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Objectives: Students will be able to describe the observable and measurable properties of different forms of matter.

Activity: I will display four objects and have my students write down at least 2 observable or measurable properties of each object.

Assessment: I will collect their data sheet to make sure they have two correct properties for each object.





Even though Chem4Kids was created in 1997, it is updated continuously. It is hosted by Andrew Rader Studios. Chem4Kids is an extension of the site , and focuses solely on chemistry.

The site provides a detailed but kid friendly approach to learning chemistry. It breaks chemistry into six parts: atoms, elements, reactions, biochemistry, et cetera. Each part has many sections that are linked together. Students can take quizzes on information they’ve just learned.

Chemicool was created by David D. Hsu. of the Massachusetts Institue of Technology in 1996. It is updated regularly and asks site visitors to point out any errors they may find since humans do make mistakes.

This is a structured and in depth look at the periodic tables and it’s elements. You can click on each element and it takes you to that element’s fact site. There are also links to conversion calculation pages, chemistry dictionary and other chemistry websites.

I would use this website as a resource for my classroom. Allowing my students to research background on projects and experiments we’ve done in class. I would also allow my students to do the online quizzes on the site as an extra bonus for them.

This site would be used only if I was teaching the upper grade levels. It is very formal, but yet accessible. I could see it being more of a resource for information on specific elements. Even though it isn’t kid friendly I would still want my students encountering these types of websites.

Ashley DuBord

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