Matter Directory

Chemistry Standards
Matter Syllabus
Lectures

Lecture 1
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Lecture 2
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Lecture 3
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Labs
Demonstrations
Oobleck PowerPoint
Ice Cream PowerPoint
Rock Candy
Discovering Density PowerPoint
Phases of Matter PowerPoint
How Do 3 Substances Compare? PowerPoint

Take Home Exam
Cross word puzzle words

Web cites for study:

Click on "Atoms" to see a movie about them, and to play an atomic quiz
http://www.brainpop.com/science/seeall.weml
A guide to atoms and subatomic particles
http://www.particleadventure.org/frameless/startstandard.html
Click on "Spectroscope of an atom" and "Paper cutting" to learn about atoms
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/phantom/
Scroll down to "A Model of Matter" in the table of contents to learn about atomic
structure and bonding. (New site address)
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/middle_home.html
Lots of information about electrons
http://www.iop.org/Physics/Electron/Exhibition/
Click on "Elements as Atoms" from the list on the left-hand side for pictures and detailed information
http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/index.pl
Read the Atom Builder Guides, then build your own carbon atom.
You can also scroll to the bottom of the screen for links to famous scientists such as Niels Bohr.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom/
Explore a particle accelerator laboratory
http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/
Browse Oxford University's selection of "Molecules of the Month",
including "Molecules in a Coffee Cup"
http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/mom/motmtext.html
Learn about unusual "mirror molecules"
http://americanhistory.si.edu/hosc/molecule/
An interactive online lesson about molecules
http://ippex.pppl.gov/ippex/module_3/molecule.html
Good introduction to the states of matter
http://www.chem4kids.com/matter/index.html
Click on "The Kinetic Theory of matter" for a description and illustrations
http://www.members.aol.com/ChangChem3/CALbasicROR1.html
A simple animated explanation of how particles behave in a solid, a liquid and a gas
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/states_of_matter/
Find out how to make an oozy substance that can't decide if it's a solid or a liquid
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ooze.html
Learn more about the properties of gases in balloons
http://www.omsi.edu/explore/physics/air/
An online lesson on the states of matter
http://ippex.pppl.gov/ippex/module_3/states.html
Learn about the technology that keeps ice frozen at an ice-rink
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ice-rink.htm
Click on "Snowflake physics" for detailed information and pictures
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/
See pictures of erupting geysers
http://www.nps.gov/yell/press/images/steamboatpics/index.htm
Find out why salt melts ice
http://antoine.fsu.umd.edu/chem/senese/101/solutions/faq/why-salt-melts-ice.shtml
See how various elements change phase at different temperatures
http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/phases/