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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Hole in the Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from Interactive NOVA profiles two scientists who were surprised in 1984 to discover a hole in our atmosphere's ozone layer as big as the United States. [3:47]
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Biology: Chemistry of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
Through informational text, interactive activities, animations, and video clips, students examine the chemistry of living things, and they learn how interactions from atoms are fundamental to life as we know it.
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Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Molecular Structures: Olestra

For Students 9th - 10th
View a 3-D model of olestra, and compare it to a similar structure of a triglyceride. Also see the molecules that make up olestra. All compounds can be manipulated and studied from every angle.
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Article
Other

Virtual Chembook: Density Applications With Gases

For Students 9th - 10th
DENSITY is a physical property of matter, as each element and compound has a unique density associated with it. Density defined in a qualitative manner as the measure of the relative "heaviness" of objects with a constant volume. For...
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Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Hydrocarbons

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about "hydrocarbons", chemical compounds whose molecules are made up entirely of carbon and hydrogen atoms.
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Lesson Plan
McREL International

Mc Rel: Glue Polymer (Whelmer #15 Learning Activity)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An easy to do activity that investigates the basic principles behind chemical bonding. The activity is written in lesson plan format that meets NSES standards.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: General Chemistry

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will be introduced to some of the basic concepts of chemistry.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Characteristics of Matter

For Students 6th - 8th
Find out the basic characteristics and main properties of all matter.
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Carbohydrates Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
Take an interactive quiz over carbohydrates. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Comparing and Contrasting Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is a guided activity to help students compare different types of matter: atoms and molecules, elements and compounds, mixtures and solutions. It corresponds to Virginia science SOL 5.4.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Organic Chemistry

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about organic chemistry including the importance of carbon, organic molecules, compounds, hydrocarbons, synthesis, and functional groups.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Science Alive: Synthetic vs. Natural: What's the Difference?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this reading, young scholars will learn that a substance's properties arise from its molecular structure, not from how it's made (i.e., synthesized by people or found in nature). There is no fundamental difference between natural...
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Other

Science Alive: The Many Faces of Steroids

For Teachers 1st - 9th
This reading is an introduction to the great variety of steroids and their many different uses.
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Website
Geography 4 kids

Geography4 kids.com: Cycling Phosphorus

For Students 5th - 8th
An essential element in the ecosystem is phosphorus. Discover the phosphorus cycle, what depends upon it, and how it works.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Chemical Reactions: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present a basic understanding of the periodic chart of elements and how to predict chemical reactions based on given information. It is 4 of 9 in the series titled "Chemical Reactions."
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Website
Other

Portland State University: Chapter 5 Notes: Stereochemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
Notes explaining the basic concepts of stereochemistry.
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Handout
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London

Queen Mary University: Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
This Queen Mary University site features a glossary of chemical terms, including London forces.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Chemical Reactions: Lesson 6

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present a basic understanding of the periodic chart of elements and how to predict chemical reactions based on given information. It is 6 of 9 in the series titled "Chemical Reactions."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Chemical Reactions: Lesson 9

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will present a basic understanding of the periodic chart of elements and how to predict chemical reactions based on given information. It is 9 of 9 in the series titled "Chemical Reactions."
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Activity
NASA

Nasa: The Space Place: Ions in Action

For Students 6th - 8th
The page from NASA's The Space Place describes a simple activity, charging a balloon and making it move small pieces of paper. It then goes on to give an excellent explanation of how the activity works, and how it involves ions. This...

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