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Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Elements: Halogens

For Students 1st - 9th
Explore the halogens of the periodic table. Learn about which elements are in this group and the properties, similarities, and other facts.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Elements Transition Metals

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the transition metals of the periodic table. Which elements are in this group. Properties, similarities, and other facts.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Spectroscopy

For Students 9th - 10th
Web-based activity walks learners through the use of spectroscopy in determining the identity of atoms and molecules by defining the excited state of atoms, the frequencies of emitted photons, and atoms' ability to absorb them....
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Professional Doc
The Franklin Institute

Franklin Institute: Introduction to Matter

For Teachers 6th - 9th
A resource provided to Grade 8 teachers to address the School District of Philadelphia's Core Curriculum on the topic of Matter. It covers properties and states of matter, elements, compounds, mixtures, atoms, and the periodic table....
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Atomic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces learners to atomic models of the past and present, focusing on the orbital model and an explanation of its basis. Learners then have the opportunity to "make an atom" and contrast it with an ion, followed by an isotope. The...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Engineering and the Periodic Table

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn about the periodic table and how pervasive the elements are in our daily lives. After reviewing the table organization and facts about the first 20 elements, they play an element identification game. They also learn that...
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Activity
Museum of Science

The Atom's Family: Mighty Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students construct models of molecules using marshmallows and gum drops.
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Interactive
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Element Matching Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this resource to practice memorizing the names for the chemical symbols. This interactive resource has a function that will check your answers.
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Website
Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here you can find all kinds of helpful information about chemistry. Learn about reactions, elements, atoms, matter, or biochemistry. Downloads and activities are also included.
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eBook
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Aufbau Rules

For Students 9th - 10th
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses atomic electron configurations. Specifically, the Aufbau rules are discussed with information on energies of...
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: The Limits of Classical Physics

For Students 9th - 10th
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses the limits associated with classical physics. Topics covered include light and heat with additional information...
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Handout
Friesian School

Fresian: The Carbon Family C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a very technical description of the 5 elements in the Carbon Family.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: What Is Matter?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Discover the composition of matter and the relationship between matter, atoms, and elements. Students will learn the differences between elements and compounds, and how molecules are formed. Chemical...
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Other

Le Moyne College:elements & Atoms, Indivisible No Longer

For Students 9th - 10th
Click to read different historical documents in chemistry related to the history of the study and discovery of radioactivity.
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Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Elements as Atoms: The Pauli Exclusion Principle

For Students 9th - 10th
The Pauli Exclusion Principle shows how electrons fill atomic orbitals. Includes biographical information on Wolfgang Pauli.
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Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Elements as Atoms: Electron Clouds and Energy Levels

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of the different types of atomic orbitals, how they are filled according to the Pauli Exclusion Principle, and how many electrons can fit in each electron shell.
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Handout
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Elements as Atoms: Quantum Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
Each electron has a set of quantum numbers that specify it's location, orbital, and energy in a unique manner.
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eBook
Crescent Public Schools

The Internet Science Room: The Periodic Table and Atomic Theory of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
A chemistry tutorial highlighting historical development of the atomic theory of matter and the periodic table of elements.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Elements: Mercury

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the element mercury and its chemistry including atomic weight, atom, uses, sources, name, and discovery. Plus properties and characteristics of mercury.
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Activity
Museum of Science

The Atom's Family: Phases of Matter

For Students 3rd - 8th
Help the Phantom choose a material and observe the changes at different temperatures in the molecule chamber. What happens to the elements or molecules as the temperature changes?
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Graphic
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: The Illustrated Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive concept animation shows the atomic number, weight, and structure of the first eleven elements of the Periodic Table of Elements.
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Handout
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Atoms, Elements, and Ions Faq

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the skinny on all things frequently asked about isotopes, subatomic particles and atomic theory. Find out what a "dalton" is or the difference between Na+ and Na.
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Atomic Models: Everything You Need to Know

For Students 8th
A detailed slideshow for Grade 8 students that looks at the history of our understanding of atoms. Looks at the ideas presented by Democritus, John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, and Niels Bohr, and the modern-day wave model. A...
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PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Atomic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
Slideshow looking at the history of models of the atom, including those proposed by John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, and James Chadwick. Discusses subatomic particles, including the numbers of protons, neutrons,...

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