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Acid and Base pH Tutorial :: http://www.chem.ubc.ca/courseware/pH/launch.html

"This site contains notes and self directed exercises designed to help students with the fundamental concepts of acid-base chemistry. The level of instruction is aimed at first year university students with no prior knowledge of acid-base chemistry."

The Atoms Family :: http://www.miamisci.org/af/sln/

Learn about chemistry and physics by exploring such "places" as the Mummy's Tomb, Dracula's Library, Frankenstein's Lightening Laboratory and more. You can find information about energy, light, atoms, electricity, fuel conservation and other science topics. Many of these topics are introduced with real experiments that you can perform, some online.

Chem4kids :: http://www.chem4kids.com/index.html

Find lots of information about matter, the elements, atoms, reactions and more. There's also a section that teaches you how to use math in chemistry.

ChemTeam: A Tutorial For High School Chemistry :: http://dbhs.wvusd.k12.ca.us/webdocs/ChemTeamIndex.html

The ChemTeam offers several resources suitable for the Regular Chemistry students. ChemTeam was developed by a group of high school chemistry teachers and delivers its content in an understandable and well-organized format. Just some of the topics covered include: Acid Base, Bonding & Isomerism, Equilibrium, The Mole, Radioactivity, Reduction Oxidation, and Thermochemistry.

ChemTutor :: http://www.chemtutor.com/

"Basic chemistry help is available here for high school or college students. Chemtutor begins with the fundamentals and gives expert help with the most difficult phases of understanding your first course inchemistry. Chemtutor is not necessarily a complete text for your course or a complete outline, but we are proud to offer some insightful help in the parts of primary chemistry that have been, from our experience,the hardest for students to grasp."

eMolecules :: http://www.emolecules.com/index.htm

Allows you to search for Chemistry information online in addition to drawing chemical structures for molecules that are searched.

Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry :: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/chemistry/

An electronic encyclopedia of chemistry that includes organic, inorganic and quantum chemistry. Includes references for further reading. Topics are searchable, or users can browse links.

Eric Weisstein's World of Science :: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/

The best resources for Math and Science on the Internet. Links to comprehensive sites on Math, Physics, Chemistry and Astronomy and the Biographies of famous scientists.

Glossary of Chemical Terms :: http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/gloss/terms.html

Need to find a definition for a chemistry term? If so, here is a great site that has it all from A to Z. You can simply browse or do search for a specific word.

Help with Predicting Reactions :: http://www.chemmybear.com/preactions.html

Studying for the AP Chemistry Test? Check here for some ideas about how to classify and organize the reactions you see in the Predicting Reactions portion of the Test.

Jefferson Lab: Student Zone :: http://education.jlab.org/indexpages/index.php

If you need information about, or just want to explore math and the physical sciences, this is the place for you! At this site from the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, you can learn "All About Atoms," take the Jefferson Lab virtual tour, find a glossary of science terms, and much more. You can also test your math and science skills by playing online games.

A Periodic Table of the Elements :: http://pearl1.lanl.gov/periodic/default.htm

A colorful resource for chemistry students of all ages, provided by the Los Alamos National Lab.

Physics Van :: http://van.hep.uiuc.edu/

Watch physics demonstrations by students at the University of Illinois as they show "science as fun and worthwhile for people who wonder about why the world acts the way it does".

Polymer Science Learning Center :: http://www.pslc.ws/

Offers step-by-step tutorials for students of all levels who want to learn about polymer science.

Sheppard Software - Online Games and More :: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_menu.htm

Learn about world continents, countries and oceans at this fun website. Free web games also include vocabulary, United States geography, chemistry and trivia. Fun, educational games for all levels!

Unit Converter Tool :: http://www.digitaldutch.com/unitconverter/

Great Chemistry reference tool. Converts area, density, energy, force, length, mass, power, pressure, speed, temperature, volume, etc.

WebElements :: http://www.webelements.com/

"WebElements aims to be a high quality source of information on the WWW relating to the periodic table. Coverage is such that professional scientists and students at school will all find something useful. You will find thousands of graphics showing elements structures and periodic properties here. Currently, most information is about the elements themselves but the scope of WebElements will include simple compounds as well in the future." Click on an element's symbol in the periodic table and get detailed information about the element, along with graphics and images. There are also several chemistry-related calculators. A Scholar Edition for students is also in the works.