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Access nano  
URL:http://www.accessnano.org/
Category:Senior secondary chemistry  Materials and their uses  General science resources  Structure and properties 

AccessNano provides teachers with ready-to-use web-based training modules, featuring PowerPoint presentations, experiments, activities, animations and links to interactive websites. Topics include: understanding scale and properties at the nanoscale; performance materials such as carbon nanotubes, textiles, polymers, shape memory alloys and glass; health and medical fields including drug delivery, imaging and diagnostics; water and sunscreens; and social and ethical aspects of emerging technologies.

American chemical society (ACS): education  
URL:http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_EDUCATION&node_id=89&use_sec=false&__uuid=3d9cbe18-585d-4e71-9c7f-190d7c8ac936
Category:Senior secondary chemistry  Materials and their uses  General science resources  Reactions and change  Structure and properties 

The American Chemical Society (ACS) provides a variety of educational resources on their education page for teachers and students from K-12 and above. Resources for educators include: green chemistry activities, experiments and online resources; laboratory safety guidelines by year level; manual on teaching chemistry to students with disabilities; Chemistry in the National Science Education Standards book, with chapter on inquiry learning; Journal of Chemical Education; and other educational publications. Resources for students include: ChemMatters Magazine that demystifies chemistry in our everyday lives; career information; and a guide to undertaking research. In the Explore Chemistry section there are additional resources for teachers and their students such as: Everyday Chemistry; Landmarks in Chemical History including Industrial advances and Medical miracles; an interactive Periodic Table of Elements; and Science for Kids (K-8) with activities on Chemical & physical change, Solids, liquids & gases; and Characteristics of materials.

Australia Advances - CSIRO  
URL:http://www.csiro.au/promos/ozadvances/
Category:Living Together  Enterprise  Science resource lists  Materials and their uses 

CSIRO Australia has produced a set short video stories showcasing Australian scientific discoveries and technological achievements. The video stories can be viewed online (fairly large downloads) at this web site, and each is accompanied by a good description of its content. Stories come under the categories of biology, environment, energy, genetic controls, cancer, medicine and much more. Videos are also available for purchase (16 stories per video).

Australian Institute of Petroleum  
URL:http://www.aip.com.au/
Category:Materials and their uses 

An education site providing facts, figures, and other interesting information about petroleum, natural gas and their products.

Australian Steel Can Recycling Campaign  
URL:http://www.cansmart.org/
Category:Resource Use & Management  Materials and their uses 

This web site owned by the Steel Can Recycling Council , tells how and why we should recycle all steel cans, as well as the history of the steel can itself. Students can find out more about latest initiatives including the 'Be a Good Neighbour' Campaign. They also can check to see if your local council offers a steel can recycling service, and email them to ask why not, if they don't.

Beauty in the Yeast  
URL:http://www.csiro.au/helix/sciencemail/activities/Bread.html
Category:Materials and their uses  People, Health & Food 

CSIRO Science by Email activity page contains instructions about making simple dinner rolls. It also explores the science behind what is happening with yeast, and the applications of fermentation.

Bytesize science  
URL:http://feeds2.feedburner.com/bytesizescience
Category:Materials and their uses  General science resources  Reactions and change  Structure and properties 

This site provides a collection of science related podcasts for young students. Bytesize Science translates cutting-edge scientific discoveries from the American Chemical Society's 36 peer-reviewed journals into stories for young listeners about science, health, medicine, energy, food, and other topics. New installments are posted every Monday and are available free of charge.

Chem4kids  
URL:http://www.chem4kids.com/
Category:Materials and their uses  Reactions and change 

Chem4Kids teaches the basics of chemistry to all ages. The site has sections on atoms, matter, elements, the periodic table, biochemistry and reactions.

Chemical database  
URL:http://ull.chemistry.uakron.edu/erd/
Category:Chemical Sciences  Senior secondary chemistry  Materials and their uses 

This database will allow the user to retrieve information for any of over 1300 hazardous chemicals based on a keyword search. Potential keywords include names, formula and registry numbers (CAS, DOT, RTECS and EPA).

Chemical education digital library  
URL:http://www.chemeddl.org/
Category:Senior secondary chemistry  Materials and their uses  Reactions and change  Structure and properties 

The Chemical Education Digital Library is a storehouse of digital resources for education in the chemical sciences. Creators of this site intend for it to be a place where teachers and students can contribute, share, organise, and use quality chemistry education materials. Some of the resources available include: an interactive periodic table of the elements; Models 360 - a collection of interactive 3D models of organic and inorganic compounds; ChemPRIME - a wiki based approach to teaching chemistry, linking chemistry concepts to exemplars from other disciplines and everyday life; a stereochemistry tutorial covering different types of isomers and the concept of chirality; and ChemEd courses based on the Moodle course management system. ChemEd DL is a product of collaboration with the Journal of Chemical Education, the Education Division of the American Chemical Society and the ChemCollective Project.