(Note on how I alphabetized: I treated each website name as a title, so a person's name is not alphabetized by last name, but by first name, as it would be if it were in a book title.)
| Website
and URL |
Brief
Description and Important Notes |
Webb's
DoK Levels and Teacher/Student Useability |
http://chemistry.about.com/od/ chemistryatoz/a/aencyclopedia.htm |
About.com's alphabetical list of chemistry topics. Most of them are links to websites with level 1 and level 2 content, but some have level 3 and level 4. While students could use this as a starting point for doing further research, it is most useful as a teacher index. | 1,
2 |
| American
Chemical Society Chemistry Education Portal http://www.chemistry.org/portal /a/c/s/1/educatorsandstudents.html |
I believe the name speaks for
itself. |
1,
2, 3  |
| Ask
a Chemist A joint project of Argonne Laboratory and the U. S. Department of Energy http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/ askasci/chem98.htm |
A list of compiled questions,
with answers provided by various scientists. Students can submit
their own questions to be answered. |
1,
2 |
| Atom
Builder Maintained by WGBH (Boston PBS station) http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/tryit/atom/# |
Interactive atom builder. |
1,
2 |
| Betha
Chemistry Tutorial Maintained by the Ohio State University Department of Chemistry http://www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/betha |
This website currently only has
three topics on it, but the interactive tutorials for these three
topics are so excellent, I had to include the site. It's humor
and irreverence make it an ideal site for students to use. |
2,
3 |
| BPReid.com http://www.bpreid.com/ |
Brian P. Reid is an educational
software developer. This website is meant to get you hooked on
the software, so you will purchase expanded content and
permissions. For this reason, it doesn't have extended
useability, but what is there is very cool and useful. Be sure to
check out the chemistry applets samples (http://www.bpreid.com/samples.html). |
2,
3 |
| The
Catalyst http://www.thecatalyst.org |
A website for teaching all types
of teaching resources. |
2,
3 |
| The
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education Maintained by Stevens Institute of Technology http://www.ciese.org/currichome.html |
Collection of activities
where Teachers lead students do work to collect data that can be added
to data collected by students around the world. Also
has a table of links to other similar sites. |
2,
3 |
| Chem4Kids http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html |
A very comprehensive indexed
collection of chemistry definitions and concepts, explained in clear
and student-friendly language. |
1 |
| Chemistry
In Context Maintained by W. W. Norton http://www.wwnorton.com/college/ chemistry/gilbert/home.htm |
The ancillary textbook for W. W.
Norton's Chemistry In Context.
One of the most easily navigated review websites I came across.
Has clear animated tutorials, with interactive review questions
included in the tutorials. |
2,
3 |
| ChemTutor http://www.chemtutor.com/ |
This website is still being
developed, but it is already a good resource for review for your
students. |
1,
2 |
| Dartmouth
University General Chemistry Laboratory http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chemlab/ info/logistics/info.html |
Built as a resource for
Darthmouth's Gen Chem students, it is a great resource, in general,
with full descriptions of labs, pictures and demonstrations of
procedures, and several chemistry applets. Be sure to check out . . . http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chemlab/chem3-5/index.html (experiments) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chemlab/techniques/buret.html (equipment and procedures) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~chemlab/info/resources/applets.html (applets) |
2,
3 |
| Eric
Weisstein's World of Chemistry http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/chemistry |
Primarily an index of
definitions, this is a very organized website, so is a good source for
students who need some clarification on terms. |
1 |
| Essential
Chemistry Maintained by McGraw Hill http://www.mhhe.com/physsci/ chemistry/essentialchemistry/ |
The on-line ancillary for McGraw
Hill's Essential Chemistry,
2nd Edition. Contains both teacher resources and student
resources. Be sure to check out the flash tutorials. |
1,
2, 3, 4 |
Maintained by Fred Senese http://antoine.frostburg.edu/ chem/senese/101/index.shtml |
A
compilation of a full range of interactive
chemistry materials in an organized, user-friendly format. Be sure to check out . . . http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/tutorials/ for tutorials, drills and quizzes |
1,
2, 3 
|
| Journal
of Chemistry Education http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/Journal/index.html |
The American Chemical Society
Division of Chemical Education Journal, published since 1924. It
is rich in materials, and searchable by topic. |
2,
3 |
| Kevin
Boudreaux's Chemistry Website http://www.angelo.edu/faculty/ kboudrea/demos.htm |
Most of his website is a general
information source, but this particular link has films of
demonstrations of the type of activity that you probably wouldn't do in
a high school class, but which your students would probably enjoy
watching. |
1,
2 |
| The
Learning Matters of Chemistry Maintained by Yue-Ling Wong, Ph.D. http://www.knowledgebydesign.com/tlmc/tlmc.html |
Interactive resources to help
your students better-understand chemistry chemistry concepts, and
further explore chemistry topics. |
1,
2, 4 |
Maintained by Rice University professor Dr. James M. Tour, Chao Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory http://cohesion.rice.edu/naturalsciences/ nanokids/index.cfm |
In general, this site is pretty young for high schoolers (despite the advanced subject), but the idea that they can sign up to review stuff on the website is a cool way to get kids to do further research, and kids always like to prove that someone else is wrong. | 4 |
| National
Science Teachers Association http://www.nsta.org/ |
The website for NSTA. |
2,
3 |
| The
Particle Adventure Supported by U.S. Department of Energy and National Science Foundation http://www.particleadventure.org |
A highly interactive site that
addresses particle physics in language that is accessible to all levels. |
1,
2 |
Maintained by Chemistry Education group at Purdue U. http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu |
A
clear-to-use
collection of demonstrations, tutorials, review information and links
for further research. It is part of the web resources for a
Chemistry
Education program similar to the Penn MCEP program. Not all of the content is interactive, but it is all clear, concise and easy to understand. Be sure to check out . . . http://chemed.chem.purdue.edu/demos/index.html (movies of lectures and demonstrations, indexed by topic) |
1,
2, 3, 4 |
| Reeko's
Mad Scientist Lab http://www.spartechsoftware.com/reeko |
A collection of activities that
can be done in class or at home. |
2,
3 |
| The
Royal Chemistry Society Education Portal http://www.rsc.org/Education/index.asp |
The European counterpart of the
American Chemical Society, this website is rich in information for
students and teachers, just like the ACS ChemEd Portal. Be sure to check out . . . http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/ptdata/welcome.htm and http://www.chemsoc.org/networks/learnnet/ptdata/games/index.htm |
1,
2, 3 |
| Science
Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/ |
A science "newspaper" with a
full range of topics and searchable articles. |
1,
4 |
| SparkNotes http://www.sparknotes.com/home/mathsci/ |
Chemistry links are review pages
and interactive tutorials for students. |
1,
2 |
| Steve
Marsden's Chemistry Resources http://www.chemtopics.com |
Mostly a clearinghouse of links
to other sites, it is well-organized and comprehensive. |
1,
2, 3, 4 |
| ThinkQuest
Website "Chem101" http://library.thinkquest.org/3310/user/index.html |
ThinkQuest is an organization
that runs student contests, challenging students to create websites on
various topics. This was a winning entry, and for good
reason. Despite some graphics glitches, it is rich in content,
and very accessible to students, as it was created by students.
While a teacher could certainly use this website as a source, it is
meant to be a student source, including a chat room where students can
discuss chemistry-related topics. |
1,
2, 3, 4 |
| University
of Missouri-Rolla Chemistry Education Website Maintained by Professor Gary L. Bertrand http://web.umr.edu/~gbert/links.html |
A well-organized collection of simulated experiments, tutorials and review materials. | 2,
3 |
| University
of Oxford Department of Chemistry Virtual Laboratory Maintained by final-year MChem research students at University of Oxford http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/ |
Because of the advanced level of
chemistry discussed on this website, this is best as a teacher
resource. Has movies and demonstrations that can be translated to
the high school classroom. |
2,
3 |
| University
of
Wisconsin Chemistry Education Website (see description for links) |
Rated list of
demonstrations (many movies) http://genchem.chem.wisc.edu/demonstrations (Loreen added this comment about the content--"This website is provided by University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chemistry Department where the Shakhashiri teaches. He has published four great demonstration books and has his own webpage: http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu") Concept summaries, review questions, tutorials http://genchem.chem.wisc.edu/sstutorial/FunChem.htm |
2,
3 |
| Vision
Learning http://www.visionlearning.com/library/ |
A comprehensive collection of
lesson, activities and tutorials. Be sure to check out . . . http://web.visionlearning.com/dalton_playhouse/ad_loader.html |
1,
2, 3, 4 |
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Summer 2007