Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Amphoteric Substances
The objective of this article is to introduce amphoteric substances in the context of acid-base chemistry.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Conjugate Acid Base Pairs
The objective of this article is to introduce conjugate pairs as a way to relate acids and bases.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Charges
The objective of this article is to introduce students to the concept of charge, and to teach how to find the charge of substances.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Electron Configurations
This Kahn Academy video will help students understand why electrons align in atoms the way they do.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Introduction to Balancing Redox Reactions
The objective of this article is to introduce how to balance redox reaction chemical equations in neutral solution.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Introduction to Chemical Reactions
The objective of this article is to explain the concept of chemical reactions and the types of chemical reactions.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Introduction to Chemical Stoichiometry
The objective of this article is to teach readers about the basics of chemical stoichiometry.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Molar Mass
The objective of this article is to compute molar masses of chemicals and to use molar masses in conversion problems.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Monoprotic Acids and Bases
The objective of this article is to introduce how to classify acids and basic as monoprotic, and what properties these articles have.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Polyprotic Acids and Bases
This article introduces how to classify acids and bases as polyprotic, as well as the properties of polyprotic acids and bases.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Properties of Oxygen
This article aims to show a variety of properties related to the element oxygen.
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Aspirin Foundation: 100 Years of Aspirin
This article tells the last 100 years' history of aspirin and Bayer's contribution. Links to more information about aspirin are also provided including a timeline.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench:an Introduction to X Ray Crystallography
Investigate how we can learn about molecular structure using x-ray crystallography in this module.
PBS
Pbs: Planck Discovers the Quantum Nature of Energy
PBS offers a short summary of the discovery of the quantum nature of the atom by Max Planck. Easy to follow.
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University of Siegen: An Exothermic Reaction
The University of Siegen provides a lovely exothermic reaction shown by four large photos. Sodium peroxide and zinc powder with a touch of water.
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University of Siegen: An Endothermic Reaction
This resource provides information on a rather interesting spontaneous endothermic reaction, involving cobalt (II) chloride and thionyl chloride.
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University of Siegen: Enthalpy of Solution
This resource provides a physical reaction. Hydrous and anhydrous calcium chloride react with water to produce physical exothermic and endothermic reactions.
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Brinkster: All About Mole Calculations
Step by step instructions on how to solve mole problems in chemistry. Examples are included, along with diagrams and detailed explanations.
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Cha, Inc.: History of the Dupont's and Their Discovery
This site from CHA, Inc. gives a biographical background of the Dupont's and gives information on one of its greatest discoveries, nylon.
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Leo Hendrik Baekeland
An in-depth look at the life of Leo Hendrik Baekeland, including his creation of the first completely synthetic plastic, bakelite.
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Nuclear Control Institute: The Plutonium Threat
This article focuses on the potential hazards associated with the element plutonium.
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Science Alive: Repeating Experiments
In this lab activity, students are required to write a procedure to be followed in a simple lab process and record the results they get from following that procedure. They then exchange procedures with another lab group, which will have...
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Science Alive: Making and Sizing Paper
In this activity students will learn to make and size paper. The activity can be used as an introductory activity to promote student interest. In the early part of the 20th century, the field of chemistry was very involved in industrial...
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University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....