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Science Struck

Science Struck: Half Life in Nuclear Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what is meant by the half-life of a radioactive element and how it is calculated.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Radioactivity and Radiation

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about the science of radioactivity and radiation in chemistry including radioactive decay, types, measurements, half-life, and the dangers.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Isotopes

For Students 1st - 9th
Study the science of isotopes in chemistry including naming isotopes, hydrogen, examples, fun facts, unstable, and stable on this site.
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Marie Curie's (1867-1934) life and work, and why she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
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Other

Reciprocal Net: Crystals and Chemicals in Everyday Life

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive students will understand crystals and chemicals in everyday life. The animation takes you through a household and explains various crystallogrophy we use all the time. Objects include light bulbs, items in a bathroom...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Physical Science: Nuclear Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete learning module with interactive activities as well as informational text to help students distinguish the characteristics and components of radioactivity.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Acids, Bases, and Ph

For Students 9th - 10th
Test your knowledge on acids, bases, and pH with this quiz that is part of the Chemistry of Biology unit.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Beneath the Sea: Light Stick Chemistry

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Explore chemiluminescence and describe how the temperature of the chemicals that combine in a light stick affects the reaction. Apply that knowledge to understand bioluminescence in deep-sea marine life.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Ernest Rutherford Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete biography on the life of Ernest Rutherford, 1908 winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Details his education and his many scientific researches. Also contains a listing of his awards and achievements and has some...
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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Examples of Chemistry in Everyday Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives examples of chemical interactions occurring in the human body, in the world around us, in foods, and in products we use.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Half Life and Radioactive Dating

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains radioactive dating, how it works, and how carbon-14 is used to date the remains of living things.
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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Chemistry I: Atoms and Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online biology textbook, learn about atoms and molecules as they relate to life. Find out about topics such as electrons and energy, chemical bonding, and chemical reactions.
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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Chemistry Ii: Water and Organic Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
Online biology textbook discussing the chemical nature of water, and the importance of its molecular structure to life. Also discusses at length the organic molecules nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates.
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BioMan Biology

Bio Man Biology: Life Chemistry Quizzes

For Students 9th - 10th
Two multiple-choice quizzes, one on the processes and types of biological molecules, the other on the structure and replication of DNA.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: If You're Not Part of the Solution!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students continue the research begun in the associated lesson as if they were biomedical engineers working for a pharmaceutical company. Groups each perform a simple chemical reaction (to precipitate solid calcium out of solution) to...
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Linus C. Pauling, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of Linus Pauling, winner of Nobel Prizes for Chemistry (1954) and Peace (1962). He spoke out against the use of nuclear weapons when it was an unpopular cause, and spent his life informing the public about a range of health...
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Mario J. Molina, ph.d.

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of Mario J. Molina, winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering the danger that chlorofluorocarbons presented to the Earth's ozone layer long before anyone else recognized it. Includes a profile, videos,...
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Handout
Texas A&M University

Cells Are Us: Story Time: Linus Pauling

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the early life of Linus Pauling and how his interest in science as a boy led to his career as a scientist.
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Handout
Texas A&M University

Story Time: Discover Scientists' Biographies

For Students 9th - 10th
Read very accessible biographies of thirteen scientists in many fields including medicine, paleontology, genetics, chemistry, physiology, marine biology, microbiology, biochemistry, and natural selection. Emphasis is on the scientists'...
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Website
Other

Lund University Libraries: Directory of Open Access Journals

For Students 9th - 10th
Open access journals are offered in all scholarly and scientific disciplines such as Biology and Life Sciences, History and Archaeology, and Physics and Astronomy. Site offers a search for new titles as well as archived journals....
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Johannes Diderick Van Der Waals Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel eMuseum of the Nobel Foundation provides an excellent overview of Johannes van der Waals. This detailed biography covers all aspects of his life, with a particular emphasis on his scientific achievements.
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Glenn T. Seaborg Biographical

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Foundation provides a brief biography on Glenn Seaborg (1912-1999 CE), the co-recipient of the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Read about Seaborg's education and personal life. Learn about his "Discovery of transuranium...
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Chemical Reactions in Everyday Life

For Students 4th - 8th
Provides some common examples of chemical reactions, e.g., in respiration, rusting, and photosynthesis.
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Website
Other

Cha, Inc.: Nylon Life Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth presentation of the history of nylon chemistry. Brings you from the late twenties to the end of the century.

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