These resources are designed to help students, teachers, and the general public explore the fascinating world of chemistry. Learn about the chemistry that keeps swimming pools clean, makes cars safe and efficient, and keeps lawns green.
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Milestones in Chemistry: Drinking Water Chlorination Turns 100 |
chemistry for kids Chem4Kids
Compiled by a division of the American Library Association, this easy-to-navigate site includes data on atoms, elements, matter, as well as biographies of famous chemists.
Activities for Children
The American Chemical Society’s website for kid-friendly chemistry activities, this resource is educational and fun.
Rohm and Haas is Having a Ball with Chemistry
Rohm and Haas' exciting website explains how science impacts a variety of kids’ favorite sports, like bicycling, snowboarding, hockey, and basketball.
Chlorine Science Center
The Science Center strives to provide teachers and students with resources that help improve the way scientific and environmental issues are discussed in the classroom.
The Chlorine Tree
Explore the blossoming branches of the interactive The Chlorine Tree and discover the myriad products and services that chlorine chemistry provides.
Global Bug Conspiracy – Go on a top-secret, fact-finding mission to learn about the unseen army of bacteria and viruses that can infect our food and water and make us sick.
Swimming Pool Germs Busted by Chlorine
The Chlorin8tor, armed with his Electron Grabber tool and trusty sidekick, Little Hector, The Disinfector, battle harmful germs that invade pool water and make swimmers sick.
Water Germs Busted by Chlorine
A coloring and activity book for kids featuring the characters “The Chlorin8tor” and “Little Hector, The Disinfector.”
Plastics: The Basics of Polymer Chemistry
This website explores the nature of plastics and polymers. Natural polymers include such things as tar and shellac, tortoise shell and horns, as well as tree saps that produce amber and latex.
Teaching Plastics
Hands on PlasticsTM (HOPTM) science education investigation kits contain everything you need to design and implement a thorough and engaging investigation into the chemistry and characteristics of plastics. Learning activities are inquiry-based. HOPTM is available for classrooms that use Bunsen burners, and HOP2TM is for those classrooms that do NOT use this science education equipment. HOP Jr.TM offers plastics science education activities and resources for elementary school teachers.
You Be the Chemist Challenge
The Chemical Education Foundation's website features the You Be the Chemisty Challenge and Kit, Games, Fun Facts and Cool Chemistry.
Web Elements
Created by Mark Winter, a professor at the University of Sheffield in England, Web Elements features an interactive periodic table that allows users to learn more about the elements.
chlorine
Milestones in Chemistry: Drinking Water Chlorination Turns 100This year marks the 100th anniversary of the chlorination of drinking water—one of the most significant public health advances in U.S. history. Visit Chlorine Chemistry: 100 Years of Safer Lives to learn more.
Chlorine Chemistry: essential2life
Think chlorine is just for swimming pools? Think again. Chlorine goes into many of the products we use every day, like clothes, contact lenses, medicine, and telecommunications. Find out all the ways chlorine is essential2life.
Chlorine’s Everyday Uses
Chlorine makes a positive difference in our lives and the lives of the people around us. Learn why chlorine has become essential to our health and an important contributor to healthier living and a better quality of life.
The Chlorine Story
Over the course of many decades of careful research and development, scientists have discovered ways to use chlorine and the products of chlorine chemistry to make drinking water safe, destroy life-threatening germs and produce life-saving drugs.
Chlorine Science Center
The Science Center strives to provide teachers and students with resources that help improve the way scientific and environmental issues are discussed in the classroom.
The Chlorine Tree
Explore the blossoming branches of the interactive The Chlorine Tree and discover the myriad products and services that chlorine chemistry provides.
Global Bug Conspiracy – Go on a top-secret, fact-finding mission to learn about the unseen army of bacteria and viruses that can infect our food and water and make us sick.
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Interactive Plant Tour: "essential2America: A Brief Look Inside a Modern Day Chemistry Facility"
The video tour takes you from the secure front gate of a typical chemistry facility to its high-tech nerve center and into a town hall meeting of plant employees.
History of ACC in Brief
The only way to know where you're going is to know where you've been. Take a look back with "History of ACC in Brief," the new online, interactive walk down memory lane. Browse historical facts and photographs from as early as 1872 and explore the Council's roots as a fledgling group of 14 members called the Manufacturing Chemists' Association.
Careers in Chemistry
Chemists transform everyday materials into amazing things. While some chemists work to find a cure for cancer, others research ways to protect the environment. Still others discover new materials to make heating our homes more energy-efficient, or new textiles to be used in the latest fashions. The knowledge gained through the study of chemistry opens many different career pathways.
Careers in Chemistry: The Real World of a Chemical Engineer
Virtually every major advancement in the world these days has a basis in chemistry. One specialty area within chemistry is chemical engineering. By applying the processes developed in the lab, chemical engineers transform theoretical knowledge into real-world applications. They bring work done in the laboratory to life.
How to Guide to Search for Information on Chemicals on the Internet
This helpful video shows that a vast amount of chemical resources are only a mouse click away.
"Making Modernity," The Chemical Heritage Foundation's New History of Science Museum
The permanent exhibition is a sophisticated celebration of both chemistry and the continuing quest for scientific mastery. It touches on the social context of science and the social costs, raising questions about how chemical knowledge has been discovered, disseminated, and applied. The subjects covered include becoming a chemist, chemists, and the wider world, new tools and technologies, making materials for the masses, and the perils of progress.
ChemMatters
ChemMatters, the award-winning magazine for high school chemistry students, demystifies chemistry at work in our everyday lives. Each issue includes a Teacher's Guide containing background information, follow-up hands-on activities, classroom demonstrations, and other resources to facilitate student comprehension.
Shaping the Future of American Chemistry: Finding the Right Chemistry Program
Choosing a college or graduate school can seem like the most daunting task of your life. With all the options before you, it’s hard to know for certain which school will be the best choice for your future. But if you’ve chosen to pursue a career in chemistry, you’re a step closer to narrowing down your options.
Chlorine Science Center's Gateway to Education
The Chlorine Science Center is your gateway to other great educational resources on the web. Browse a list of other great websites, sorted by general category. Check out links to websites on chemistry, environment, earth science, biology, and more.
History of Chemistry
With information provided by the Chemical Heritage Foundation, this resource provides Time Lines showing major achievements in chemistry and the Faces of the individuals behind those achievements.
Science Alive!
Explore the Life and Career of Percy Lavon Julian. Learn about his brilliance, perseverance, and hard work. Find out about his accomplishments as scientist and businessman. Along the way, you’ll discover what it’s like to work as a scientist, what science and society were like in Julian’s time, and how Julian’s accomplishments affect our world today.
Web Elements
Created by Mark Winter, a professor at the University of Sheffield in England, Web Elements features an interactive periodic table that allows users to learn more about the elements.
Chlorine Science Center
The Science Center strives to provide teachers and students with resources that help improve the way scientific and environmental issues are discussed in the classroom.
Teaching Plastics
Hands on PlasticsTM (HOPTM) science education investigation kits contain everything you need to design and implement a thorough and engaging investigation into the chemistry and characteristics of plastics. Learning activities are inquiry-based. HOPTM is available for classrooms that use Bunsen burners, and HOP2TM is for those classrooms that do NOT use this science education equipment. HOP Jr.TM offers plastics science education activities and resources for elementary school teachers.
Chemical Heritage Foundation
The Chemical Heritage Foundation serves the community of the chemical and molecular sciences, and the wider public, by treasuring the past, educating the present, and inspiring the future.
Periodic Tabloid
Chemical Heritage Foundation president and CEO Thomas R. Tritton writes in his blog about the new experience of leading a historical library, museum, and center for scholars as well as providing commentary on new scientific developments, policy implications, and education.
Distillations: Extracts from the Past, Present, and Future of Chemistry
This weekly podcast on the history of science offers entertaining reports on subjects ranging from alchemy to the contents of your kitchen cupboard to the chemistry of space exploration.
plastics
Facts on Plastic
Confused by the rumors about overall safety of plastics, plastic water bottles and in particular, Bisphenol-A (BPA) which is used to make polycarbonate containers? Visit FactsonPlastic.com for quick answers and links to reliable sources of information.
2008 Summer Olympics--Plastic Innovations
As the athletes trained, manufacturers and designers were hard at work using chemistry to build and shape equipment that is tougher, lighter, more elastic, and less constraining to allow contestants to execute to the best of their ability. Plastics have had much to do with these exciting innovations!
History of Plastic
In today's world, life without plastics is incomprehensible. Every day, plastics contribute to our health, safety and peace of mind. But what about plastics' history - how were plastic materials invented and discovered? Who were the key individuals in plastics' development and use?
Plastics: The Basics of Polymer Chemistry
This website explores the nature of plastics and polymers. Natural polymers include such things as tar and shellac, tortoise shell and horns, as well as tree saps that produce amber and latex.
Plasticsinfo.org
This site provides a rich resource of materials on the safe and effective use of plastics in healthcare, science, and around the house.
Plastics MythBuster
Puzzled by something you read about plastics? Use this site to look up the status of a rumor and learn what the experts have to say.
Plastics Resource
A collection of resources related to “green living”, providing insights on choosing recycled plastic products, finding new and creative uses for old items, and cutting back on our use of natural resources.
Plastics in Sports
Advances in facilities and sports equipment have allowed athletes to push the physical limits of the human body. In virtually every athletic event, plastics are making major contributions to performance or safety. Find out how different plastics are being used in your favorite sport or view a summary of different plastics and their uses in various sports.
Polyurethane
Learn how polyurethane is made and discover the myriad products and services that polyurethane chemistry provides.
Polystyrene
Polystyrene Benefits Brochure: Take a Closer Look at Today's Polystyrene Packaging - Safe, Affordable and Environmentally Responsible
Teaching Plastics
Hands on PlasticsTM (HOPTM) science education investigation kits contain everything you need to design and implement a thorough and engaging investigation into the chemistry and characteristics of plastics. Learning activities are inquiry-based. HOPTM is available for classrooms that use Bunsen burners, and HOP2TM is for those classrooms that do NOT use this science education equipment. HOP Jr.TM offers plastics science education activities and resources for elementary school teachers.
solvents
Solvents Explained
This site explores the physical and chemical properties of solvents. Combinations of solvents are used to make spray paints that dry quickly and don’t clog the spray nozzle, and inks that don’t smudge.
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Vinyl: Infinite Uses
From the alarm clock that wakes you up in the morning to the house that keeps you comfortable and safe at night, vinyl plays a vital role in your everyday life.
Vinyl: Environmental Attributes
Products made of vinyl offer durability, fire resistance and energy efficiency, among other benefits.