Did you know plywood was invented around 3500 B.C.? It was also featured as something new and unusual at the 1905 World's Fair. Scholars complete an experiment with various types of adhesive. Then they read three case studies and...

Developed for the 100-year anniversary of Marie Curie's Nobel Prize, a book offers lessons and activities to interest scholars in chemistry. It is divided into modules, so you can pick information from each to create your own lesson...

Learners explore the Biochemistry topic of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA). Topics examined are DNA replication, cloning, and fingerprinting. The resource consists of articles and animations and culminating questions.

Through informational text, interactive activities, step-through animations, and video clips, studnet explore biochemistry and the molecules that make up living things.

A detailed review of water and its structure. Included are diagrams, animated graphics, and review quizzes. For the advanced high school student.

How well do you know your acids and bases? This resource will access your understanding and provide tutorials to help you with areas of weakness.

Through informational text, interactive activities, animations, and video clips, students examine the chemistry of living things, and they learn how interactions from atoms are fundamental to life as we know it.

Enter the DNA factory to simulate the process of DNA replication. After each step of the progression, take a quick quiz before moving on.

A set of virtual experiment assignments where students investigate the biochemistry of hemoglobin and the role it plays in the functioning of human red blood cells. Includes background information, glossary, online notebook, and...

The main objective for this exercise is to enhance your study of the properties and structures of biological molecules with modern computer graphics. Rather than passively viewing illustrations of molecular structure as they occur in...

Cells are almost like tiny factories run by robots, with the nucleus, DNA, proteins, lipids, and vitamins and minerals all playing critical roles. George Zaidan and Charles Morton lay out the blueprint of a cell and explain how...

What if manipulating body mass wasn't just the stuff of fantasies and comics? Is it scientifically possible to manipulate your body mass? In this series, creator and educator Joy Lin tackles superpowers and reveals just how...

An explanation of the importance of fats and proteins in the human diet. Examples of chemical structures of various fats and proteins are used.

Explanation of biochemical processes in cells during metabolism. Focus is on the generation of ATP.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will define chemistry and differentiate between the macroscopic and the microscopic as it relates to chemistry. They will begin to...

Get a tour of the four basic biological macromolecules structure and function in this tutorial. Learn about carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The main chemical components of living organisms are known as organic compounds and are built around the element carbon. Living things are made up of very large...

This Chemistry tutorial will introduce you to some important chemical concepts.

Learn how metabolic acidosis or alkalosis can arise and how these conditions shift the bicarbonate equilibrium. The correct answers for the multiple choices problems are reinforced with a brief explanation and the incorrect answers are...

Learn which biological reactions require either B12, folate or both and he consequences of a deficiency in either vitamin. The correct answers for the multiple choices problems are reinforced with a brief explanation and the incorrect...

The purpose of this set of problems is for you to become familiar with some key principles about enzymes, catalysis and energy. The correct answers for the multiple choices problems are reinforced with a brief explanation and the...

Explore macromolecules and the smaller molecules that make up living organisms in this module.

This lesson will show the difference in structure between deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "DNA vs RNA."

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduction to biochemical reactions.