Source: NOVA
Define density of substances, identify which substances are the most dense and predict how a hot air balloon will react to heating and cooling of air in this interactive activity.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Chemistry. Motion & Forces. Navigation.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Explore an interactive that illustrates why metal behaves as it does. Identify how its atoms shift, how imperfections in structure allow it to change shape, how it bends and why it loses its strength when heated.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Chemistry.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Examine the chemical reactions involved in combustion, how a fire ignites, how a molecule's atoms rearrange themselves during combustion and what a flame is made of.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Chemistry. Energy.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Watch as diosgenin from the common Mexican yam transforms in five steps into the adrenal hormone cortisone in this simulation of a chemical change.
Grade Level: 9-12
Subjects: Health & Fitness, Science & Tech
Topics: Medicine. Chemistry.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Design your own three-step cascade process and determine whether you can choose the right combination of gases to liquefy oxygen in this online interactive investigation.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Energy. Chemistry.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Describe how photosynthesis works and examine the role light and oxygen play in plant life and growth.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Botany. Energy. Chemistry.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Describe The Periodic Table of Elements, identify the elements that make a firework work and examine the contribution of each element to the total fireworks effect.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Chemistry. Energy.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Examine the scientific processes involved in carbon dating objects.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech, Social Studies
Topics: Chemistry. Paleontology. Atomic. Anthropology/Cultures. Archeology.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Explore the basics of combustion, including how a fire ignites, how a molecule's atoms rearrange themselves during combustion and what a flame is made of.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Chemistry. Energy.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Discover how scientists make inferences about cosmic objects too far away to explore. Learn the basics of spectroscopy, then use the technique to reveal the composition of four different cosmic objects in this interactive activity.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Atmosphere & Space Science. Chemistry. Energy.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Compare the original Declaration of Independence document with the 1823 Stone Engraving of the Declaration. Explore the damage that has been done to the original over centuries of imperfect handling.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech, Social Studies
Topics: Chemistry. United States History: 1585-1763. United States History: 1754-1820s.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Explore the basics of combustion, including how a fire ignites, how a molecule's atoms rearrange themselves during combustion and what a flame is made of.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Chemistry. Energy.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Explore the steps that a master Japanese swordsmith takes today to craft the katana, the legendary samurai sword. Examine the science and the art involved in this process.
Grade Level: 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech, The Arts
Topics: Chemistry. Visual Arts.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Investiage the science involved in the creation of diamonds by building a carbon atom out of quarks and electrons. Observe how carbon atoms are arranged by manipulating a diamond crystal.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Chemistry. Geology & Natural Disasters. Atomic.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Discover how temperature and pressure are linked by using this online interactive. Adjust the temperature and pressure of three common substances and watch them morph into different states of matter.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Chemistry.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Understand that comets are mde up of some of the originl material from which the solar system was formed, explore the events that cause the comet's light show and make a model of a comet nucleus.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Atmosphere & Space Science. Chemistry.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: Secrets of the Dead
Emulate the work of a fire investigator by examining a fire scene to collect important evidence and send it to a forensics lab. Determine whether the fire was an accident or deliberately set.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Chemistry. Scientific Inquiry.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Examine why metal behaves as it does. Explore how its atoms shift, how imperfections in its structure allow it to change shape more easily, how it bends and why it loses its strength when heated.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Chemistry. Engineering.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity
Source: NOVA
Examine what it is that gives metal its special characteristics and how metal behaves under the stress of heat and outside forces.
Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12
Subjects: Science & Tech
Topics: Chemistry. Design & Invention. Motion & Forces. Atomic.
Resource Type: Interactive/Online Activity