Recommended Websites - for science content knowledge

The following websites have been reviewed by teachers like you, to add to your resources for teaching this unit. You will find sites for both teachers and students. Please let us know if you have any issues with any of the sites or if the links are corrupted. Contact us. Thank you.

States of matter - solids, liquids, gases, and plasma:
http://www.school-for-champions.com/science/matter_states.htm
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/liquids/character.html
http://library.thinkquest.org/10429/high/matter/matterbody.htm#slg
http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/state.html

Introduction to matter - including Bose-Einstein condensates:
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_intro.html

Comparing - in terms of energy:
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_states.html

Phases:
http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/liquids/character2.html
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_changes.html

Liquids - a short quiz:
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_liquid.html

Boiling water in space:
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2001/ast07sep_2/

Solids - a short quiz:
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_solid.html

Gases:
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_gas.html

Plasma:
http://www.chem4kids.com/files/matter_plasma.html
http://public.lanl.gov/alp/plasma/ubiquitous.html
http://www.aldebaran.cz/astrofyzika/plazma/basics_en.html#intro

Miscibility:
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/liquids/faq/miscible-immiscible.shtml

Density:
http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/120Adensity.html

Viscosity:
http://www.princeton.edu/~gasdyn/Research/T-C_Research_Folder/Viscosity_def.html

Dissolving:
http://www.ewart.org.uk/science/structures/str6.htm
http://www.le.ac.uk/education/centres/sci/selfstudy/particle05.html

Hands-On activities -
Virtual experiment:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/solid_liquids.shtml

What is ooze - Is it a liquid or a solid?
http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ooze.html

How many coins can you get to float?
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?boats

Clean up an oil spill:
http://www.tryscience.org/experiments/experiments_begin.html?oilslick