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Awesome Library: This site provides information for chemistry and physics teachers. |
Chem4Kids: Lots of fun and excitement for kids to do chemistry from Discovery. |
ChemCollective - online resources for teaching and learning Chemistry, from NSDL |
ChemFinder: Search to your hearts content for chemical information |
Chemistry Experiments for Kids: at home experiments you can do to learn basic chemical concepts. Great for young children or homeschooling. Lots of experiments with exciting results. |
CHEMISTRY.ORG/KIDS: American Chemical Society focuses on bringing key chemistry and physical science concepts to the primary level classroom. The site gives activity ideas from teachers, assessment and standards issues, classroom management ideas, and more. All of the ideas come from teachers that have used these activities in their classroom. |
Creative Chemistry: Worksheets and activities for young children and older children alike. |
| Concepts: Principles of Aeronautics: Lessons that demonstrate Newton's Laws of force and motion in action. |
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Forensics in the Classroom: a recently updated five unit curriculum for high school chemistry classes, available for teachers on Court TV's website. (FREE RESOURCE) |
Holography Film: Through Integraf, provides film and activities for students and teachers. |
How Stuff Works!: This page provides a wealth of information on a variety of physics projects (everything from how zippers work to how GPS receivers work). Highlighted subcategory: How Atoms Work talks about subatomic particles and the principles behind the atom. |
Kinetic City: Games, Acitivities and More all about science sponsored by the American Physics Association. Great resource for young grade school children. |
Little Shop of Physics: Located at Colorado State University, this site offers a multitude of physics activities that can be done without extensive knowledge of the subject matter. Ideas for science fair projects and teachers are also provided. (All) |
Mathmol Hypermedia Textbook: A K-12 guide to the world of molecules and their connections to mathematics. A good electronic textbook containing sets of tutorials on mass, volume, measurement, atomic structure and the slape of molecules. Includes links to hundreds of photos of molecular models, especially organics. |
Matter: This module will introduce you to many of the basic properties of matter including atoms, ions, elements, molecules, and density. |
Molecule of the Month: Each month a new focus molecule is introduced to a growing list of molecules. Includes links to informational pages about each molecule. |
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Physics for Fun! Curriculum and Videotapes: Set of 5 videos and activity guides for $100. Individual units also available. Units included are: 1. The Convection Connection: Thermal Dynamics. 2. Electricity. 3. Force and Motion. 4. Light. 5. Sound. Designed for grades 4-8. To order from University of Colorado office call 303-492-8640. |
| Physics Front: A selection of activities for pre-college physics teachers with a series of selected focus activities. |
Physics 4 Kids: Online resource provides information on motion, thermodynamics, light. electricity, and much more. |
Science in the Box Proctor and Gamble has created a website, that presents the science of laundry and cleaning products in an entertaining way to inform people about issues that are relevant to them or to the environment. |
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The Science House: works to increase the use and impact of hands-on learning technologies in mathematics and science |
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