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The UN has declared 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry. Activities on this site throughout the year hope to re-introduce chemistry to people throughout the world - to show that chemistry is inseparable from our lives and from modern society.

NBC Learn and the National Science Foundation have launched Chemistry Now, a series of rich media resources that can be used in, and out, of the classroom to engage kids in chemistry. High quality videos with interesting topics.

"Chemistry Add-in for Word...Empowering students, teachers, and chemists to author documents easily in the language of chemistry"

"We tell the history of chemistry."

website from the British Pharmaceutical industry. Interactive sims for chemistry and biology. Periodic table activities and population studies are two good ones here.

"Here you will find exemplary digital resources, tools, and online services-your 24:7 aid for teaching and learning chemistry. A collaborative, community-driven effort, ChemEd DL is the place for sharing your work and benefitting from what others have done."

Free chemistry and science videos

"Investigate the world of atoms and molecules through hands-on inquiry-based activities and molecular model animations."

bsorb is a series of interactive online courses for secondary schools, covering physics, chemistry, electronics, mathematics and advanced physics. Our unique simulations, interactive animations, and videos, are linked by an involving narrative, providing the basis for an interactive learning experience. Each title offers a huge amount of interactivity - ranging from simple animations that show hidden concepts, to powerful models that allow flexible experimentation. Each title is well-suited to self-study or review, or provides a framework to teach in front of the whole class on a whiteboard.

Calculator Soup collects all sorts of online calculators in one free site. Calculators range from basic to complicated and have specific functions like conversion, time, finance, and chemistry. A great tool for students who do not have specific calculators or forget them.

This is a really KOOL site. Check out the "activity" portion of the subject areas. This is from Britain but wonderful. I liked the Chemistry "Atoms Metals Rocks and Fuels" > activity!

Free k12 school resources on math, history, social studies, science, living things, space, reading, writing, art and music for k12 students and teachers. Math Basic arithmetic, measurement, shapes, counting number, money, and word problems. Science & Technology Computers, technology, physics, chemistry and engineering for Kindergarten Kids, K-1, and K-2 students. Living Things Free educational resources on living things includes animals, the human body, plants and safety. Art & Music Arts and Music includes art history, music, painting, drawing, theatre and dance. Social Studies social studies includes geography, famous people, holidays and world cultures. Earth Science Geology, oceanography, weather, nature and the environment for kindergarten kids, K-1, and K-2 students. Reading & Writing Language arts includes reading, writing, grammar, poetry, alphabet, and online stories. History America history, world history, and ancient history. U.S. History & Culture Education resources on America includes United States history, government, geography and culture. Space The universe, solar system, stars and space exploration.

Fun, interactive, research-based simulations of physical phenomena from the PhET project at the University of Colorado.

"From this site you can see live data that is transmitted from the Space Station to Mission Control. On the Educators link it has lesson plans on how to use the data in the classroom." Shared by Jeff Williams.

Periodic Table of the elements in QR codes. Each code links to a YouTube video about the element.

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This goes along with Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus at http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/ to teach appropriate resources on the internet.

The resources are designed to be used as rich sources of visually stimulating material, making use of both animations and drag and drop interactivity. The appropriate Key Stage is indicated for each resource.

This is a jump off point for the Rader pages devoted to sciences and math. Biology4Kids Chem4Kids Cosmos4Kids Physics4Kids NumberNut.com Geography4Kids Mostly informational and two-dimensional