Chemistry: Age 13

4 illustrated Chemistry lessons for Age 13.

Building molecules from atoms Everything around you is made of tiny particles called atoms. When atoms join together, they form a molecule, …
Carbon burning in oxygen Carbon atoms and oxygen molecules rearrange when carbon burns. The same atoms appear in the new carbon dioxide…
Carbon Under Pressure Deep in Earth's mantle, carbon atoms are squeezed by enormous heat and pressure. They pack together into a rig…
Building a Water Molecule Water is made of two hydrogen atoms joined to one oxygen atom. Chemists write it as H₂O, and the three atoms s…