General+Science+Links

These sites are grouped by the section of the curriculum they relate to. Icons (see the key below) indicate the general type of link.
 * Useful Links**
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="32" height="32"]] || Information and reference ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_audio.png width="32" height="32"]] || Audio ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_movie.png width="32" height="32"]] || Movie or animation ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_camera.png width="32" height="32"]] || Illustration, diagram, or photo ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="32" height="32"]] || Games and Fun Stuff ||
 * || **Science and the Scientific Method** ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Answering Science Essay Questions] ||
 * || Created by Dr. James Crimando of GateWay Community College in Phoenix, Arizona. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Scientific Method Quiz] ||
 * || Do you understand the scientific method? Take this quiz. ||
 * || **Matter** ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Properties of Matter] ||
 * || Definitions of intrinsic and extrinsic properties of matter. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|States of Matter] ||
 * || Definitions and examples of the three primary states (phases) of matter. ||
 * || **Measurement** ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="24" height="24"]] || [|Triple-Beam Balance Tutorial] ||
 * || Instruction in using the triple-beam balance from Ohaus. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Triple-Beam Balances: How they work and how to use them] ||
 * || This is an all-text site that provides some information on how a triple beam balance actually works as well as instructions for how to use one. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Triple-Beam Balance Practice] ||
 * || Practice reading the triple-beam balance (from Ohaus). ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Triple-Beam Balance Practice Gizmo] ||
 * || Practice reading the triple-beam balance (from Explorelearning). ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Calculating Density Practice] ||
 * || Practice reading mass and volume then calculating density. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Centimeter Practice] ||
 * || Choose from three different levels of difficulty and read a centimeter ruler. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Measurement of Mass, Volume, and Length] ||
 * || Help Jack the builder get his measurements right. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Reading Temperatures] ||
 * || Practice reading thermometers. Three levels of difficulty. ||
 * || **Physical Science—Atoms** ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Atoms from Democritus to Dalton] ||
 * || Good (and deep) discussion of the history with a very understandable explanation of Dalton's "constant ratios" (here called Definite Proportions). Make sure you check out Dalton's Playhouse! ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|All About Atoms] ||
 * || An interactive tutorial on the parts of an atom from the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Labs) in Virginia. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="19" height="19"]] || [|Build Your Own Atoms] ||
 * || This interactive model will allow you to build atoms of different elements from a collection of subatomic particles. ||
 * || **Physical Science—States of Matter** ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|States of Matter] ||
 * || Just a review of what we've been doing in class. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Rock Candy (Crystal Growing)] ||
 * || This site has several recipes for growing sugar crystals you can eat. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_camera.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Paper Crystal Models] ||
 * || These are patterns to print, cutout, fold, and tape of over 30 different crystal structures. ||
 * || **Physical Science—Elements and Periodic Table** ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Who Discovered the Elements] ||
 * || Compiled by the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Labs) in Virginia. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_audio.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|The Elements song] ||
 * || Tom Lehrer's song The Elements along with a flash animation from the Private Hand web site. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Visual Periodic Table] ||
 * || The American Chemical Society produces this very interesting table. It may take time to load and might not work fully on all computers. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_movie.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Video Periodic Table] ||
 * || The University of Nottingham has put together short videos for each of the elements. Useful information, some good demonstrations, and some very geeky professors make for interesting viewing. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Periodic Table] ||
 * || From ChemicalElements.com, this site has lots of information about the elements. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="24" height="24"]] || [|Dynamic Periodic Table] ||
 * || Cool interactive periodic table with lots of options. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Element Displays] ||
 * || The most beautiful periodic tables in the world! ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Web Elements] ||
 * || The most extensive web based periodic table. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_info.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Wooden Periodic Table] ||
 * || Could you build this? ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Periodic Table Game] ||
 * || A simple game from Funbrain. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Element Flash Cards] ||
 * || The computer will give you an element and, depending on the selections you make below, you will have to supply the element's chemical name, chemical symbol or atomic number. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Elemental Math] ||
 * || The computer will randomly pick an element and present you with that element's data from the Periodic Table of Elements. Use that information to answer the question that the computer asks about the number of protons, neutrons, electrons or nucleons (particles in the nucleus) that an atom of that element contains. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Element Concentration] ||
 * || The computer will display a number of cards with the names and symbols of the elements. The computer will flip them over and ask you to find a particular element. Click on the card that contains that element. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Balancing Act] ||
 * || The computer will give you a number of incomplete chemical equations. Balance the chemical equations by selecting coefficients from the pull-down menus. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Printable Periodic Tables] ||
 * || Lots of different Periodic Table you can print for reference. ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_camera.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Molecular Photo Gallery] ||
 * || Photographs provided by Florida State University. ||
 * || Engineering ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Fantastic Contraption] ||
 * || Environmental Science ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|3rd World Farmer] ||
 * || Physics ||
 * [[image:http://www.lindenscience.info/Images/icon_games.png width="20" height="20"]] || [|Physics Games] ||
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