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Standard Grade and Intermediate 1 - Useful Links

• http://www.chem4kids.com/files/atom_intro.html
  Tutorials on elements, Reactions, Atoms and Matter.
  Simple treatment and good for Intermediate 1/Access or General Chemistry.
• http://www.miamisci.org/ph
  Great site for an on-line pH meter to check the pH of household chemicals. Lots of other teaching aids to download too. Use for Intermediate 1/Access 3 chemistry
• http://thecatalyst.org/
  Great for all levels of chemistry. Must be seen!
   
  • Try Resource Links and choose your category.
  • Try Experiments at http://thecatalyst.org/m05demos.html for lots of demos.
  • Try http://www.science-house.org/learn/CountertopChem/ for some excellent pupil experiments and teacher demos.
  • Try Periodic Table to get a huge list.
  • Scrolling down gives links such as:
     
    • http://www.privatehand.com/flash/elements.html Download a song about the elements.
    • http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/elementgames.html lots of games such as Element Hangman, Cross word Puzzles and Who Wants to be a Millionaire etc.
• http://mc2.cchem.berkeley.edu/Rasmol/v2.6/
  Get RasMol. This is an application to display and rotate organic molecules in 3-D
• http://lightning.chem.wwu.edu/dept/vmolckit/molecule.html
  Gives molecules to display in RasMol.
• http://people.ouc.bc.ca/woodcock/molecule/molecule.html
  Lots more molecules for RasMol
• http://www.geneinfinity.org/rastop/
  Get a free application program to work on Rasmol molecules so they can be pasted into activity sheets.
  See also Links Topic for instructions on how to use it.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/
  The homepage for subjects.

Use for Standard Grade and Intermediate 1/Access 3 (some materials also useful for 5-14).

Chemistry is to be found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/chemistry/

Choose your category to find teaching resources. e.g. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/chemistry/structure/index.shtml

Choose the ‘Revise’ button from ‘Compounds and Chemical Change’ to give

Links to compounds, chemical reactions, elements and an on-line quiz about these topics

Choosing the ‘Revise’ button from Separation Techniques at this link gives a choice of short movies on filtration, distillation etc plus a glossary of useful terms.

Choosing the ‘Revise’ button from ‘Atomic Structure or ‘Electron shells gives a good explanation of the structure of atoms.

Choosing the ‘Revise’ button from Particles: Foundation gives some nice simple movies of the movement of particles in solids, liquids and gases.

• http://www.bmweducation.co.uk/
  Link to a free video on hydrogen powered cars and downloads of teaching materials on Non-renewable and Renewable energy resources.
  Use for Intermediate 1/access 3 Chemistry, Standard Grade and Higher (Fuel Cells - Unit 2).
• http://www.chemicalelements.com/
  A periodic table with links to the Melting Points, Date of discovery etc of the elements.
  Standard Grade and Intermediate 1/Access 3 Chemistry.
• http://www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/index.htm
  Great for Polymers. Choose the level from 1-4. Level 1 is suitable for Intermediate 1/Access 3 and Standard Grade . Level 1 takes the form of a shopping mall with lots of information on uses of polymers.
  Other levels for Standard Grade and Higher on Kevlar, Nomex etc. etc. etc. Well worth a visit.
• http://health.yahoo.com/health/pdr_drugs/a.html
  Use for Unit 3 of Intermediate 1/Access 3 Chemistry.
  Gives an alphabetical list of medicines to browse through for analgesics, painkillers etc.
• http://www.btinternet.com/~antares/tranchem/intro.htm
  Use for Intermediate 1/Access 3 Chemistry Unit 1.
  Gives the Hazard Symbols and an on-line quiz on them
• http://www.chemit.co.uk/portal.aspx
  An RSC sponsored site. All levels of chemistry.
  Gives on-line worksheets and Powerpoint Lectures to download.
• http://www.abpischools.org.uk/
  Use for intermediate 1/Access 3 chemistry. Follow links from 14-16, then Biology and then Medicines and Drugs to get information on illegal and legal drugs.
  Lots of materials for Biology colleagues too.
• http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA0/SAMPMOVS.HTM
  Probably better for Higher although some use in Standard Grade too.
  Lots of movie samples including nitrogen tri-iodide explosion, sodium with chlorine, sodium with acid etc. etc. Needs Quicktime for movies to run.
• http://www.epa.gov/airmarkets/acidrain/index.html#what
  5-14, Standard Grade and Intermediate 1: Information on Acid Rain
• http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/climate.htm
  Direct link to the RSC book on climate change, a copy of which was issued free to all schools.
  This is useful for S/G and for intermediate 1/Access 3.
  It contains student worksheets.
• http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/ChemTeamIndex.html
  All levels of chemistry. Tutorials on various aspects such as Ionic Bonding, Stoichiometry,  Nomenclature, Thermochemistry etc.
• http://www.usborne-quicklinks.com/uk/uk_booknotfound.asp?KeyPhrase=science%20encyclopedia
  These are Internet links to the Usborne Book ‘Science Encyclopedia’

Choose ‘Usborne Science Encyclopedia from the Internet-linked Reference Books list and when the page loads, type in a page number to get a list of Websites and downloadable images on that topic.

Materials can be can be found from pages 10-55: Lots of Stuff for S3-S4 Chemistry

Mixtures and Compounds from pages 58-102: Lots of Stuff for S3-S4 Chemistry

• Chemical Car Race Challenge - coutesy of Peter Johnston, PT Chemistry at Stewart's Melville College Edinburgh - SJohnsonP@ESMGC.COM
   
  • Objectives
  • Teacher Information Sheets
  • Pupil Infosheets
  • Health & Safety Data Sheets
  • Model Car information Sheet
  • Poster
  • Pupil Proposal Form
  • Pupil Order Form

For other useful links see:

• General Interest
• 5-14
• Higher
• Advanced Higher

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