High School Sites

Gifted high school teachers like Audrey Sanderson, David Dice, Gray Rushin, Lee Marek, Mark Rosen,  Patrick Gormley, Paul Groves,  Steve Marsden, and Bob Jacobs, to name but a few,  have put together sites that are quite useful at the college level, too!  Also included are other sites of interest at this level. This page dedicated to the late Roy C. Uber, my chemistry teacher at Cleveland Heights High School.

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the URL for direct access is so long that it won't fit on one line here even in tiny type, so access as shown below using the links [shown below] on their left navigation bar

http://intranet.cps.k12.il.us/Lessons/  >>structured curriculum >>science >>chemistry

what will you find? A complete set of daily lesson plans, in Adobe Acrobat PDF format,  for teaching HS chemistry. I sure wish I had had access to something like this during my one [first] year of teaching high school chemistry. Thanks to Donald J. Wink of the University of Illinois at Chicago for the tip to this site.

for elementary schools:   http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/FOSS/

for middle schools:  http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/FOSS/FOSSMiddleSchool.html

an inquiry-based science program

http://www.westminster.net/faculty/dingle/

with lots of stuff for AP chemstry

http://www.allatoms.com/

Relocated, updated, and revamped since I originally wrote "Very nice site, but some links are defunct."  <some still are, but what the heck, so are some of mine!>   I especially enjoyed "The Great Sodium Disaster of 1998"  and "Thermite Reaction 2001" in the "Adventures of an Alchemist" section.

  http://www.chem.umd.edu/chemathon/ 

faulty link has been repaired     

http://www.csun.edu/chemteach/

lots of goodies, lots of links to groups across the nation

http://www.chemcenter.org/ncw/

coming up soon! November 4-10, 2001

http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/chemistry/chem_hs_exams/

Test yourself with the "Chem 13 News Exam" and the "Avogadro Exam"

http://www.carlton.paschools.pa.sk.ca/chemical/

      well-done

http://www.magma.ca/~dougdela/

formerly at http://www.mv.igs.net/~dougdela

Doug teaches chemistry and physics and is often heard from at CHEMED-L

http://www.spusd.k12.ca.us/chemmybear/index.html

 Demos, links, and more.

   http://www.dist214.k12.il.us/users/asanders/chemhome2.html   

a very nice set of links

   http://users.erols.com/merosen/  

another well-organized set of links, with a study skills section

http://www.wpbschoolhouse.btinternet.co.uk/index.htm

tons of great stuff here, organized for the UK equivalents of
US grades 6-8, 8-10, 11-12

http://home.inreach.com/halhed/envchem.htm

lots of useful links

http://users.t-three.com/jlaliberte/chemistry/

Still in its infancy, this site shows promise. 

http://www.eastpenn.k12.pa.us/ehs/teachers/hnatojoh/index.html

still another useful site with links

http://johniii1.home.mindspring.com/index.html

Contains impressive curriculum construction referenced to Missouri guidelines and more.

http://www.ncusd203.org/north/depts/science/chem/marek/

     another really together  site with great info on DEMOS!  

http://www.delphi.k12.in.us/hs/TeacherDepartment/Science/masonp/index.htm

Patti is another frequent and valued contributor to the CHEMED-L listserv

http://www.chem.vt.edu/RVGS/RVGS-home.html

another truly excellent site with much that will be useful to other teachers

http://www.chemtopics.com/ 

formerly at  http://www.hwscience.com/smarsden/

very useful and informative; suitable for undergrads as well as high school students. Chemed-L folks will recognize Steve as a frequent and valued contributor.

http://taste.merlot.org/  the "tasting room"

http://www.merlot.org/Home.po   the home page

http://chemistry.merlot.org/Home.po   the chemistry section

BrowseArtifacts.po-catcode=97&browsecat=1 cool chem stuff

A free and open resource for faculty and students in higher education, MERLOT is the product of a consortium of (mostly) public institutions of higher education [including CCC's and CSU] with divisions devoted to biology, business, chemistry, engineering, health science, history, information technology, mathematics, music, physics, psychology, and teacher education.

http://www.chem.unl.edu/cak/tabcon.htm

under development as you read this! To quote from a letter Charles sent to CHEMED-L: 

This is supposed to be a "linear" text, which texts have dropped off the face of the earth in recent years -- minimum distraction from the theme. No pictures, sidebars, "color", or unnecessary add-ons to fragment the student's attention pattern. ... a main problem is: "Do you write for "correctness" or do you write for "understandability." I tried for the latter.

-- and suceeded! -- and despite its lack of "color," it's very colorful indeed!

http://www.fordhamprep.org/gcurran/sho/sho/index.htm

progressing nicely while still undergoing a major review, this well-organized site has lots of useful sections - lessons with links, worksheets, practice quizzes, crossword puzzles and more

http://chem.lapeer.org/

Has sections in Biology, Chem and AP Chem, Life Science, and Physics. Patrick is also a frequent Chemed-L contributor

http://www.slb.com/seed/index.htm

SEED Teacher's Notes  

http://www.1.slb.com/seed/notes/index.htm

http://eix.dyndns.org/tp/

formerly at http://ecs.2y.net/tp/

designed for high school students and their teachers, there is a wealth of practical information on teaching techniques, test construction, experiments, and more -- the great bulk of it contributed by other teachers.

http://eix.dyndns.org/tp/  >> Chem Links >> Chem Retort

"a place where High School Chemistry teachers and students can find resources to help them teach and study Chemistry. At present all resources are free."

John is the owner/principal of ECS, an educational consulting firm specializing in desktop publishing for conferences and designing online learning activities. Here there are online practice exams and high school chemistry stuff.

http://www.lbl.gov/MicroWorlds/

focusing on the "Advanced Light Source"

http://www.ar.cc.mn.us/chemistry/ideas

unreachable when I checked on 9/15/01

http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/ChemTeamIndex.html

study resources for HS and AP chemistry

http://ice.chem.wisc.edu/

http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/index.html

http://www.howe.k12.ok.us/~jimaskew/ 

Pages for physical science, biology, and zoology as well as chemistry.
For chemistry, there's a really impressive and well-organized course with demo information, PowerPoint presentations, lab templates, and a really nice lab safety orientation.
Jim Askew, Facilitator, has done a really fantastic job with this!

http://camchem.rutgers.edu/sjsta/

links for chemistry, physics, biology, and geology

http://www.teacherlaptop.org/home.html

"The Foundation's goal is to make it possible for every K-12 teacher in America to receive a state-of-the-art laptop computer with dial-up Internet service for home at no charge."

http://www.sudval.org/

"Sudbury Valley School is a place where people decide for themselves how to spend their days."  In other words, they are dedicated to free and open inquiry and self-directed learning. I didn't see "Summerhill" mentioned as I cruised through this site, but that's certainly one impression that came to mind. They appear to have substantial online resources available.

http://www.welcome.to/Chemistry

verry interesting!

http://www.chemistrycoach.com/home.htm

Last on the list for now, but definitely not least -- you have to see it to believe it! Dozens of original tutorials, a section on pedagogy/philosophy, and hundreds of links to other sites -- a true tour de force!