MERLOT Materials

Contains many resources on activities and labs to teach a complicated topic for students to grasp being the Atom.

Play against the computer on this mini version of the game where strategy goes out the window as your pieces enter... see more

Preparation for General Chemistry (Chem 1P) is part of OpenChem: http://ocw.uci.edu/openchem/; This video is part of a... see more

A great tool for secondary school. This fun, interactive game allows students to build a carbon atom as fast as they can... see more

Drawing two dimensional images of an atom.

Electrons are distributed around an atom according to probability density distributions. Visitors can use this... see more

This web page outlines a student activity on atoms and the periodic table. The assignment includes instructions about how... see more

Discussion of how a particle accelerator works, different types of particle accelerators, basic parts of particle... see more

Learn about the scientific study of the structure of the atom, its energy states, and its interactions with other... see more

This site explains the concept of the atom, and the history of its discovery from ancient times to the 20th century. The... see more

Tutorials on software applications for Windows and Macintosh. Applications include Microsoft Office products, Adobe... see more

The Atomic Orbitals website is a distribution point for the orbital image generating program "Orbital Viewer" as well as... see more

The Atomic Orbitals Web site "was established as part of an (ongoing) project at Purdue University to develop... see more

Students determine the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons for each element.

This is a lesson plan developed specifically to accompany the PhET simulation <i>Build An Atom</i>. Created by a PhET... see more

This film briefly considers the nature of atoms as an introduction to an educational unit on the health effects of... see more

This is the second lesson in the Human Anatomy & Physiology Fundamentals of Chemistry section. This video covers the... see more

Applet and tutorial on the Bohr atom in atomic physics.

Applet demonstrates the scattering cross-section of an atom.

This is the first of a two-semester subject sequence that provides the foundations for contemporary research in selected... see more

This is the second of a two-semester subject sequence beginning with Atomic and Optical Physics I (8.421) that provides... see more

'Slate and Tablets is back with Atom-Builder, an exciting game designed to teach students the skills they need to count... see more

Applet and tutorial discusses the basic electrodynamic principles of the Kelvin-Thomson atom.

This java applet displays the wave functions (orbitals) of the hydrogen atom (actually the hydrogenic atom) in 3-D.... see more