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Web Resources: Click on "Mixtures" to test different solutes and solvents in Stella's Action Lab. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sia/game_index.html Click on "Home demos", then select "Marvelous marbling". Use the fact that oil and water do not mix to make marbled paper http://nyelabs.kcts.org/openNyeLabs.html Use the immiscible properties of two liquids to make a glitter toy http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/glitter.html Try this simple experiment to find out how heat affects the speed at which a solid dissolves in a liquid http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~coalitn/sciedoutreach/funexperiments/ quickndirty/hyperchem//soltemp.html Find out how to write chemical formula http://www.goodnet.com/~watsonj/chemistry/ Learn about some compounds that have been of great benefit to humanity http://www.chem.yorku.ca/hall_of_fame/gallery.IE.htm Type in a compound's name for molecular models and basic information http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/compounds/library.shtml Play a game matching common compounds to their chemical names http://www.quia.com/mc/65904.html Information about naming compounds http://library.thinkquest.org/3659/atommole/molecular.html Information about bonds and how chemists represent them http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/bonding/bonding.htm An in-depth look at the different types of bonding http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/5-bonds.htm A comprehensive article that explains bonding in all its different forms http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0811630.html An advanced site that explains the meaning of valency, and gives details of the history of research into the subject http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=76635 Choose "Home Demos" then "Flip Your Lid" for how to make an explosive reaction http://nyelabs.kcts.org/openNyeLabs.html Play a game about balancing equations http://www.dun.org/sulan/chembalancer/ Basic information about chemical reactions http://www.cornwallis.kent.sch.uk/intranet/subjects/science /chemreact/Index.html Go here to find out more about moles http://library.thinkquest.org/3310/nographics/textbook/u01s05.html Try out this exothermic reaction http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko/Experiments/ ExpSteelWoolGeneratingHeat.htm Find out more about rates of reaction http://www.chem4kids.com/reactions/time.html Find out more about catalysts http://members.aol.com/ChangChem3/CALbasicRORcat.html Read about chemical reactions in garlic http://www.pbs.org/ktca/newtons/12/garlic.html How an internal combustion engine works using a chemical reaction http://www.howstuffworks.com/engine1.htm Try this experiment to see the effect of surface area on the rate of reaction http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname =2690&url=2690/exper/exp5.htm Read all about the chemical reactions that take place when you make bread http://www.pbs.org/ktca/newtons/12/bread.html An introduction to acids and bases http://www.chem4kids.com/reactions/acidbase.html In-depth information about acids http://www.purchon.com/chemistry/acids.htm Try this experiment with an acid http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/copper_caper.html Detailed information about papermaking (lye is another name for sodium hydroxide) http://cator.hsc.edu/~kmd/caveman/projects/paper/ Visit the pH Factor Web site for lots of useful information and experiments http://www.miamisci.org/ph/ Go to this Web page for some in-depth information about pH http://www.purchon.com/chemistry/ph.htm This Web page has a list of the pH values of many types of food and drink http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/app3a.html Detailed information about how sulphuric acid is produced http://cator.hsc.edu/~kmd/caveman/projects/acid/ Lots of information about potash, one of the first bases to be discovered http://cator.hsc.edu/~kmd/caveman/projects/potash/