Background Links

The following links provide interactive lessons and activities on matter and other science concepts.

 

Interactive Period Tables

The following links are interactive Periodic Tables. They vary in complexity and are primarily for teacher background information.

 

Chemical Elements.com

http://www.chemicalelements.com

Chemicool Periodic Table Of The Elements

http://www-tech.mit.edu/Chemicool/

An Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements

http://ecole.le-village.com/okapi/periodic.htm

Interactive Table of the Elements (developed by high school students)

http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/schs/periodic.html

A Periodic Table

http://www.dreamwv.com/primer/page/s_pertab.html

The Chemical Elements

http://www.ucc.ie/ucc/depts/chem/dolchem/html/elem/periodic.html

 

Additional Science Sites

Some of these sites have materials to support the matter unit, and some are examples of good online science resources and lessons

 

Miami Museum of Science

http://www.miamisci.org

The Museum promotes science literacy and serves as a catalyst for continued science exploration by providing science education in a stimulating, enjoyable, non-threatening environment. The activities of the museum include many online learning experiences.

 

Science Learning Network

http://www.sln.org

Online Educational Resources (SLN) SLN is an online community of educators, students, schools, science museums and other institutions demonstrating a new model for inquiry science education. The project incorporates inquiry-based teaching approaches, telecomputing, collaboration among geographically dispersed teachers and classrooms, and Internet/World.

 

General Chemistry Online

http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/

This rich resource for students and teachers of introductory chemistry includes interactive course guides and tutorials, an exam survival guide, reference tables, self-grading quizzes and exams, a searchable glossary, a question & answer board, answers to over 300 frequently asked questions,and a chemical trivia quiz. Created by Dr. Fred Senese, chemistry professor at Frostburg State University in Maryland.

 

The Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits.

 

The Explorer

http://explorer.scrtec.org/explorer/

The ExplorerTM is a collection of educational resources (instructional software, lab activities, lesson plans, student created materials ...) for K-12 mathematics and science education. Many resources are available in the Adobe Acrobat format that is readable by Macintosh, Windows and other OSs. The Explorer is being developed jointly by the Great Lakes Collaborative and the University of Kansas UNITE group to involve educators and students in creating and using multimedia resources for active learning and "on time" delivery. The U.S. Department of Education OERI office has supported the Explorer research and development efforts.

 

The Franklin Institute Science Museum

http://www.fi.edu/tfi/welcome.html

This is a collection of science resources and some online activities.

 

You Can With Beakman and Jax

http://www.beakman.com/

This is Beakman Place and Jax Place's place on the World Wide Web. This online site is an extension of the television show Beakman's World. It includes online science explorations as well as answers to many science questions.

 

Cool Science for Curious Kids

http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/

The goal of this project is simple: to help children appreciate science. We looked at some of the best science projects from some of the best museums in the country. Then we adapted them for the Web. Some of these activities are entirely electronic. Others require the use of the kitchen or backyard. They are designed for students in kindergarten through second or third grade.

 

 

 

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