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Bryn Mawr College

Serendip: Who Took Jerell's I Pod? An Organic Compound Mystery

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Who Took Jerell's iPod? lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF or Word formats. Students are challenged to solve a mystery by testing for...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Organic Compounds

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The main chemical components of living organisms are known as organic compounds and are built around the element carbon. Living things are made up of very large...
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State University of New York

State University of New York: Boiling Points of Simple Organic Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation explores the effects of molecular structure on normal boiling points for a series of related organic compounds.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Organic Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
The alkanes, alkenes, alcohols and carboxylic acids are four different homologous series of organic compounds. Their different chemical properties are due to their characteristic functional groups. This lesson focuses on Alkanes...
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Organic Compounds List

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what an organic compound is, presents a list of the different classes of organic compounds, and discusses organic compounds in the human body. Also provides a list of other organic compounds including volatile and non-volatile...
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 2.2 Organic Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the organic compounds and macromolecules found in living organisms,
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Cellular Functions of Organic Compounds Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
Take an interactive quiz over organic compounds. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Organic Compounds Examples

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the confusion around what is meant by organic chemistry and provides a list of organic compounds organized into categories and types.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Inorganic Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn here about inorganic compounds, substances that do not contain both carbon and hydrogen, and how they are essential to human functioning.
Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Difunctional Organic Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate organic compounds that have more than one functional group using these interactive 3-D models. Also find links to animations, tutorials, and power points about other chemistry topics.
Website
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Molecules and Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete lesson on compounds, from introductory material in the beginning to a practice exam at the end. This lesson covers bonding, ionic compounds, molecular compounds, naming compounds, structural formulas, polyatomic ions, and much...
Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Organic Compounds Study Guide

For Students 4th - 9th
Explore and review the biological molecules necessary for life.
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Organic Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
A tutorial which explains why carbon is essential to life on Earth.
eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Organic, Biochemistry, Synthetic Polymers [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed presentation gives an extensive overview of organic chemistry, biochemistry, and synthetic polymers. Provides a great review of the chemical structure of many common compounds.
Website
Other

Frostburg State University: Organic Chemistry Help

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is designed to be a supplement for students of organic chemistry. Its tutorials and self-grading tests are interactive and extremely helpful.
Lesson Plan
Other

Science Alive: What Is Organic Chemistry?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This reading/lesson plan introduces students to the concept of organic chemistry.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sensing Air Pollution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about electricity and air pollution while building devices to measure volatile organic compounds (VOC) by attaching VOC sensors to prototyping boards. In the second part of the activity, students evaluate the impact of...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Organic or Inorganic?

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look around your world as you discover what items are made up of organic and inorganic materials. Take this tutorial and quiz to see how much you know.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Hydrocarbons

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this module, students investigate and explore the bonding characteristics of carbon that lead to such a large number of organic compounds.
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Freshman Organic Chemistry Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from a freshman organic chemistry II course at Yale University. The course is a continuation the first organic chemistry course and covers topic. Lectures cover topics from simple and complex reaction...
Interactive
University of Alberta

The University of Alberta: Detective O Chem

For Students 9th - 10th
It has been discovered that an indigenous Australian plant possesses a compound that shows antiviral activity against the H5N1 virus. Your mission, should you accept it, is to identify the compound before a rival pharmaceutical company...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Basic Statistics & Probability: Compound Events

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The probability resource investigates compound events. Students learn about the topic through notes and examples. The tutorial consists of practice exercises to check for comprehension of the concept.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Organic Chemistry

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about organic chemistry including the importance of carbon, organic molecules, compounds, hydrocarbons, synthesis, and functional groups.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Chemistry (Single Science)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists the topics and lessons available for Chemistry. The topics include Particles; Elements, compounds and mixtures; Chemical reactions, Predicting and identifying reactions and products, organic chemistry, and more.

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