Links of interest:

Links Contributed by Some of our Wonderful Readers:

• Libraries help with Home Schooling -- Five ways that libraries can assist homechooling families. (A big thanks to Samantha, a homeschool student, for suggesting this link.)
• Homeschooling Help with Autism -- The Ultimate Homeschool Toolkit for Kids on the Spectrum: Strategies, Schedules & Support. (Another great suggestion from Samantha, a homeschool student.)
• Precious Metals -- With lots of links to great information about common precious metals. (Thanks to Eliza from the Lyndhurst STEM Club for the tip.)

Informational Resources:

• Safety in the College Chem Lab -- A series of ACS safety videos, created in 2022.
• ACS Climate Science Toolkit -- Global climate change, whether a result of natural variability or of human activity, is a vital issue for life on Earth and involves many processes and concepts related to chemistry. Engaging with this issue in deliberative discourse with colleagues and others requires understanding the fundamental science that determines Earth's climate. This fundamental science is the core content of the ACS Climate Science Toolkit.
• Argonne National Laboratory -- Connecting Argonne science to the classroom.
  
• Lee Marek's Home Page -- Science for the Masses from the University of Illinois at Chicago
  
• Virtual Model Kit -- The Virtual Molecular Model Kit from Professor Tom Newton and Professor Otis Rothenberger
  
• Science is Fun -- home science activities, public presentations, scholarship, and other programs of the Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy from Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
  
• What's That Stuff? -- a collection of articles that gives you a look at the chemistry behind a wide variety of everyday products from ACS Chemical and Engineering News
  
• Chemicool -- Cooler than Absolute Zero!  David Hsu's Periodic Table with lots of good information about the elements.
• How Do We Use This Stuff?  Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements, in Pictures and Words     © 2005-2016 Keith Enevoldsen   elements.wlonk.com
      This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.    
• Periodic Table of the Elements -- From ACS Chemical and Engineering News celebrating 80 years!
  
• Google Science Fair -- an online science competition open to all students aged 13 to 18 from around the world opens for entries in September
  
• International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements (IYPT2019) -- IYPT 2019 is the worldwide, year-long celebration of the periodic table.
• International Year of Chemistry -- IYC 2011 was a worldwide, year-long celebration of the achievements of chemistry.
• Compound Interest -- Infographics about Chemistry
  
• IFL Science -- The lighter side of science. since 2012
• What is a mole, and how big is it? From TedED    How about a mole of moles?
• The ChemMagic Website
  
• Bearded Science Guy -- INVESTIGATING THE WORLD AROUND US THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION
  
  

Educational Links:

• ACS ChemMatters -- A chemistry magazine for high school students and teachers
• ACS Middle School Chemistry -- Teach science by doing science.
• ACS High School Chemistry Education Resources -- Introduce your students to the world of chemistry through ACS teaching materials and student programs
• ACS PreK-8 Science Education Resources -- Elementary & Middle School Science Education Resources
• ACS home page for educators and students -- Promoting excellence in science education and community outreach
• ACS Division of Chemical Education -- keep up-to-date with activities, news, and opportunities in chemical education. Link not currently working.
  
• Institute for Chemical Education -- Center for Science Educators. Hands-On Activities (and books about them), Topics in Chemistry, Hands-On Science Kits, Cooperative Learning from The University of Wisconsin
  
• Chem Connections project -- Topical modules for the first two years of the college chemistry from the National Science Foundation's Systematic Change Initiative in Chemistry curriculum
• A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling -- Simple, easy, chemistry experiments for kids you can do at home
  
• The ChemCollective -- Resources to Teach and Learn Chemistry from National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
• Understanding Chemistry -- Resources for chemistry students From Jim Clark
• Learn Chemistry -- Educational Resources to Teach and Learn Chemistry from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
• Smarter Every Day -- " Smarter Every Day" - Fun science demonstrations on YouTube
• The Air that I Breathe -- " 5 part series from chemistry views magazine on Indoor Air Quality
• Hunting the Elements -- " A two-hour Nova special Aired April 4, 2012 on PBS
• Northern Illinois Science Educators -- Striving to provide professional development and sharing opportunities for science educators

ACS Experiments on line:

• Adventures in Chemistry -- "Science for Kids
• ACS Kids & Chemistry Activity Kits -- "Activities for kids Contributed by ACS members
• Make Your Own Science Activity Kits -- "Introduce kids to chemistry with these fun science activity kits
• Demos by David W. Brooks -- Many demos.  See his home page here
• ChemShorts for Kids -- Chemistry demonstrations for little kids, sponsored by the Chicago Section

Chemistry Podcasts and Blogs:

• Periodic Graphics -- A monthly collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning
• ThoughtCo. -- About.com (now ThoughtCo.) Many interesting articles about science and chemistry.
• Chemistry World Podcast -- Monthly podcast from Chemistry World, the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
• Dr. Kiki's Science Hour -- an in-depth exploration of scientific topics ranging from climate change to nanotech. Every week neurophysiologist Dr. Kirsten Sanford talks with leading experts in all areas of scientific research. (Archive only) From Twit TV
• Naked Scientists Science Radio Show podcast -- The Naked Scientists are a media-savvy group of physicians and researchers from Cambridge University who use radio, live lectures, and the Internet to strip science down to its bare essentials, and promote it to the general public.
• Question of the Week Podcast -- Weekly podcast of snappy in depth answers to science questions from The Naked Scientists
• Sciencebase Science Blog -- A Science Blog from freelance science writer David Bradley.
• StarTalk -- StarTalk Radio bridges the intersection between Pop Culture and Science with clarity, humor and passion with Neil deGrasse Tyson
• This Week in Science -- TWIS is a weekly, hour-long web and radio show presenting an humorous, often opinionated, and irreverent look at the week in science and technology
• The Chemical Blog! -- Your daily blend of everything Chemistry from Richard Hudson
• Bytesize Science -- An all-ages trip to the frontiers of knowledge. Posted every Monday, Bytesize Science translates scientific discoveries from ACS' 36 journals into intriguing stories about science, medicine, energy food and much more.
• Science Elements podcast -- A weekly digest of cutting edge research from the world of chemistry from ACS
• NPR Science Friday Audio and Video Podcasts -- a weekly science talk show, broadcast live over public radio stations nationwide from 2-4 p.m. Eastern time
• Science Podcasts -- Science news podcasts from the American Chemical Society
  
• Scientific American Podcasts -- Podcasts from the editors of Scientific American Magazine
• The Ultimate Periodic Table Quiz -- How well do you know your periodic table?  Take the BuzzFeed quiz and find out.
  
• Elemental haiku -- A review of the Periodic Table composed of 119 science haiku from Mary Soon Lee
  
• Webinars for Scientists -- a science talk show from the Alan Alda - Kavlie Foundation Center for Communicating Science. Scroll down for the links.
• A great Periodic Table song -- Presented by ASAP Science
• The Elements -- by Tom Lehrer

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