The American Chemical Society (ACS) is one of those giant scientific associations that supports the future of STEM in the U.S. With over 160,000 members, 44 journals, and almost 2,000 employees, ACS does everything from bringing great minds together at national and regional conferences to independently funding initiatives. The web site is a hot pot of chemistry resources. Start by checking out the...

The American Chemical Society's (ACS) "Regional Industrial Innovation Awards Program celebrates the successful innovations of industrial chemists and chemical engineers that contribute to the health of their local and regional economy and the corporate leadership for its advancement of a healthy economy." The website illustrates the significance of a nomination and describes the criteria and...

The chemistry education resources that the American Chemical Society has placed on its website are quite impressive, and are a must see for teachers, motivated students, and even parents. Visitors will find "Classroom Resources" that range from "Elementary/Middle School" to "Two-Year Colleges" to "Graduate Education," near the top of the homepage. Also included on the Education Resources page...

ChemMatters, which is published by the American Chemical Society, is specifically designed for chemistry teachers and students, but anyone with an interest in chemistry will find plenty of fascinating material on the website. Educators may want to begin with the Teacher's Guide section. Here they will find guides to entire issues of ChemMatters, dating back to 2011. Each guide includes analytic...

Seeking to eliminate the use and production of hazardous substances, "The Green Chemistry Institute (GCI) was founded as an independent, nonprofit organization in 1997 to promote green chemistry through research, education, information dissemination, conferences and symposia." At this web site, visitors will find all sorts of information on meetings, news, conferences, and various educational...

The American Chemistry Society (ACS) has pulled together some valuable resources for high school chemistry teachers, Classroom Teaching Resources to Education Standards to Professional Development. Educators will find lesson plans on the Isolation of Phytochrome, the Development of Baking Powder, the Discovery of Fullerenes, and Man and Materials Through History, among other topics. An extensive...

The odds are that most Scout Report readers have never seen such a highly animated version of the periodic table of the elements as this, well, rather highly animated table of the elements. Upon entering the site, visitors can browse through the alkali metals, the alkaline earth metals, and both the lanthanide and actinide series. As users move their mouse across the table they can learn each...

For people with a penchant for benzene rings and other topics, the AP Chemistry Course site is a great resource. Designed for both educators and students, the site contains resources for teaching to the AP exam as well as a wealth of other items. Interested parties should explore the Classroom Resources where they will find seven different lab activities, such as "Misconceptions and Issues in...

The Atomic Orbitals Web site "was established as part of an (ongoing) project at Purdue University to develop 'visualization modules' for general chemistry students." Using the Chime plug-in, which allows unique and stunning visualizations, visitors can learn what an atomic orbital is; what the 1s, 2s, 3s, 2p, 3p, and 3d orbitals are; what hybrid orbitals are; and more. The combination of...

Any online chemistry textbook that contains a photograph of Max Planck and Albert Einstein on its first page definitely sets the right tone, and Stephen Lower's textbook certainly falls into that category. Over the past several years Lower has been working on this textbook, and for students looking for a bit of refresher on the world of the structure of atoms and the periodic table, this is the...