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FOSS Resource Materials

This page was created for Iowa educators who are using Science Kits in their classrooms. It is designed to help teachers locate resources and materials which support science kits and are available from Heartland AEA 11. Teachers will find professional library books, videos, software, children's books, and Web links that correspond to science kits at all grade levels.

Mixtures and Solutions

Web Sites
Crystals
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Science/crystals.html

Crystal Gardens
http://www.yesmag.bc.ca/projects/crystal_gardens.html

Morton Salt
http://www.mortonsalt.com/faqs/fatsfaqs.htm

Movies of Molecular Structure
http://www.knowledgebydesign.com/tlmc/tlmc_cg.html#viz

ThinkQuest: Solutions
http://www.thinkquest.org/library/lib/site_sum_outside.html?tname=2690&url=2690/exper/exp9.htm

Solubility
http://library.thinkquest.org/2690/exper/exp17.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0501

Temperature and Rate of Chemical Reactions
http://library.thinkquest.org/2690/exper/exp17.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0501

What is Matter?
http://www.nyu.edu/pages/mathmol/textbook/whatismatter.html

Professional Books
Chemistry Concepts (372.3 Con)
Chemistry for Every Kid: 101 Easy Experiments That Really Work (216550 Van)
Chemistry Magic: Learning Chemistry Through Fun-Filled Experiments (542 Pal)
Glues, Brews, and Goos: Recipes and Formulas for Almost Any Classroom Project (372.5 Mar)
anice VanCleave's Science Experiment Sourcebook (517.8 Van)
Whelmers: 41 Awesome and Easy-To-Do Science Activities (500 Whe)

Children’s Books

Chemistry (138617)
Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures (131381)
Matter (140036)
The Visual Dictionary of Chemistry (133666)

Videos
Chemistry Matters (802788)
Discovering the Elements (802384)
Discovering the Elements: Introduction to the Elements (064861)
Mixing and Sampling (064930)
Mixtures and Solutions (067226)
Mixtures: Together But Separate (064756)
Chemistry Matters (802788)
Discovering the Elements (802384)
Discovering the Elements: Introduction to the Elements (064861)
Mixing and Sampling (064930)
Mixtures and Solutions (067226)
Mixtures: Together But Separate (064756)

Assessment Strategies
http://www.keystone.fi.edu/cc_mpc/mpcassess.shtml

 

FOSS- Link to Modules Descriptions
http://www.delta-ed.com/teachers/science/fossmodules.html

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