Student & teacher resources

Chem 13 News masthead for the September 2019 issue.

Chem 13 News Magazine

From 1968 to 2019, the Department of Chemistry at the University of Waterloo published an informal magazine for teachers of introductory chemistry courses, especially at the high school and first-year college levels. Many of our authors were high school teachers.

Explore the most popular articles for free. These include teaching ideas, experiments and demonstrations, background articles, and contest questions.

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Open Science

Free online, interactive content that targets a variety of topics relevant to high school science. Supported by NSERC and developed by faculty at the University of Waterloo, subjects include biology, chemistry - with lessons on specific topics, earth and environmental sciences, physics and astronomy

Additional Open Library modules

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Practice exams

Available free for students, practice exams are a great way to prepare for exam day or simply learn more.

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