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Chemists Celebrate Earth Day
- From the American Chemical Society

What Can Happen When You Don't Follow Safety Rules
"In the spring 1997 semester of CHE 533 at the University of Kentucky, incompatible wastes were accidentally mixed resulting in a fire and explosion."
Read about the explosion, view the photos, then memorize the prevention tips.
- Interactive Learning Paradigms Incorporated

109 Visual Elements
A Visual Interpretation of the Table of Elements
From chemsoc

1001 Periodic Table Quiz Questions
"Over 1100 free science and chemistry questions per age and topic for school, college and university students."
By Alwyn Both

Art Institute of Chicago Museum

• Science, Art & Technology
  "...began as a year-long course offered by The Art Institute of Chicago to Chicago Public School science teachers interested in exploring the relationship between science and art within a museum setting... Teachers used the information provided to create written guides for museum visits with their students and lesson plans for in-class instruction. The program's overarching goal was to show science teachers that an art museum may be used as a visual library to augment and to enrich established high-school science curricula in chemistry, earth science, or physics."
  Sections include: Intro to Science and Art ; Art and Astronomy ; The Chemistry and Physics of Light and Color ; Perception, Light, and Color ; Conservation: Light in the Making and Viewing of Art ; Careers in Science, Art, and Technology ; Lesson Plans ; Self-Guides ; Glossary.

ChemCases.com
General Chemistry Case Study Curriculum Supplements
"...is a series of curriculum units that link responsible decision making in product development with chemical principles taught in General Chemistry."
A National Science Foundation supported curriculum development project.
By Laurence Peterson and Matthew Hermes, Kennesaw State University

ChemCenter - Educational Resources - (dead link)
American Chemical Society

• Green Chemistry - (dead link) "...is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances."

ChemCom - Teachers Resource Center
Chemistry in the Community
"This site acts as a gathering place for teachers of ChemComÆ to exchange information and files with each other...This includes supplemental worksheets, labs and lab revisions, demonstrations and projects."

ChemEd: Chemistry Education Resources - (dead link)
A nice broad range of links with some commentary. Including resources for both K-12 and College level chemistry.
Maintained by Allen Cairns

Chemical Education Resource Shelf
"The Resource Shelf contains hyperlinks to virtually all of the publishers who maintain Web pages, and many links to pages devoted to individual titles; additionally, the online version includes citations and links to reviews."

Chemistry : The Central Science
7th ed.
Accompanies the print textbook by Brown, LeMay, and Bursten

Chemistry ConcepTests
University of Wisconsin

Chemistry Teaching Resources
An excellent resources. Topics include Courses & Hypertexts, Reference Material, Demonstrations & Experiments, Software, and much more.
Maintained by Knut Irgum, Analytical Chemistry, Ume University

Chemists Celebrate Earth Day
- From the American Chemical Society

Commission on Crystallographic Teaching - Teaching Pamphlets
"Series 1 (1981) and 2 (1984) of the Teaching Pamphlets sponsored by the Commission on Crystallographic Teaching and published by University College Cardiff Press are now available as hyperlinked documents for private study and individual use."
- International Union of Crystallography

Doing Science: An Introduction to Physical Science (etext)
"This text concerns learning the fundamentals of physical science by doing science as science is done...This manual was developed to accompany a one semester introductory physical science course, Fundamentals of Physical Science (PHS 110), at Arizona State University."
By Susan Wyckoff, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Arizona State University

Dr. Cal's Guide to Good Laboratory Practices
- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago

Exploring the Nanoworld
"The objective of this website is to introduce you to the tools that let us "see" atoms, manipulate them, and create nano-architectural wonders. Investigate the frontiers of the nanoworld by learning how materials are customized to create everything from atomic trampolines to DNA to ferrofluids to semiconductors that give off blue light!"
- University of Wisconsin - Materials Research Science and Engineering Center on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces

Foundations to Chemistry
"The following teaching material is based on an extract from the book 'Chemistry, Matter and the Universe' by Richard E. Dickerson and Irving Geis."
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford

General Chemistry Online
"...an interactive guide and Web resource for students and teachers of introductory college chemistry."
Sections include Exam Guide, Home Companion, Just Ask Antoine!, Periodic Table, Resources, Tutorials.
By Fred Senese, Frostburg State University

• Just Ask Antoine
  "Got a general chemistry question? Antoine may be able to help."

High School Chemistry Software and Teaching Resources
A listing mostly free educational software.

Interactive Tutorial on Balancing Equations
Created by Yue-Ling Wong, Chemistry Dept. Wake Forest University

The IrYdium Project - (dead link)
Java Enhanced Chemical Education
"...develop educational software that can be integrated flexibly into introductory chemistry courses nationwide. Our goal is to create simulation-based learning environments where college and high school students can approach chemistry more like practicing scientists and see interesting real-world applications of key concepts."
- Dept. of Chemistry, Carnegie Mellow University

Lenntech - Periodic Table
"It differs from other periodic table sites in that it carries health and environmental effects for the most important elements. It is also presented in five languages."

A Look Inside the Atom
Center for History of Physics

Molecular Database/Library
Includes their 3-D Virtual Chemistry Library with 150 molecules. Can be slow to load

Molecule of the Month

Mr. Guch's Cavalcade o' Chemistry
"...lesson plans, labs, worksheets, activities, handouts, and tests for any other teacher to use."
A very useful site for high school students & teachers.
By Ian Guch

National Academy Press (free online versions)

Global Instructional Chemistry

Nobel e-Museum - Chemistry

• Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911 - Marie Curie - (dead link)
  Sections include: Biography ; Nobel Lecture ; Banquet Speech ; Swedish Nobel Stamps ; Article ; Other Resources.

Ohio State University Chemistry Dept. - Organic Chemistry Resources
Maintained by Todd Lowary

• Electronic Organic Chemistry Flash Cards
  "These flashcards will help you learn and practice many aspects of organic chemistry. We have constructed flashcard decks for each topic to the left. Each time you visit, the decks will be shuffled for you."

On-line Introductory Chemistry
By Dr. Walt Volland, Bellevue Community College

The Online Macromolecular Museum (OMM)
"...is a site for the display and study of macromolecules. Macromolecular structures, as discovered by crystallographic or NMR methods, are scientific objects in much the same sense as fossil bones or dried specimens: they can be archived, studied, and displayed in aesthetically pleasing, educational exhibits...The OMM's exhibits are interactive tutorials on individual molecules in which hypertextual explanations of important biochemical features are linked to illustrative renderings of the molecule at hand."

Organic Chemistry Help
Sections of this well organized site include: Tutorials ; Mechanisms ; Organic Help ; Relevant Links ; Practice Tests ; Message Board.
By Arthur Winter, Chemistry Dept., Frostburg State University

Organic Chemistry OnLine Tutorial - (dead link)
"This tutorial consists of a series of short reviews, followed by problems and exercises on that topic"
By Paul R. Young, University of Illinois at Chicago

PBS NOVA - Forgotten Genius
Companion website to the February 2007 TV broadcast. Watch episode online. Includes Teacher's Guide and Library Resource Kit.
"Against all odds, African-American chemist Percy Julian became one of the greatest scientists of the 20th century...is a fascinating and largely unknown story of scientific triumph and racial inequality. It covers the extraordinary life journey of Percy Julian, one of the great chemists of the 20th century."

The Pictorial Periodic Table - (dead link)
"This website is an interactive periodic table with a comprehensive database of element properties, which can be searched and collated in novel and useful ways. Pictures of elements and compounds are being taken and collected into the database. Periodic table art, music and educational games are available. A huge listing of other periodic tables on the internet is on this website, sorted and annotated...Nuclear chemistry buffs will find information on over 2600 isotopes of the elements. Radioactive decay can be illustrated for most unstable nuclides."
By Chris Heilman

Resources for Chemistry Educators
"This site provides annotated Web links to instructional materials and other resources of interest to Chemistry teachers and course designers. The links are carefully selected to represent what this author considers to be the most useful and exemplary resources. Special emphasis is placed on CAI lessons, digital text, Web-based tutorials and similar materials that can serve as alternatives to traditional methods of instruction."
Maintained by Steve Lower, Dept. of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University.

The Second Law of Thermodynamics
A general introduction to entropy.
By Frank L. Lambert, Occidental College

Theoretical Chemistry
A Self-Guided Introduction for College Students
"This web site is intended to provide college science majors with a brief introduction to the field of theoretical chemistry, both in a historical context and as it is practiced today. It is also designed to offer practicing chemists and other scientists perspective about how this field can impact their own."
By Jack Simons, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah

Understanding Our Planet Through Chemistry - (dead link)
"This U.S. Geological Survey site shows how chemists and geologists use analytical chemistry to: determine the age of the Earth; show an extraterrestrial body collided with the Earth; predict volcanic eruptions; observe atmospheric change over millions of years; and document damage by acid rain and pollution of the Earth's surface."
Compiled by Joseph E. Taggart, Jr.

University of Oxford - Access to Chemistry

• Virtual Chemistry
  "The Oxford VR Group is developing a three-dimensional simulated laboratory for the teaching of chemistry. This laboratory will be modelled using virtual reality techniques and it will contain interactive multimedia experiments...Essentially, the student will be able to move around the lab in a web browser window and choose to take part in experiments that are distributed around this virtual lab."

Women in Chemistry - Her Lab in Your Life
- Chemical Heritage Foundation

World Lecture Hall - Chemistry
"The World Lecture Hall (WLH) contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials. For example, you will find course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks, etc."

 

 

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