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Grade Range: 8 - 11
Use Chemtutor for help with the fundamentals of Chemistry. Although this site appears "plain vanilla," there is a lot of information and helpful explanations. Click on problematic areas of understanding for help with many of the most difficult to understand concepts. Read the text based information to help with a specific content difficulty and choose from a vast array of concepts. Learn how to study Chemistry by clicking on "Heuristics" which offer some great tips to surviving the first year of chemistry.
In the Classroom
Use this helpful information for students having difficulty in a particular chemistry concept. Consider creating help videos or whiteboard tutorials by and for students to help others with these or other concepts. Enlist the help of student groups in the planning and creation of help videos which can be used on a wiki, blog, or other site to help all chemistry students. Share the videos using a tool such as Teachers.TV <a href="/single.cfm?id=9874">reviewed here</a>. Want to try a wiki, but have no clue where to begin? Check out the <a href="/content/wiki/">TeachersFirst’s Wiki Walk-Through</a>.
At Home
Looking for help in Chemistry for your student? Use Chemtutor to help with specific concepts that are difficult to learn alone.