Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Atomic Structure
Introduces learners to atomic models of the past and present, focusing on the orbital model and an explanation of its basis. Learners then have the opportunity to "make an atom" and contrast it with an ion, followed by an isotope. The...
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Atomic Structure Quiz
Take an interactive quiz over the atomic structure and number of elements. After completing the quiz, check your score, and then revisit any incorrect question for further review
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Periodic Table
Learn the basics of the Periodic Table including how the Periodic Table is organized and how to make sense of the information included in the table. Test your understanding with an interactive quiz at the end of the activity.
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: The Strucure of Matter
This interactive tutorial begins with an understanding of the structure of matter. Understanding charge as a fundamental quantity demands that we have an understanding of the structure of an atom. Learn the atomic structure of an atom an...
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: University of Colorado: Build and Atom
Build an atom out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and see how the element, charge, and mass change. Then play a game to test how the ideas work!
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Build an Atom
Build an atom out of protons, neutrons, and electrons, and see how the element, charge, and mass change. Then play a game to test your ideas!
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: What Makes Water Special?
In Activity 1 investigates How are water and other liquids similar and different? The student will see if ideas involving energy, electrostatic interactions, and atomic structure, can be used to explain why a hurricane is so powerful.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Atom
In this interactive activity from ChemThink, students will take a closer look at atomic structure, properties, and behaviors. Includes background reading material and discussion questions.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Rutherford Scattering
How did Rutherford figure out the structure of the atom without being able to see it? Simulate the famous experiment in which he disproved the Plum Pudding model of the atom by observing alpha particles bouncing off atoms and determining...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium What Are Nature's Building Blocks?
The module will develop, revise, and interpret representations of atomic structure and interactions of charges within atoms. The following activities will be explored: Activity 1. What are the particles that make up all substances and...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Properties of Electrostatic Charge: Interactive Lecture Demonstration
Students will investigate the properties of charge, charge by contact, the polarization of charge, and charge by induction. Through the use of demonstrations, students should have a thorough understanding of the movements of electrons...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment
[Free Registration/Login Required] How can we predict an atom's structure, if we cannot see an atom? Using the Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment, make your own model and test out the model.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Science of Atoms and Molecules: Nucleic Acids and Proteins
Through this activity, learners work with macromolecules, proteins and nucleic acids. The focus is on the atomic structure of proteins, how linear polymers are made, and the surface charges of the resulting polymers. . Multiple-choice...
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: The Illustrated Periodic Table
Interactive concept animation shows the atomic number, weight, and structure of the first eleven elements of the Periodic Table of Elements.
Other
The Wooden Periodic Table
A giant sized table made of wood houses a large collection of minerals from the periodic table. Click on any wooden tile to discover what the element looks like and details about its atomic structure and uses. The author even tells you...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Where Does All the Energy in an Explosion Come From?
Students construct a model of chemical reactions involving energy and electrostatic interactions and compare reactions and changes in energy through the following activities. Activity 1 What energy changes occur during an explosion?...