Chemistry

Virtual Dating - Java introduction to different kinds of radioactive dating, including radiocarbon and isochron dating.
http://www.sciencecourseware.org/VirtualDating/

What's That Stuff? - Explains the chemistry behind food, cleaning products, and everyday items like lipstick and paper.
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff.html

Delights of Chemistry - Chemistry Demonstrations Performed in Leeds - Chemistry demonstrations performed at the University of Leeds. Movies, photos, and text that explain chemical reactions are available within this site.
http://www.chem.leeds.ac.uk/delights/

Learn Chemistry - Tutorials, tests, problems, and tools for learning basic and organic chemistry.
http://www.learnchem.net

Mirror Molecules - Some molecules come in mirror-image pairs: a right-handed one and a left-handed one. This Smithsonian site helps kids grades 5 and up learn more about the structure of molecules.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/kids/molecule/

Chemistry and You - European Chemical Industry Council helps students understand how chemistry is present everywhere in our daily life. [Flash required]
http://www.chemistryandyou.org/

VC2: Your Virtual Chemistry Club - Introduces high school students to the challenges and excitement of the molecular science.
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=vc2%5cindex.html

The pH Factor - Virtual chemistry lab about the pH scale.
http://www.miamisci.org/ph/

Saving the National Treasures - NOVA television program explores the techniques used to preserve the original Declaration of Independence, Constitution and Bill of Rights of the United States.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/charters/

Polymers: They're Everywhere - Explains what polymers are, where they're found, and why they're important. From National Geographic.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/resources/ngo/education/plastics/index.html

ChemShorts for Kids - Learn about chemical reactions with some fun projects. From the Chicago section of the American Chemical Society.
http://membership.acs.org/C/Chicago/ChmShort/kidindex.html

Java Applets for Chemistry - Java and Shockwave programs allow students to conduct virtual experiments.
http://www.edinformatics.com/il/il_chem.htm

Who Invented the Thermometer? - Timeline showing the invention of the thermometer and the history of the different temperature scales.
http://www.brannan.co.uk/thermometers/invention.html

Interactive and Illustrated Chemistry - Provides a periodic table with electronegativity, orbitals, and oxidation number.
http://profmokeur.ca/chemistry/

Chemistry Resources - Find links to quizzes, tutorials, periodic tables, and chemical safety.
http://sciencepage.org/chem.htm

Newton & Kelvin's Laboratory - Have fun learning about chemistry with games, easy experiments, special feature, cram sheet and periodic table.
http://www.chemed.org/kids/

Chemistry of Tie-Dying - Background of the chemistry of dyes as examples of molecules, and the reaction between cotton and dye as a perfect example of a simple chemical reaction.
http://www.pburch.net/dyeing/chemistry_reactivedyes_lesson.shtml

Chemistry - Thinkquest site offering an overview of atoms, molecules, phases of matter, acids, bases, and elements. Includes games, quizzes, bibliography, and glossary.
http://library.thinkquest.org/J001539/

Chemistry - An Introduction - Information, quizzes and activities that provide an introduction to chemistry. Topics include atoms, molecules, gases, liquids, formulas, and the periodic table.
http://www.mcwdn.org/chemist/chemist.html

The Kids' Macrogalleria - Explains what a polymer is, what it's used for, and how we can make things out of them.
http://www.pslc.ws/macrog/kidsmac/

Chemistry Help Page - Online quizzes, notes, and interactive links.
http://www.tps.k12.mi.us/staff/eferwerda/Chem_help_page.htm

Global Instructional Chemistry - A collection of resource references on various topics in chemistry.
http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/GIC/