Note: NetTutor is composed of internet links that will help you better
understand the material we are covering in class.
These topics are grouped into chapters which are different than the chapters
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References
Chemistry & Physics Dictionaries
Very nice dictionary of Scientific and Technical
terms. A dictionary of chemical terms that are easy to
understand. Good resource for Chemistry definitions. Every Physics definition you will ever need.
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| Wonderful site filled with thousands of bookmarks on Physical Science, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, and Research. |
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| Mr. Guch explains Chemistry - easy to understand. |
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| Periodic Table printout that shows phases as well as symbol, number and mass for each element. |
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| Ever wonder how MP3 works? How about GPS? Or DVD? Easy to understand and good use of graphics make this site worth visiting. |
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| A great site for links to references on all types of topics. |
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| Everything you wanted to know about chemicals and safety. |
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| An excellent resource for students and teachers. |
Ch
1 - Scientific Skills
Lab Reports Mrs. G's guide to writing a lab report. Also contains
links to other sites that have information that will
help.
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Concept Mapping |
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Simple instructions on how to use Word to create Concept Maps. |
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Simple instructions on how to use Excel to create Concept Maps. |
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Explains what mind (concept) mapping is and how to do it. |
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Over 30 examples of mind maps (concept maps). |
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Do concept maps on your computer. And you can't beat the price for this Java software. For Macs and PCs. |
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An free concept mapping program for Macs and PCs. |
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Free Windows Concept Mapping software. |
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Free Mac OSX Concept Mapping software. |
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A simple explanation of how to concept map. |
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Another site that explains concept mapping. |
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Yet another concept mapping site. |
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Mind mapping is just another name for concept mapping. |
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A nice site that does a good job explaining mind mapping. |
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This site has concept maps of topics in biology - useful to look at to see examples. |
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A concept map Mr. Gilliland made (using Inspiration software) of Chapter 1-1 in your HPS textbook. |
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Working with measurements |
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Everything you wanted to know about measurments. |
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A neat little drill that shows you a number in sci. notation and you have to type in the standard decimal form. Click on Check Answer and it will do so and keep track of your score. |
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Explains the purpose and procedure for calculating experimental error in your work. Problems and solutions are demonstrated. By Mr. Gilliland |
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A neat little drill that will give you a measurement and you have to type in how many sig figs it has. Click on Check Answer and it will do so and keep track of your score. |
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Want to convert meters to feet? miles per hours to feet per second? pounds to kilograms? This site has over 50 calculators to convert just about any measurement. |
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Mr. Gilliland does his best to explain DA. |
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Cool Java site that takes you from he Milky Way 10ee23 meters from the earth out into the Milky Way down to 10ee-16 meters into a leaf's carbon atom in one power of ten steps. |
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A good lesson in multiplying and dividing by ten as well as scientific notation. |
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Java Applets |
The Pendulum, Pendulum (can change mass) Double Pendulum (cool visual) |
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Reflex Timers |
I'm
Seeing Green Reflex Tester (in milliseconds) |
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Movies |
Reading a Meniscus, Using a Spatula, Cool Honda Ad on Precise Measuring |
Ch.
2 - General Properties of Matter & Graphing
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A check-off list prepared my Mr. Gilliland of what you need for a good graph. Even if you think you know what to do when graphing it would be advisable to print out this sheet and use it when constructing a graph. By Mr. Gilliland |
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Another list of what needs to be on a graph of scientific data. |
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Don't understand how to use your graph to find values not on your data table? This will show you how. By Mr. Gilliland |
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The world's most popular spreadsheet will graph your data for you. These easy step-by-step instructions will allow you to convert data in a spreadsheet to a graph. |
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A neat little on-line graph making program. You select which type of graph you want, fill in the data and it graphs it for you. |
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A short explanation of density. |
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A good site that explains density and gives you some sample problems. |
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A neat little quiz on mass, volume and density that will keep score of your grade. |
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What's the purpose and the procedure for calculating error in your scientific measurement? This page will try to answer these and show solutions to sample problems. Created by Mr. Gilliland. |
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A good explaination of the concept of directly proportional and inversely proportional. |
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Movies |
An easy to understand introduction of the four states of
matter. See how pressure and volume are related in this
animation. Another animation showing the relationships between
volume, pressure and temperature. Good animation that allow you to change the temperature
of a gas and observe the kinetic energy of the
particles. This site was produced by high school students competing
in ThinkQuest. Does a good job with gases. Beautiful photos show the intricate microscopic crystal
shapes found in snow flakes. A list of the melting and boiling points of all the
elements. Simulations You can change phase and see what happens at the atomic
level in this simulation. You have the run of the lab at this
interactive site. Even graphs your data. By the same
folks that brought you Bolye's
lab. Cool interactive gas - you can change all the varialbes
of the gas laws. Lets you control temperature, mass of particles and
number of particles of two gases. Great visual for
comparison of two gases when changing these variables. In this simulation you control the action of a piston in
a pressure chamber which is filled with an ideal gas to test
Gay-Lussac's Law. Movies Phase
Graph, IceBomb,
Boyle's
Law, ,
Iron & Sulfur: Elements, Mixture &
Compound You read it right. Play element flash card, hangman,
concentration, matching, Who Wants to be a (pretend)
Millionaire and more. Who said learning the names and
symbols can't be fun? Test your knowledge of the chemical symbols and their
names. Play easy - medium - or hard. Answers grades
immediately and you are told what you missed. Contains the following for elements 1- 103: Name,Symbol,
Atomic Number, Atomic Mass, Atomic Volume, Discovered By,
Discovery Date, Origin of Name, Toxicity and Summary. A brief explaination of the 3 classifications of
matter Alphabetical list of elements with info such as symbols,
massses, b.p. & m.p.,... Very nice list for your
notebook. These are the ways I showed the
class how to remember the symbols for elements like gold,
silver, copper, lead... in a .pdf format. A Flash rendition Tom Lehrer's Famous song. Here is a screenshot of the chemical symbols you are
required to know. A good explaination of mixtues. A Chem4Kids site explaining the basics of mixtures. A good, simple explaination of a mixture. This site uses models (similar to what you did in the
lab) to show chemical equations and how to balance them. Use this simulation to answer the last 4 questions on
Gases in your Phases of Matter Lab.
Ch.
3 - Physical & Chemical
Changes
Mr. G's In a Vacuum:
Marshmallow,
Shaving
Cream
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Created by Lisa
Carrol and
Anh-Thy Nguyen
(HPS 2002-03), this webpage
takes you from Democritis to Bohr. Very well
done! A short explaination of Thomson's and Rutherford's model
of the atom. Everything you wanted to know about J.J.Thomson and his
famous cathode-ray tube. A 1934 recording in which Thomson talks about the size of
his discovery: an electron. Movies Flash:Rutherford's
Atom, Rutherford's
Experiment,
Ruterford's
Experiment Too, 
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4 - Atomic Theory & Structure
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An interactive periodic table. One of the few with
electron configurations. Earn rice to feed the hungry while seeing how well you
know your chemical symbols. Thanks to former student Taylor
Armstrong for the link. Info on periods, families, atomic number and mass. Info on the three classifications of elements. A biography of Dimitri Mendeleev. A biography of Henry Moseley. A strange, unique way of presenting the elements in comic
book form. The Los Alamos National Laboratory Periodic Table - A
Resource for Elementary, Middle School, and High School
Students. Try your luck at typing the symbols into a blank periodic
table. Keeps track of your progress and will give you hints
when needed. A very nice resource on the periodic table. This site
explains what the table is, and breaks it down to show the
different periods & families, phases of the elements,
and other important properties of the elements. Periodic Tables Special thanks to Taylor Armstrong for finding many of
these tables on the web. A nice interactive table of the elements. Also contains a huge amount of info on the elements. A good resource for high school students. Shows electron configuration of the elements. Another useful perioidic table. A nice printable, colorful table for your notebook. Movies Periodic
Properties,
Periodic
Trends: Atomic Radii,
Periodic
Trends: Ionization Energy,
Mr. G's review of atomic structure,
radii and introduction to valence and ions. Mr, G's page on how to write and
name chemical formulas. Ionic & Covalent Bonding nicely explained by HPS
2002-03 students Morgan
Sanders and Danielle
Stidman. Examples of how to name ionic and covalent binary
compounds. Explains the basics of writing a chemical formula. Ionic & Covalent compounds, Polyatomic ions and
more. Covers ionic and covalent bonding, chemical formulas,
polyatomic ions... in an easy to understand way. Another good site if you are having trouble naming
compounds. A list of most polyatomic ions with
formulas. Nice visual models of polyatomic ions. A very easy to understand unit on Atomic Structure,
Chemical Bonding, Compounds, Ions, Naming Compounds.. a good
overview of Chemical Bonding. A good site for learning nomenclature of covalent
compounds containing 2 elements. This site that will instruct you on how to write chemical
formulas for ternary compounds. Another site to help you learn how to write and name
compounds. The purpose of this calculator is to determine the
scientific name of the ionic molecule entered.
Ch. 5 - The Periodic Table
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Ch.
6 - Atomic Bonding
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Mass/Moles
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covalent compound. While your sig figs might differ you can
check your worksheet answers with this calculator. Mr. G's short explanation of moles,
molar mass, and conversions from given mass to moles to
number of particles. Ionic & Covalent bonding, writing formulas,
polyatomic ions, Lewis dot models... and others Explained a little different way than Mr. G does but the
same work. - Chemical Reactions - Mr. G explains and gives examples
of each of the four types of reactions. Explanations and examples of the 5 types of
Reactions. From the basics of chemical reactions to a detailed
explanation of each of the five types of reactions. Chapter 8 Questions and answers posted in the past on the
the Message Board. Another site with explanations and examples of the 5
types of Reactions. Mr. G explains what phase
subscripts are and how to use them when writing a chemical
equation. Movies Synthesis: Na
+ Cl2, Al
+ Br2 , Sodium
+ Chlorine, Reactions
with Oxygen, H2
+ O2 Decomposition: Decomposition
of water, Sugar
yeilds Carbon and Water, NI3
yields N2 +
I2, Single Replacement: Mg
+ CO2,
Na
+ HCl, Cu
+ AgNO3, Zn
+ SnCl2, Double Replacement: NaI
+ HgCl2, NaOH
+ CoCl2, AgNO3
+ NaOH,
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7 - Moles & Chemical Reaction Types
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A good review of this subject from the British Columbia
Institute of Technology. Page made by Mr. G to review these
three important compounds. Chapter 9 Questions and answers
posted in the past on the the Message Board. Not a fancy site but plenty here that will help you
understand this topic. Good notes on acids, bases and salts even though some of
these notes are too advanced for HPS. A fun interactive site that lets you explore acids, bases
and pH. Review of how to calculate masses of compounds so that
you can then determine the molar masses. A nice little tutorial explaining polar molecules. Short and easy to understand explaination of
polarity. Why do some solutions carry an electrical current while
others don't? This explains why. A short page on acids and bases. Uses hydrochloric and hydrofluoric acids to show how
ionization determines whether acids are strong or weak. Movies Dissolving
Salt in Water,
pH
scale, Ionization
of Strong & Weak Acids, NaCl
Dissolving in H2O, Strong
& Weak Acid, Electrolytes
& Nonelectrolytes, Simulations
Ch.
8 - Solutions & Molarity: Acids, Bases & Salts
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A good explanation of the most basic organic compounds.
Near the end it covers some compounds we won't be studying
(keytones, esters...) but overall a good review. An excellent resource for everything you wanted to know
about alkanes. Shows the structure and properties of the simplist
alcohols. This page explains what polymers
and monomers are and how they are used in the production of
plastics. Written by Mr. Gilliland. Shows polymers that can found in your home. Explains how crude oil is refined into use products
through fractional distillation. Models of covalent compounds - mostly organic. Movies
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9 - Organic Chemistry & Petrochemical Technology
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Ch.
10 - Nuclear Physics
History of man's attempt to understand the energy held
within the nucleus. A biography of the scientist from the Nobel e-Museum A collection of links to Atomic Museums and Atomic
Explosion sites. Good educational site for students and teachers Includes
a slideshow, resources, and tours. Interactive Shockwave Physics makes learning about Fusion
and energy enjoyable. A detailed explanation of how a nuclear power plant
works. Good explaination of how a nuclear power plant works. The splitting of a U-235 atom to produce energy is
explained. Everything you ever wanted to know about nuclear
bombs. Java applet that allows you to change the variables in an
electrical generator. An interesting graph showing the decay series of U-238
and the half-life of each radioisotope. Topics include types, detecting and sources of
radioactivity, half-life, uses & dangers, and famous
nuclear scientists. An in-depth look at radiation. A java applet explaining half-life. Way beyond what we are studying but a very interesting
topic. Nova's 3 hours special on String Theory cut into 10
minute segments. Extremely interesting.
A good site that will come in handy in this section on
speed, velocity and acceleration. A great site to conduct realtime experiments with
motion. A short explaination of acceleration. 70-y, 60-x graph paper Here is a copy of the lab in case you need to recopy your
data table. Be sure to staple your stamped copy to this lab
when you turn it in.
Ch.
11 - Motion: Speed, Velocity & Acceleration (for Physical Science Classes)
A good site that will come in handy when studying Newton's Laws of
Motion. A detailed look at the three laws of motion. Another good site for help in understanding Newton's 3 Laws. Everything you wanted to know about the terminal velocity of a sky
diver - from records to a detailed explaination. You guessed it - another site that should help. Along with a concept map this page has lots of good info on Newton's
Laws. Types of friction with good use of animation by Joff
Orr and Don Drymon
(HPS 2002-03) Java Applets When you throw something, what angle will give you the greatest distance?
Experiment! An excellent way to show conservation of momentum. Elastic and Inelastic collisions showing how mass and velocity produce
momentum. Movies
Ch.
12 - Newton's Laws of Motion (for Physical Science Classes)
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One of my favorite sites, this NASA site has thousands of
pictures of earth. You can select any region of the world
and get outstanding photos taken from space. Download to
print or make into a desktop. No, it's not Chemistry or Physics but these pictures for
space, posted daily since June 16, 1995 are well worth
looking at. An oustanding site for Science and Photography through a
Microscope.Bugs, bacteria, plants, bacteria... this site has
some great color photos of the microworld always present but
rarely noticed. A "wealth of information" site with thousands of answers
to " I wonder how that works?". Not just about machines and
technology - you can also find how root beer is made,
tattoos are produced, and vitamins work. What you see is not always what you get - and this site
proves it! Packed with "hours and hours of mind bending
illlusions" including 3-D objects and interactive puzzles -
this virtual museum will have your brain questioning your
eyes. A playground for the curious mind where the thoughts,
riddles and paradoxes presented are meant as a lure to
explore the limits of perception and knowledge. Basically a
collection of mind-bending puzzles This has hundreds of links to calculators that involve
translation, conversion, calculation, estimation... you want
to convert something chances are you can do it here. This is your site if you are interested in spending hours
looking at all types of science sites on the web. Learning Science just got easier is their motto - and
it's true. A great site for the sciences: Physical, Life,
Earth, Space and Technology. This ExploreScience.com's multimedia physics activities
page is loaded with cool physics demonstrations.
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