Build a Buckyball
This includes a discussion of the C₆₀ molecule and directions for building a paper model of a truncated icosahedron.

Fear of Physics -- Teachers
Make your own online quiz.

Crystalline Solids – Relating Atomic Structure to Physical Properties
Directions are provided for a lab based on crystalline pure solids which often have physical properties that can be related to their repeating atomic structures.  A thorough discussion, including diagrams, is provided concerning the concepts covered.

Minerals, Crystals, Gems:  Stepping Stones to Inquiry
This site starts with a four-part essay on minerals, crystals, and gems.  It also provides three lesson plans for teachers.

Lesson Plans – Observing Crystals
A lesson plan is provided for growing sugar crystals.

Lesson Plans – Types of Snow
Six different types of snow crystals are pictured and described.

Lesson Plans – Viewing Snowflakes
A lesson plan is provided for viewing and studying the crystal structure of snowflakes.

Crystal Growing
This lesson plan suggests several ways for students to grow crystals and activities for studying what they grow.

Crystals
This lesson plan provides for a study of several different types of crystals and crystal shapes.  Foldable patterns are provides for several crystal shapes.

Crystal Painting
This lesson plan provides directions for painting a picture using various colored solutions and then observing and studying the crystals formed as the “paints” dry.

Crystals, Christmas, and Science
This lesson plan provides directions for growing borax crystals on a pipe cleaner “snowflake” and then studying the crystals grown.