Introduction To Physical Science

Unit 3: Chemistry

Chemical Reaction demo

Introduction:

Chemical reactions change starting materials into different substances. Sometimes materials must absorb energy before a reaction will occur, but some reactions release energy. How many different chemical reactions do you use in daily life?

Resources:

Visit these sites to learn more about chemical reactions. View the demonstration videos and try some of the experiments.

Chemical Reactions

http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/CURR/Science/sciber00/8th/matter/sciber/chemtype.htm

http://www.chemtutor.com/react.htm#what

http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=AP13004

http://www.chemistryquestion.com/English/Questions/ChemistryInDailyLife/ChemistryInDailyLife.html

Reaction Simulations

http://web.jjay.cuny.edu/~acarpi/NSC/6-react.htm

http://www.visionlearning.com/library/module_viewer.php?mid=55 Scroll down to the reaction of sodium with chlorine

Student Experiments and Activities

http://pbskids.org/zoom/games/kitchenchemistry/

http://scifun.chem.wisc.edu/homeexpts/HOMEEXPTS.HTML

http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/sugar.html

http://www.quia.com/shared/chem/ Enter "reaction" in the keyword field and search for related activities

http://chemistry.about.com/od/homeexperiments/tp/homeprojects.htm

http://www.madsci.org/experiments/archive/889917606.Ch.html

http://www.omsi.edu/visit/chemistry/component.cfm?ComponentCurrentKey=4

http://www.science-house.org/learn/CountertopChem/index.html