Mrs. Carlson's List of Cool Websites!

Please let me know if you find a link that no longer exists or if you found a cool one to add to the list!  Thanks!

Click here to access any website we might use in class.

The websites below are other resources you might find helpful.

Chemistry Web Sites

q    Webelements; Great for general information about all the elements

o      http://www.webelements.com

q       Fordham prep school great site lots of links

o       http://www.fordhamprep.com/gcurran/misc/links.htm

q       Purdue University General Chemistry Home Page (See the lecture notes)

o       http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/index.html

q       Professor N. DeLeon; good site for visual concepts

o        http://www.iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/index.html

q       Schoolchem.com; Great for general definitions and quick help;

o        http://www.schoolchem.com/usop1.htm

Scientific Method

o       http://www3.district125.k12.il.us/natsci/SciMeth.htm

States of Matter

q       Matter stuff

o       http://www3.district125.k12.il.us/natsci/unit3.html

q       Density stuff

o       http://www.fordhamprep.com/gcurran/sho/sho/lessons/lesson27.htm   (calculations)

        q       Kinetic Molecular Theory

o       http://comp.uark.edu/~jgeabana/mol_dyn/KinThI.html

o       http://www.gamequarium.com/matter.html  (A really good site for matter games too!)

o       http://qldscienceteachers.tripod.com/junior/quizzes/chem_matter.html

o       http://www.1001-periodic-table-quiz-questions.com/quiz/k-12/states_of_matter_1.html    

Elements, Compounds, Mixtures

q       Element compound Mixture Quiz

o      http://www.darvill.clara.net/hotpots/emc.htm

q       Review of Elements, compounds, mixtures; 

o       http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/genchem/topicreview/bp/ch2/mixframe.html

q       Concept map stuff

o       http://www.iun.edu/~cpanhd/C101webnotes/matter-and-energy/elscmpdsmxts.html

q       General definitions of element, compound, mixture and separation techniques of mixtures

o        http://www.schoolchem.com/xe1.htm

Chemical and Physical Changes

q       A good site for a quick online quiz.

o       http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/lmaki/Chem150-99/chapters/chapter1/lessons/phys_chem/phy_c_1.htm

q       Basic lesson with chemical and physical changes and worksheets and quizzes.

o       http://www.fordhamprep.com/gcurran/sho/sho/lessons/lesson15.htm

Atomic and Quantum mechanics

q       A good site for orbitals.

o       http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/a2.html

Nuclear Sites

Nuclear Decay with Animations and the Band of Stability

q       http://207.10.97.102/chemzone/lessons/11nuclear/nuclear.htm

q       http://207.10.97.102/chemzone/lessons/11nuclear/default.htm

q       http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/Conservation/page30.htm

q       http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/nucreact/

Bonding Sites

Polar Bonds and Electronegativity, shapes of molecules, geometry, etc. Both are excellent self guided sites.

q       http://www.ucdsb.on.ca/tiss/stretton/chem2/arch13.htm 

q       http://wine1.sb.fsu.edu/chm1045/chm1045.htm 

q       http://207.10.97.102/chemzone/lessons/03bonding/default.htm

Organic Chem Sites

Rules for naming alkanes

q       http://www.westga.edu/~chem/courses/chem1151/lectures/111De1ch11/sld013.htm (Very good site)

q       http://www.bsc.nodak.edu/power/onlinec/prop235/alkanes.htm

q       http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/orgchem/alkanes.html

Oxidation/Reduction Chemistry Sites

q       Batteries 101: http://www.rahq.com/images/batteries_101/Batteries_101.htm

q       How Batteries work:  http://www.open2.net/science/roughscience/library/batteries.htm

q       How Batteries work2: http://www.howstuffworks.com/battery.htm

q       How Batteries work4 (Lots more links): http://www.howstuffworks.com/battery5.htm

q       Lemon Battery Stuff

·        California lemons: http://www.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=battery.htm&url=http://members.aol.com/dswart/index.html

·        Dr. Dan’s Lemon Batteries:  http://www.howstuffworks.com/framed.htm?parent=battery.htm&url=http://members.aol.com/dswart/index.html

q       Caveman Chemistry: http://cator.hsc.edu/%7Ekmd/caveman/projects/battery/index.html

q       Energizer sites

·        Home:  http://www.energizer.com/learning/default.asp

·        Animations of how batteries work: http://www.energizer.com/learning/howbatterieswork.asp

  q       Rechargeable batteries:  http://www.calpoly.edu/~cm/studpage/eking/recharge.htm