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Matter
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The Atom In this interactive activity from ChemThink, take a closer look at atomic structure, properties, and behaviors.
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6-12 |
Interactive |
Chemical Bonds This interactive activity developed for Teachers' Domain demonstrates how attractive forces between atoms create chemical bonds, resulting in the formation of molecules and compounds.
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9-12 |
Interactive |
Cooking with Sugar Find out about the chemistry of candy and how sugar reacts at different temperatures to become fudge, caramel, lollipops, and more in this interactive activity adapted from the Exploratorium.
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5-8 |
Interactive |
Covalent Bonding This interactive activity from ChemThink takes a closer look at a covalent bond—how it is formed and how the sharing of two electrons can keep atoms together.
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9-12 |
Interactive |
Design a Liquid Fuel Rocket Engine Learn about rocket engines, and then design and launch a liquid fuel rocket in this interactive activity adapted from NASA. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Design an Ion EngineLearn about ions and then design an ion engine to maximize thrust in this interactive activity adapted from NASA. |
9-12 |
Interactive |
Design: Building a HouseThis collection of images follows the process of building a house from cutting the trees and making the bricks to finishing construction. |
K-8 |
Interactive |
Disappearing Milk A magician pours milk into a glass, but when he turns the glass upside down, nothing comes out. How does he do it? Discover the science behind the "magic" in this video adapted from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
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4-12 |
Interactive |
Dissolving Salts in Water In this interactive activity adapted from Iowa State University, design and carry out an experiment: dissolve salts in water, see how different ionic compounds produce different reactions, and observe the resulting changes in temperature.
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8-12 |
Interactive |
Dust Explosion In these videos adapted from the Journal of Chemical Education, observe how a material that is usually hard to ignite becomes very flammable when its particles are suspended in air.
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6-12 |
Interactive |
Electric Charges InteractExperiment with electric charges to find out how they interact in this interactive activity adapted from NASA. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Gas Properties In this interactive simulation adapted from University of Colorado’s Physics Education Technology project, change parameters and discover how the properties of a gas vary in relation to each other.
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6-12 |
Interactive |
Graphing the Periodic Table This interactive activity from the American Chemical Society presents the properties and electron configurations for all the elements in the periodic table. Discover patterns by plotting the elements' properties according to their place in the table.
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9-12 |
Interactive |
Ionic Bonding In this interactive activity from ChemThink, learn how ionic bonds are formed and how an ionic bond structure is represented by its formula.
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9-12 |
Interactive |
Metals in Hydrochloric Acid In this interactive activity adapted from Iowa State University, observe how hydrochloric acid dissolves some metals to form oxidized metal chlorides and hydrogen gas.
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9-12 |
Interactive |
Mixing Colors InteractiveChildren learn the basics of mixing primary colors in this original interactive. |
Pre-K-1 |
Interactive |
Molecular Shapes In this interactive activity from ChemThink, learn about covalent molecules and how the VSEPR theory predicts the shapes of covalently-bonded molecules.
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9-12 |
Interactive |
Particulate Nature of Matter In this interactive activity from ChemThink, examine the basic properties of matter at an atomic level and consider how various atoms affect the way a substance behaves.
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6-12 |
Interactive |
Periodic Table of the ElementsThis interactive periodic table developed for Teachers' Domain provides detailed information about the chemical properties of elements and illustrates the electron configurations that determine those characteristics. |
6-12 |
Interactive |
Ringed-Carbon Compounds In this interactive activity adapted from NOVA, learn about alkaloids and steroids, both examples of compounds with carbon rings. Short videos with interviews,
animations, and photographs are featured.
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9-12 |
Interactive |
