Content Videos (Lectures and animations to supplement lessons):

• Solubility of Salts
• Factors affecting Solubility
• Methods of Preparing Salts
• Applications
  • Uses of Limestone
  • Antacids
  • Fertilizers

Interactives (Online activities for student interaction & practice with content):

• Salts & Solubility Simulation (students add different salts to water, then watch them dissolve and achieve a dynamic equilibrium with solid precipitate. Compare the number of ions in solution for highly soluble NaCl to other slightly soluble salts. Relate the charges on ions to the number of ions in the formula of a salt. Calculate Ksp values)
• Sugar & Salt Solutions (students inquire: What happens when sugar and salt are added to water? Pour in sugar, shake in salt, and evaporate water to see the effects on concentration and conductivity. Zoom in to see how different sugar and salt compounds dissolve. Zoom in again to explore the role of water)
• Effect of Heat on Solubility of Salts: Experiment (students choose salt compound, volume of water and adjust temperature to determine effects of heat on solubility)
• Acids, Alakalis & Salts (interactive lesson covering acids, alkalis and indicators, neutralization and making salts, and uses of salts ex. NaCl)
• Methods of Preparing Salts (interactive website with diagrams illustrating various methods of preparing salts in the laboratory)
• Effects of Electric Currents
  • Electrolyte Solution Simulation (students select cations and anions to put into solution and read the virtual conductivity meter. Data collected can be logged and downloaded as an Excel Spreadsheet. An animated microscopic view of the electrolyte solution is provided; both strong and weak electrolytes can be studied)
  • Electrolysis (students find out how ionic substances are broken down using electricity)
• Applications
  • Virtual Soil Lab Tour (students take a virtual tour to learn about soil testing; included is soil pH and buffer pH)

Games (Online games for students to apply & test their content knowledge):

• Salt Solubility Game (students are quizzed on which salts are soluble)
• Gridlocks (Gridlocks are a fun way to learn the facts you need in Chemistry. Unlock the grids to gain entry to the next level and a secure knowledge of the chemistry involved. Based on the ideas behind Su Doku, Gridlocks have a twist that makes them more interesting, more fun, and more useful.)
  • Gridlocks: Level 1 (11-14s)
    • Acids and Salts
    • Alkalis and Salts
•  Applications
  • Gridlock: Limestone Cycle