Curated OER
Grahams Law
For this Grahams Law worksheet, students determine which gas will escape faster when equal amounts of helium and argon are placed in a porous container and allowed to escape. Then they determine what the molecular weight of a gas is that...
Curated OER
Ideal Gas Law
In this Ideal Gas Law worksheet, students use the Ideal Gas Law to solve each of the problems listed. They calculate the volume of moles of a gas that occupy at a specific temperature. Students also find the volume of moles of gas whose...
Curated OER
Earth's Atmosphere II
In this Earth's atmosphere worksheet, students use the chart shown to determine which information is given for each gas. Then they write the names of the layers of the Earth's atmosphere and describe which layer the temperature rises and...
Curated OER
Periodic Table Puns Answer Key
In this chemistry instructional activity, students identify various puns to assist them in memorizing the numerous elements of the Periodic Table and their symbols. There are 44 to memorize on the sheet.
Environmental Chemistry
Evironmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Argon
A very extensive sight on argon. Well organized and extremely helpful.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Argon
A very thorough summary of basic information on argon, including sources, uses, isotopes and properties.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Argon
Information about the element, Argon, atomic number 18. Covers physical and atomic properties, how abundant it is on the Earth, its history, isotopes, uses, and health considerations.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Argon (Ar)
Chem4Kids looks at the 18th element in the periodic table, argon. Content focuses on argon's electrons, where you can find argon in nature and in the home, and how argon combines with other elements.
Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: The Noble Gases
Through an online slideshow format, learn about the chemical properties and practical uses of the noble gases. Includes questions at end.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Chemical Society: Argon
This site, which is provided for by the Chemical Society, gives a small amount of basic information on argon, including its history and uses.
Other
Le Moyne College: The Discovery of Argon
A paper describing the steps and mis-steps involved in the discovery of argon.
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Element List
Site provides the first 18 elements found in the Periodic Table. Click on an element to discover where it is found and what it's characteristics are.
Other
The Elements: Noble Gases
A listing of the noble gasses can be found here as well as images and links to additional information. This site is maintained by a high school chemistry teacher but is supplemented with information from the Los Alamos National...
Science Struck
Science Struck: Noble Gas Configuration
Provides the configuration for each of the six noble gases and explains how to write noble gas configurations. Also explains what pseudo-noble gas configuration is.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Biosphere: Lesson 2
This lesson will discuss the importance of the biosphere (the global ecosystem) to living things. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "The Biosphere."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Biosphere: Lesson 3
This lesson will discuss the importance of the biosphere (the global ecosystem) to living things. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "The Biosphere."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Biosphere: Lesson 1
This lesson will discuss the importance of the biosphere (the global ecosystem) to living things. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "The Biosphere."
Ducksters
Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Elements: Argon
Kids learn about the element argon and its chemistry including atomic weight, atom, uses, sources, name, and discovery. Plus properties and characteristics.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Facts About Noble Gases
Learn how noble gases were discovered, what their properties are, and their uses. Includes a chart listing the six noble gases and some details about them.
Science Struck
Science Struck: Properties of Noble Gases
Read about the properties of the six noble gases - helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, and radon.
Curated OER
[Bohr Model of Argon]
This site provides information about the element Argon (Ar), including its atomic structure, isotopes, and other information.