th - 10th
This WebElements site provides a great deal of elemental information. There are audio files demonstrating the correct pronunciation of the element name, pictures showing the electron shells, and information on isotopes, properties and more.
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Handout
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Metals in the Periodic Table

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a general overview of the metals in the periodic table. Content explores the different types of metals, and how you can identify a metal.
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Interactive
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Metals Density Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use the virtual lab to identify three unknown metals by measuring their density and comparing their measurements to the densities of known metals. In this randomized version, each student designs and performs...
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Other

U.k. Centre for Materials Education: Materials Classroom: Corrosion

For Students 9th - 10th
A self-guided tutorial that defines corrosion, the factors that affect corrosion and how corrosion can be controlled. Tutorial includes pictures, explanations, and quizzes to test knowledge gained.
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Interactive
Museum Network (UK)

The Museum Network: Material World

For Students 5th - 8th
Enter this virutal museum to find out about the matierials used in various works of art. Examine the materials and techniques used in making the objects. Included is a glossary, activities for teachers to use, and an extensive list...
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Handout
Corrosion Source

Corrosion Source: Cerium

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a summary of information on cerium metal and its uses.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Ionic Bonding

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial illustrating ionic bonding. Tutorial explains how and why it occurs with animations and some interactive activities throughout. Explore the bond that forms between sodium and chlorine as you count the number of atoms present.
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Interactive
University of Kentucky

The Comic Book Periodic Table of Elements: Scandium

For Students 9th - 10th
This site may focus on fun, rather than facts, but it will become a favorite of any Chemistry student. Here you will find scanned images of panels and/or pages of comic books, with references to the element you seek.
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Interactive
University of Kentucky

The Comic Book Periodic Table of Elements: Sodium

For Students 9th - 10th
This site may focus on fun, rather than facts, but it will become a favorite of any Chemistry student. Here you will find scanned images of panels and/or pages of comic books, with references to the element you seek.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Magnets: What "Sticks"

For Teachers K - 1st
While working in small groups, students will learn about magnetism by exploring what does and does not "stick" to a manget. Students will learn that only objects made of metal stick to magnets but not all objects made of metal stick.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Metal Activity: Determining the Activity Series of Metals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this chemistry laboratory, young scholars will investigate the activity of 4 unknown metals and rank them according to their activity. In order to achieve this objective, students will be combining a 1M HCl solution with each metal...
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Handout
Environmental Chemistry

Chemistry and Environmental Dictionary: Metals

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of the metal group, with examples and links.
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Website
Environmental Chemistry

Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Bismuth

For Students 9th - 10th
An exceptionally detailed resource listing just about any property of bismuth you could ever want to know. A very valuable resource.
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Handout
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Silver

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides elemental information which may not be found in many other sites. Here you can find historical information, common uses and even the approximate going price for a gram of the element.
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Handout
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services

Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Sodium

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides elemental information which may not be found in many other sites. Here you can find historical information, common uses and even the approximate going price for a gram of the element.
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Handout
ArtLex

Art Lex: Silver

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides numerous examples, and images, of artwork done in silver. Excellent images of ancient works of art.
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Handout
Other

Laws of Physics: Atoms and the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the differences between the metal and non metal groups. Includes a lot of information on the periodic table and has a plethora of graphs.
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Website
Other

Chemical elements.com: Silver

For Students 9th - 10th
A site containing a good deal of elemental information. Information on each element includes atomic number, atomic mass, melting point, boiling point, density, isotopes and more.
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Handout
Other

Chemical Elements: Potassium

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice, clear site, containing a good deal of elemental information, including atomic weight, density, boiling point, isotopes and more. An image shows the electron energy levels for the element.
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Handout
Other

Chemical Elements: Plutonium

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice, clear site, containing a good deal of elemental information, including; atomic weight, density, boiling point, isotopes and more. An image shows the electron energy levels for the element.