Web Resources for Chemistry Teachers

• General Sites

• Chemistry Web Resources
  http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~grichert/sciweb/chem.html
  A wealth of resources for both teachers and students. Includes many of the other sites listed on this page
• The Catalyst: Chemistry Resources for Teachers
  http://www.thecatalyst.org
  Developed for secondary school teachers as a resource for finding relevant information for use in the teaching of chemistry
• Amazing Chemistry Teacher Resources
  http://www.nclark.net/Chemistry
• ChemEd Collaborative
  http://wiki.chemeddl.org/index.php/Main_Page
  A wiki intended to be a place to contribute, share, and organize chemistry education materials. A project of the National Science Digital Library
• Chemistry in Everyday Life
  http://chemistry.about.com/od/everydaychemistry/Chemistry_in_Everyday_Life.htm
  Learn about chemistry as it relates to everyday life
• Chemistry Activities
  http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/teachers/chemistry/activities.shtml
  A page of activities for chemistry teachers from the BBC
• National Chemistry Week
  http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=1033&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1
  Clink on the link to Promotional Materials to get ideas for this year.
  Click on the link to Past Themes to get to lots of resources, both print and electronic



• Periodic Table

• Visual Elements ( Royal Society of Chemistry)
  http://www.rsc.org/chemsoc/visualelements//
• Chemicool Periodic Table
  http://www-tech.mit.edu/Chemicool/
• WebElements
  http://www.webelements.com/index.html



• Animations

• Chemistry Film Studio
  http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/FilmStudio/fshome.htm
  A library of interesting chemical reactions and demonstrations in the form of Quicktime movies. Mainly targeted at schools.
• Chemistry Animations
  http://www.educypedia.be/education/chemistryjava.htm
  A list of animations available on the web.
• Top 10 Amazing Chemistry Videos
  http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/03/top-10-amazing.html
• Chemistry Animations and Power Points
  http://facweb.eths.k12.il.us/weinerj/
  Viewable files addressing a variety of introductory chemistry topics. Permission granted for classroom use only.
• Chemistry Animations and Movies on the World Wide Web
  http://www.klte.hu/~lenteg/animate.html
  A list of links to animation and movie files
• Chemistry Animations
  http://dwb4.unl.edu/ChemAnime/index.htm
  Animations require Macromedia Shockwave Player.
• Chemistry-Based Quick Time Movies, Animations, and Streaming Audio
  http://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/sound.html
  Animations supporting teaching of concepts in chemistry for freshman through graduate level courses.



• How Things Work

• How Things Work
  http://chemistry.about.com/od/howthingswork/How_Things_Work.htm
  “Find out how it works, what it means, and where it came from. Chemistry questions answered, mysteries unveiled.”
• Chemistry of How Things Work : Decisions – Good and Bad that Bring Chemistry into our Lives
  http://chemcases.com
  Lessons relating chemistry to responsible decision making in our new century.
• How Stuff Works “Chemistry Channel”
  http://science.howstuffworks.com/chemistry-channel.htm
  Everyday chemistry, from chlorine bleach to helium, and even why chocolate turns tray.



• Quizzes, Problem Sets, Games and Puzzles

• CHEMystery
  http://library.thinkquest.org/3659
  A virtual chemistry textbook meant to be an interactive guide for high school chemistry students.
• Jefferson Lab Games & Puzzles
  http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.php
  A collection of science games, including lots of games involving the elements.
• Chemistry Quiz Activities & Games
  http://www.syvum.com/squizzes/chem
  Free online interactive quizzes and science games
• Creative Chemistry
  http://www.creative-chemistry.org.uk
  Worksheets and teaching notes for fun activities plus three hundred pages of questions sheets and practical guides. A British site.
• Chemistry Interactive Quiz Directory
  http://www.sciencegeek.net/Chemistry/taters/directory.shtml
  Practice concepts and vocabulary.
• Chemistry Games
  http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/Elementsgames.htm
  These eight online games teach you the chemical elements, periodic table, and more.
• Quia - Chem
  http://www.quia.com/shared/chem/
  Shared Activities chemistry game section. A long list of games of all sorts, searchable.

Prepared by
Kitty Porter
July 7, 2008