Chemistry Help Websites:

"Atom" a BBC Documentary  This is a fantastic series of videos produced by the BBC explaining the history of atomic theory that leads to our current understanding of the structure and function of the atom.  We will view these videos in class. 

• Part 1 of 3 - The Clash of the Titans
• Part 2 of 3 - The Key to The Cosmos
• Part 3 of 3 - The Illusion of Reality

WebElements: the Periodic Table on the Web  This is a great website for finding just about anything you might want to know about ANY element.  This is the main website for the Giant Periodic Table Project (the Chemistry classes will do this project in Sept.).  

• A few words of caution: this is a British website, and they do not use the same names or categories for the groups that we do here in the US. For instance, all elements in the middle of the table are known as "Transition Metals" in the US. On this website, some elements are called "Coinage Metals," and other have "none" as their group name! All elements belong to a group! Also, they write electron configuration in a different order than we do, making it wrong, as far as Mrs. Nalli is concerned!

Chemical Elements.com: An Online, Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements   Another great PT website. Use this as a companion website to webelements.com.  Created by an 8th grader back in 1996 (updated many times since then).

Ptable.com: A Dynamic Periodic Table  Another great PT website.  This site allows you to click on an element and retrieve data from Wikipedia (which is usually safe for science data, unlike other subjects).  A bit more complicated than webelements.com, but still easy to use.  By clicking on the properties tab, you can see all the properties of an element at once, then see trends across the table for that property.

PeriodicTable.com: The Definitive Pictorial Guide to the Elements  Theodore Gray's excellent guide to the elements, in beautiful picture form.  Lots of pictures of uses of the elements available here, as well as many, many pictures of the elements in their pure form (chunks of elements, etc.)

Applet Collection  This webpage has over 30 applets to help illustrate various Chemistry and Physics concepts, such as nuclear decay, wave properties, motion and forces, inclined planes, etc.

FSU Mag Lab Atomic Orbitals  An illustration of how electron orbitals fill space around the nucleus of an atom.

Fun with Alkanes This applet shows how the melting and boiling points of the alkane series of compounds changes as the chain gets longer (more C are added).

Nomenclature Matching Game  A fun way to quiz yourself on ionic and covalent nomenclature.

Boyle's Law Animation/Graph  Boyle's Law simulation that produces accurate, graphable data.

Charles' Law Animation/Graph  Charles' Law simulation that produces accurate, graphable data.

NASA Animated Gas Lab  You can freeze 2 out of the 4 variables (P, V, T, or n) of a gas to see the effects of the two that are changing.  Shows Boyle's, Charles', Gay-Lussac's and Avogadro's Gas Laws.

Basic Gas Laws Animations  Very clear and narrated illustration of the effects of changing one of four variables (P, V, T, or n) on a gas.  Shows Boyle's, Charles', Gay-Lussac's and Avogadro's Gas Laws.

Ideal Gas Law Explanation/Examples  Very clear explanation of the Ideal Gas Law.  Shows several Ideal Gas Law (PV = nRT) calculations worked out.

PhET Chemistry  PhET animations on just about any Chemistry concept. Easy to use and fun.