The Chemistry of Cookies

Last week, through the Free Technology for Teachers Facebook page , someone asked me if I had any resources about the chemistry of candy. I ...

How Pain Relievers Work - A TED-Ed Lesson

I can lose track of time jumping from one TED-Ed lesson to another. I was doing that last night when I came across How Do Pain Relievers Wor...

Create Virtual Chemical Reactions on Your iPad or Android Tablet

goREACT is a free iPad and Android app from the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. This free iPad app allows students to virtually c...

A Global Science Experiment - Testing Foods for Vitamin C

The Royal Society of Chemistry has launched a new global project for students. The project, simply called The Global Experiment , asks stude...

Slow Motion Chemistry

The Periodic Table of Videos is produced by The University of Nottingham. The table features a video demonstration of the characteristics o...

pH and pOH - A Crash Course in Chemistry

This week Hank and John Green added the thirtieth episode to their chemistry Crash Course series. The latest episode is all about pH. Stude...

The Science of Macaroni Salad

The Science of Macaroni Salad is a fun two-part TED-Ed lesson through which students can learn about chemical mixtures, solutions, and bond...

Chem Collective - Resources to Teach and Learn Chemistry

Chem Collective is a project designed and maintained by Carnegie Mellon University's chemistry department and the National Science Digi...

What's Inside Coffee? And How Do You Decaffeinate It? - Videos

Earlier today Open Culture shared a video titled What's Actually Inside an Average Cup of Coffee? The video, produced by Wired, gives ...

A Crash Course in Chemistry

This post is for my friend Walter Perry and my brother-in-law Dr. Nathan Hnatiuk who teach chemistry. The next time your students are in ne...

The Periodic Table of iPhones

The Periodic Table of iPhones is an interesting infographic from Scientific American. The infographic is part of a larger piece about the r...

Chemistry Experiments That Changed the World

I don't why it's taken me so long to do this, but I finally spent some time browsing through the videos on Hank Green's SciShow ...

The Cool Chemistry of Snowflakes

In my neighborhood we've had at least some new snow every day this week. Just a little north of me there has been nearly two feet of new...

The Periodic Table of Comic Books

The Periodic Table of Comic Books is a project of the chemistry department at the University of Kentucky . The idea is that for every eleme...

Chem Reference - An Online Periodic Table

Chem Reference is an online periodic table of elements that offers a couple of handy features for students. Students can select an element ...

Build Your Own Silicate Minerals

The University of Kentucky's College of Arts and Sciences has a nice interactive activity about silicate minerals . The activity has an ...

Learners TV Offers a Big Collection of Science Animations

There isn't any shortage of sites attempting to organize academic videos, I shared a nice one yesterday, but there aren't too many ...

7 Useful YouTube Channels for Science Students and Teachers

Last month I posted a list of useful YouTube channels for history teachers and students. That list proved to be popular so I thought I'...

Gooru - Great Collections of Science and Math Resources

Gooru is a new service (still carrying the Alpha label) that aims to provide teachers and students with an extensive collection of videos, ...

Ptable - An Interactive Periodic Table of Elements

I've previously shared some resources for helping students learn the Periodic Table of Elements. This morning, through David Kapuler , ...