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Chapter 10: Carbon Chemistry

Hydrocarbons
This site details the structure of hydrocarbons - including substituted hydrocarbons. Read the information under "Functional Groups" to learn more about substituted hydrocarbon structure.

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The Taxol Story
Taxol is a drug commonly used to treat certain types of cancer. Read the information at this site to learn more about the discovery of taxol and where it comes from.

How Aspirin Works - A short history
Aspirin, or at least the chemicals found in aspirin, have been used for centuries to treat fever, aches, and pains. Read through this site to learn more about aspirin.

Codeine
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency provides information about codeine at this site. Where is most of the codeine used in the U.S. produced from?

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Biochemistry of Lipids
This page has extensive information about lipids and other fatty molecules. Use the information on this site to profile a specific molecule in your science journal. Be sure to include an image and chemical structure of the molecule.

CHEM4KIDS
This web site provides a wealth of information about reactions, elements, atoms, matter, and more. Click on "biochemistry" and then on "lipids" to learn more about these organic molecules.

Lipid
This Wikipedia entry describes lipids and their structure. Click on any of the blue words to learn more about those terms.

Unit 2: Chemical Interactions

How Things Work
A site maintained by A. Bloomfield, the author of "How Things Work: the Physics of Everyday Life." Students can read old questions or ask Bloomfield their own. As a group, formulate a question for Bloomfield and ask it.

The Particle Adventure Home Page
An in-depth description of particles; includes a QuickTime movie and various links to a variety of nuclear subjects. Go through the adventure and write a journal entry about your experiences.

Chemical Bonds
Visit this site to read a brief description of the various types of chemical bonding. Scroll down to read about covalent bonds. What type of covalent bond is formed when three pairs of electrons are shared?

Chemical Bonds
Go to this site to read about chemical bonds and the formation of compounds. Scroll down to read about ionic bonding. Click on a simulation of the NaCl reaction. What happens to the sodium atom in this reaction?

The Periodic Table
Go to this site by the Los Alamos National Laboratory to see an interactive periodic table. Click on any element in the table to learn more about that element. For example, click on copper. What is the element copper used for?

Chemical Reactions at CHEM4KIDS
Visit the CHEM4KIDS web site and click on "Reactions" to learn more about chemical reactions.