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Activity
McGraw Hill

Glencoe: Technology Education: Alternative Fuels Web Quest

For Students 9th - 10th
The object of this WebQuest is for you to research alternative fuels and figure out their benefits. Resources are provided as well as study questions to guide your quest.
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eBook
University of Calgary

Chapter 15: Alcohols, Diols and Thiols

For Students 9th - 10th
This chemistry lesson provides structures and names of basic alcohol chemistry. Illustrated.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Alcohol

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough article from Wikipedia describing alcohols. Gives the structure for the two most common types of alcohol (methanol and ethanol), naming conventions, examples of notable alcohols, and also properties of alcohols.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Biological Oxidation of Alcohols

For Students 9th - 10th
Article takes a look at how the body processes alcohol.
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Handout
US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Chemicals in the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
Information summaries on some chemicals and descriptions of how you might be exposed to these chemicals, how that exposure might affect the environment, etc. Please note that this type of information changes rapidly.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Journey to Mars: Out of Thin Air

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discuss facts about Mars and investigate scientists' efforts to create fuel from materials found in space. Perform a simplified method of aqueous electrolysis to split water into its two chemical elements using electric current from a...
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Graphic
Curated OER

Wikipedia: Alcohol

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough article from Wikipedia describing alcohols. Gives the structure for the two most common types of alcohol (methanol and ethanol), naming conventions, examples of notable alcohols, and also properties of alcohols.