PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Atmospheric Oxygen
In this feature, adapted from Interactive NOVA: Earth, students explore the relationship between oxygen concentration and the well-being of various organisms by simulating a change in oxygen levels and observing what happens.
Other
Web ref.org: Oxygen
Nice entry on oxygen, its properties, and uses including good links to all the terminology in the entry.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Oxygen
Information about the element, Oxygen, atomic number 8. Covers history, physical and atomic properties, abundance, and permissible exposure limits. Also discusses forms of oxygen, isotopes, sources, and uses.
Web Elements
Web Elements Periodic Table: Oxygen
Very nice site with a great deal of excellent and helpful information on oxygen.
Florida-Spectrum Environmental Services
Florida Spectrum: Chemical Fact Sheet: Oxygen
Very thorough summary of detailed information on oxygen, its history, isotopes, properties, and applications.
NOAA
Noaa: Estuaries 101 Curriculum: Dissolved Oxygen in an Estuary
In this activity, students focus on the relationship between dissolved oxygen, plant growth, chlorophyll-a and temperature using SWMP water quality data from monitoring stations in the Narragansett Bay Estuarine Research Reserve and the...
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental chemistry.com: Periodic Table Oxygen
An incredibly thorough site with a wealth of basic information on oxygen. Highly recommended.
Read Works
Read Works: Passages: "The Rise of Oxygen in the Earth's Atmosphere"
[Free Registration/Login Required] The article "The Rise of Oxygen in the Earth's Atmosphere" from the American Museum of Natural History focuses on when the rise of oxygen in the earth's atmosphere began. A Step Read, a question set,...
Other
Water on the Web: The Chemistry of Oxygen Solubility
This resource provides a description of oxygen solubility in water as it relates to temperature and pressure with introductory definitions and sample data to analyze. Animations require Shockwave plugin.
Chemicool
Chemicool: Oxygen
A set of tables summarizing all sorts of chemical and physical data on oxygen at this site from Chemicool.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: I'm Trying to Breathe Here! Dissolved Oxygen vs. Temperature
To survive, we need oxygen in the air we breathe. Oxygen is also essential for most aquatic organisms, but there is much less oxygen available in water than in air. Learn how to measure dissolved oxygen and then see how oxygen...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: From Gas to Rust: Measuring the Oxygen Content of Air
Earth's atmosphere, the ocean of air that blankets the planet, is mostly nitrogen and oxygen, with small amounts of other gases. How much oxygen is present in air at sea level? Is air high up in the Appalachians or Rockies? Atop Mount...
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Oxygen (O)
Here you can find some great information about the 8th element in the periodic table, "oxygen." Content focuses on oxygen's electrons, where you can find oxygen in nature and in the home, and how oxygen combines with other elements.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Jason: Does Oxygen in the Water Matter
JASON Aquatic Field Study: Explore how dissolved oxygen is one of the best indicators of the health of an aquatic ecosystem. Measure the dissolved oxygen level of a local aquatic site and explore how it affects water quality.
Omega Engineering
Technical Dissolved Oxygen: The Fundamentals
This site is useful to find information about dissolved oxygen and the types of tests that are administered to determine the dissolved oxygen level.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: How to Measure Dissolved Oxygen
A general overview of dissolved oxygen and how it is measured. Also includes protocols for measuring dissolved oxygen in turbulent waters as well as using the Winkler titration method.
Geography 4 kids
Geography4 kids.com: Bgc Cycles: Oxygen Cycle
Discover the process by which oxygen cycles through the ecosystem.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Properties of Oxygen
This article aims to show a variety of properties related to the element oxygen.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Oxygen's Surprisingly Complex Journey Through Your Body
In the body, oxygen forms a vital role in the production of energy in most cells. Enda Butler tracks the surprisingly complex journey of oxygen through your body.
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Ucar: Oxygen
Article provides an overview of the chemical element, Oxygen.
Open Curriculum
Open Curriculum: Into the Mitochondrion: Making Atp With Oxygen
The aim of this article is to relate the history of oxygen in the atmosphere to the evolution of photosynthesis, aerobic respiration, mitochondria, and life on earth.
Other
Astrobiology Magazine: The Rise of Oxygen
A look into what controls the rise of oxygen on the Earth and maybe on other planets as well.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Reaction Between Hydrogen and Oxygen Atoms
Explore energy during a reaction between hydrogen and oxygen atoms.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Elements: Oxygen
Kids learn about the element oxygen and its chemistry including atomic weight, atom, uses, sources, name, and discovery. Plus properties and characteristics of oxygen.
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