Chemistry Zone: Laboratory Activity Lessons
| Name | Description | Type |
|---|---|---|
Lab
Safety |
This is a list of common lab safety rules | |
| Scientific Glassblowing Basics | This covers everything you need to know about blowing glass for laboratory purposes. | Descriptions & Images |
| Fundamental
Units |
This interactive lesson addressees the need and use of fundamental units. | Interactive (Shockwave) |
| Significant
Figures the Complete Lesson |
This interactive lesson deals with all aspects of accuracy, precision, error, and significant figures. Includes explanation and practice. If you have Shockwave, this is the lesson to choose. Alternate Significant Figures lesson |
Interactive (Shockwave) |
| Sig.
Fig. Drill |
An outstanding tool for practicing significant figure counting. | Live Practice (Javascipt) |
| Scientific Notation | A simple yet thorough description of scientific notation. | Descriptions & Examples |
| Scientific Notation Conversion Drills
|
These are outstanding tools for practicing converting scientific notation to decimals and for converting decimals to scientific notation. | Live Practice (Javascript) |
| Density
|
This slide show presents the basic concepts of Density as they relate to physics. (printable notes) | Slide Show (Flash) |
| Density Lab | This interactive lab lets you experiment with different objects in liquid tanks, graduated cylinders, and scales. Thanks to Raman Pfaff for creating this. | Live Experiments (Shockwave) |
| Converting Units by Dimensional Analysis | Tutorials for using units to convert from one unit to another. Also called the factor label method. | Interactive Lessons (ShockWave) |
| Converting Temperatures Drill & Practice | This lets you practice converting between Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin. | Drill & Practice (Javascript) |
| Unit Conversion Tool | This is the ultimate tool for converting one unit into another unit. | Live Tool |
