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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mass Spectrometry: Using a Game Format to Develop Logic Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use previous knowledge of chemistry concepts and skills to interpret mass spectrometry graphs and will learn to determine one or more possible formulas for an organic molecule represented on the graph. They will also gain...
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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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Website
University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Biochemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
Problem sets, tutorials, and activities related to biochemistry.
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Handout
National Institutes of Health

Ncbi: The Molecular Biology of the Cell: The Chemical Components of a Cell

For Students 9th - 10th
Advanced chapter of the book "The Molecular Biology of the Cell" describes and provides illustrations of our most current understanding of the chemical makeup of cells and their components. Explains in detail how electron activity keeps...
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Handout
Upper Canada District School Board

Tom Stretton's Chemistry Pages: Functional Organic Groups

For Students 9th - 10th
Through an online slide-show format, learn about functional groups in organic chemistry.
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Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Molecular Structures: Acetamides

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate acetamide, a common amide, with this interactive 3-D molecule. View the structure from all angles and also find links to other organic structures.
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Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Molecular Structures: Polysaccharides

For Students 9th - 10th
View complex carbohydrates from every angle by manipulating starch and cellulose molecules. Also find links to information about other organic structures.
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Handout
National Health Museum

Access Excellence: Linus Pauling (1901 1994)

For Students 9th - 10th
This Access Excellence site provides a general biography of Linus Pauling, the two-time Nobel laureate who the elucidated chemical bonding, amino acid and protein structures, and the molecular basis of sickle-cell anemia.
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Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1962

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Linus Carl Pauling, the winner of the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize. This website is organized into the following sections: "Presentation Speech," "Biography," "Nobel Lecture," "Other Resources," and "The Nobel Chemistry Prize 1954."
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Handout
Other

Molecules: Benzene

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives information on Kekule's most important discovery -- benzene.
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Handout
Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Proteins and Nucleic Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
This information can be used for exam review or as an introduction. It presents a good overview of the topics with charts, graphs, links, and a quiz.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Functional Group

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia entry for functional groups that, in in organic chemistry, are specific groups of atoms within molecules that are responsible for the characteristic chemical reactions of those molecules.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Plane of Symmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the free encyclopedia, Wikipedia, provides a basic definition for plane of symmetry. Links are given for additional information on related subjects.