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University of Akron: General, Organic, and Biochemistry: Enzymes [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Slideshow notes introduce enzymes: their purpose, process, and importance.
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University of California

Uscb: The Bioluminescence Web Page

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed covering of bioluminescence including myths, organisms, chemistry, physiology, and photos. Contains many links for further information.
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National Institutes of Health

Ncbi: The Molecular Biology of the Cell: The Chemical Components of a Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Advanced chapter of the book "The Molecular Biology of the Cell" describes and provides illustrations of our most current understanding of the chemical makeup of cells and their components. Explains in detail how electron activity keeps...
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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Biochemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
Problem sets, tutorials, and activities related to biochemistry.
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University of Calgary

Chapter 15: Alcohols, Diols and Thiols

For Students 9th - 10th
This chemistry lesson provides structures and names of basic alcohol chemistry. Illustrated.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mass Spectrometry: Using a Game Format to Develop Logic Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will use previous knowledge of chemistry concepts and skills to interpret mass spectrometry graphs and will learn to determine one or more possible formulas for an organic molecule represented on the graph. They will also gain...
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Other

Cool Science

For Students 3rd - 8th
This non-profit organization brings "cool" science programs to schools in the Pikes Peak, CO area, but the website also provides exciting videos, experiments, and links to online users. Watch real chemistry and physics experiments and...
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Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: What Are Line Spectra?

For Students 9th - 10th
Acting as part of an overview on quantum theory, this section of the site answers the question, what are line spectra? In addition to the definition and a discussion of related terms, the site also discusses how line spectra are organized.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Self Assembly: The Power of Organizing the Unorganized

For Students 9th - 10th
From something as familiar as our bodies to things vast as the formation of galaxies, we can observe the process of self-assembly, or when unordered parts come together in an organized structure. Skylar Tibbits explains how we see...
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Purdue University

Purdue University: Cannabis Sativa L.

For Students 9th - 10th
This article on Cannabis sativa is organized into fourteen brief sections, each presenting factual information about the Cannabis Sativa plant. Here, read about its uses, as well as its chemical makeup, physical description, and...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Curriculum Center: Science

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
The Discovery Channel provides numerous topics that are the most popular science topics taught in upper elementary and middle school. Content is organized by topics (Bacteria, Oceans, Solar System, etc.); all topics include quick facts,...
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Visual Elements: Hydrogen

For Students 9th - 10th
Short, but descriptive summary on hydrogen. Discusses this element's composition and characteristics, and includes a graphic as well.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Ester

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia entry for the chemical compound ester. Includes naming conventions, properties, reactions, and the like.
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California State University: Carboxylic Acid Unknown Candidates

For Students 9th - 10th
Table of names, formulas, and physical data on many orgainc acids.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Molecules: The Movement of Atoms

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students work as engineers to learn about the properties of molecules and how they move in 3D space through the use of LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT robotics. They design and build molecular models and use different robotic sensors to control the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Let's Make Silly Putty

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students make two different formulations of imitation Silly Putty with varying degrees of cross-linking. They witness how changes in the degree of cross-linking influence the putty properties.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Carbon

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from Wikipedia contains great information on the element carbon. Links are provided throughout the article to provided additional information. The topics include: Notable Characteristics, Applications, History, Allotropes,...
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Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Chemical Structure and Reactivity

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a professor at the University of California, Berkeley for a chemical structure and reactivity course. The course teaches about aromatic compounds, electronic spectroscopy, and the reactivity and...
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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Tutorial De Quimica

For Students 9th - 10th
This Chemistry tutorial will introduce you to some important chemical concepts.
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McGraw Hill

Oregon State University: How Exercise Builds Bones

For Students 9th - 10th
Here, at this site from the Oregon State University's Organic Chemistry Online Learning Center, are some discussion topics on diseases and disorders, like osteoporosis that affect bones. Here, you can read the information on how to avoid...
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University of Massachusetts

University of Massachusetts: Rasmol & Chime

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Massachusetts links to downloadable freeware (Rasmol and CHIME) which are required to view 3-D images common on organic chemistry tutorials.
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National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Linus Pauling (1901 1994)

For Students 9th - 10th
This Access Excellence site provides a general biography of Linus Pauling, the two-time Nobel laureate who the elucidated chemical bonding, amino acid and protein structures, and the molecular basis of sickle-cell anemia.
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Other

University of Delaware: Chemosynthesis.

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of how in the deep sea, where the sun's rays never reach, organisms make food from chemicals, a process called chemosynthesis.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: History of the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the history of the periodic table, and explain how the periodic table was originally organized, compared to the arrangement of the modern periodic...

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