E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Science: Siberia: How Can Water Change Materials?
Teach the famous warrior, Attila the Hun, about materials we use in this century. Help him learn how some materials dissolve in water.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The Effect of Temperature on the Rate of Dissolving
In this activity, students will use a Temperature Sensor to collect data and then analyze that data to determine the effect of temperature increases on the rate of dissolving. They will identify temperature as a factor in dissolving rate...
Science Museum of Minnesota
Science Museum of Minnesota: Experiment Solving Dissolving
Try this experiment to find out what happens to chalk when vinegar is added to it.
Channel 4 Learning
4 L: Science Essentials: Material World
Learn about topics related to the material world. Each topic includes facts, a glossary, an interactive quiz, printable worksheets, an image bank, and web links.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Water Is a Polar Molecule
Explore the water molecule, and understand how it is a polar molecule.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Why Does Water Dissolve Salt?
Explore this animation to learn why water dissolves salt.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Using Dissolving to Identify an Unknown
See how using the process of dissolving can be used to identify an unknown substance.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Rate of Dissolving
The rate of dissolving and the factors that affect it. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Physical Change
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of physical change and examples, and how physical changes can be reversed.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Making Your Own Cola: Investigating Mixtures
In this activity, students will use scientific investigation to investigate mixtures and concentrations by creating their own unique formula for a cola beverage.
TOPS Learning Systems
Tops Learning Systems: Top Science: In Between [Pdf]
Investigate why mixing salt with rice, or salt with water, causes the overall volume to decrease.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Physical Science: Rate of Dissolving
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the rate of dissolving and the factors that affect it.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Dissolving
Impact on potential energy when a substance dissolves in water. Add water to a substance and observe the impact on potential energy as the substance dissolves. Observe the interactions between molecules as the substance dissolves over...
Science Fun for Everyone
Science Fun: Gorgeous Gooey Gobstoppers
Watch the masterpiece you create when you dissolve 10 gobstoppers in a bowl of water. Video explanation included.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Rising Ice Experiment
Observe how ice and salt crystals interact by using salt to help adhere a string to the top of an ice cube in a glass of water, then lift the cube out of the water.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Dissolving
[Free Registration/Login Required] This unit consolidates and extends children's understanding of what happens when a variety of solids dissolve.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Dissolving and Evaporation
[Free Registration/Login Required] Ever wondered what happens at the molecular/ionic level when salt is dissolved in water or salt-water is evaporated by heating/boiling? Peek into the molecular world with this flipchart to view these...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Solutions and Dissolving
On this site, students learn about solutions and dissolving in chemistry including interesting facts, examples, solubility, saturation, concentration, and what is a solution?
Other
Solubility of Things: Factors Affecting Solubility
Find out how temperature, polarity, pressure, molecular size, and stirring affects the speed of dissolving.