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Earth and Matter
For this matter worksheet, students review the Earth's layers, write balanced equations, and compare the properties of different elements. This worksheet has 29 fill in the blank questions.
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Properties of Matter
In this matter worksheet, students compare metals and non-metals, elements, and chemical and physical properties. This worksheet has 22 short answer questions.
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What is a Periodic Table?
In this periodic table worksheet, students will categorize different elements as either a metal or nonmetal. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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What is a Solution?
In this solutions worksheet, students read about how people first learned to use metals and to combine metals to form alloys. Students write an essay telling the story of how ancient people first learned to cause physical changes in metal.
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What Does a Magnet Attract?
In this magnet worksheet, students write in what happens when a magnet is placed near iron. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Amazing Magnets Crossword Puzzle
In this physics worksheet, learners identify and write the correct word for each description related to magnets. There are 12 descriptions to complete.
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Using several learning modalities to teach about the Periodic Table.
Students identify how to relate the position of an element in the periodic table to its atomic number and atomic mass. They identify how to use the periodic table to identify metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and halogens, and also,...
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Organization of the Elements and Periodic Table
Students identify how to relate the position of an element in the periodic table to its atomic number and atomic mass. They also identify and interpret how to use the periodic table to identify metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and...
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Periodic Table
Students relate to the idea of periodicity & give example of other periodic events and identify and use the periodic table as a useful resource. They also identify the relationship of elements to certain groups & periods &...
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Metal Composition & the U.S. Mint
Learners study the meaning, symbolism, and value of U.S. coins,
especially the quarter. Theyresearch why in 1965 the U.S. Mint decided to
change the metal composition of the quarter to copper coated with nickel.
In addition, they perform...
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The Statistical Nature of Test Data
Students investigate the properties of various metals. They conduct an experiment and gather the data by putting into the proper statistical graphs. The data is analyzed and conclusions are formed according to the properties of the metals.
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Colored H2 Balloon Explosions
Young scholars perform an experiment in which they put different types of salts in a balloon, fill it with hydrogen gas, and ignite it. The electrons in the salt molecules are excited by the heat and release energy in the form of light....
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What a Can Can Do
Students explore properties of cans (including aluminum and steel) as they rotate through stations. They experiment with magnets, weight differences, resistance to corrosion and temperature conductivity.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Structure of Metal
In this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site, animations explain different aspects of the properties of metal.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: It's Hard Work to Work Harden! How to Make Metals Stronger
Metals are a part of our lives in so many ways that we hardly notice them. Cars, bikes, and planes are all composed of metals. Some people even have metal in the dental work in their mouths. Therefore the strength and dependence of metal...
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Bonding in Metals and Semiconductors
Acting as an overview from the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site explores chemical bonding in relation to metals and semiconductors. Topics covered include molecular orbitals in metals, band structure in metals, and more.
Other
Chemical elements.com/scandium
A site containing a good deal of elemental information. Information on each element includes atomic number, atomic mass, melting point, boiling point, density, isotopes and more.
US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Lead Soft and Easy to Cast [Pdf]
This detailed resource teaches about lead and the important role it plays in the national economy, national security, and lives of Americans every day. Discover how we use lead, where it comes from, and where future lead supplies might...
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US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Copper a Metal for the Ages [Pdf]
Read this detailed resource to learn about copper and the important role it plays in the national economy, national security, and the lives of Americans every day.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University: Metal/metal Ion Reactions: A Laboratory Simulation [Pdf]
Laboratory simulation tests how metals and metal ions react.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: History of the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will begin to explain the use of chemical and physical properties in the historical development of the Periodic Table. They will be...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Trends in the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate specific properties that can be predicted by an element's position on the periodic table. Additionally, they will look at the formation of ions,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Metals and Metallic Bonds
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate the physical and chemical properties of metals and metallic bonds.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Three Main Types of Elements
The following tutorial explains the three main types of elements, including metals, non-metals and metalloids.