Animations are pedagogically effective in making the macroscopic-microscopic connection in chemistry. You will enjoy chemistry if you can visualize the physical or chemical process. Here are some static views of solid sodium chloride, NaCl, and an aqueous solution of NaCl.

Acknowledgment: Silberberg's "Chemistry: The Molecular Nature of Matter and Change", Second Edition, McGraw Hill, 2000.

The solution process is dynamic, and animations enable us to present the microscopic view of matter and atomic/molecular processes. Here is an animation created by the whiz kid "Jimmy":

More animations