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Baking Soda and Vinegar Chemical Reaction

For Teachers Pre-K
Students conduct experiments by mixing baking soda and vinegar.  In this chemistry lesson, students complete three different experiments involving these two substances. They find that the chemical reaction does not change and will be...
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Keep it Bottled Up: Linear Rates of Pressure Increase

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils explore linear functions in this lesson when they collect and analyze data as a chemical reaction proceeds. Learners record pressure versus time data and model the data as a linear function. They also examine the concept of slope...
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Shaving Cream Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Students participate in paper marbling. In this paper art lesson, students use shaving cream and paint to create unique patterns on paper. Students mix shaving cream and paint together then lay paper down in the mix. The paper is allowed...
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Chemical Equations and Symbols

For Students 9th - 12th
For this chemical equations and symbols worksheet, students are given two written equations and they translate each into chemical symbols. They are given two equations with chemical symbols and they translate them into written equations.
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Chemistry: Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate chemical reactions. For this chemistry lesson, students burn magnesium and record the mass. Students list five chemical reactions they see everyday.
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What Happens When Chemicals are Put Together?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students answer 12 multiple choice questions about compounds, chemical reactions, and balancing equations using coefficients.
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Ice Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars investigate how salt affects the state of ice. In this ice cream making lesson, students change the freezing temperature by adding salt and observing the results. Young scholars use experimentation and comparison to see...
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Ice Energy

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars study the concept of ice energy. For this ice energy lesson, students observe what happens when salt is sprinkled on a piece of ice before following a recipe to make two types of ice cream. They note the difference in the...
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Reactions of Metals with Water, Acid and Air

For Students 9th - 12th
For this chemical reactions worksheet, high schoolers experiment with reactions between 4 different metals with water, acid and air. Students make observations of copper, iron, zinc and magnesium with water, acid and air. They write an...
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The Reaction Between Magnesium and Hydrochloric Acid

For Students 9th - 12th
In this rate of chemical reactions worksheet, students experiment with different concentrations and volumes of hydrochloric acid mixed with magnesium. They measure the rates of the reactions and analyze their results from a graph they...
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Rusting, Burning and Oxygen

For Students 8th - 11th
In this rusting, burning and oxygen worksheet, students read about chemical reactions and are given diagrams of a rusting bicycle, a burning candle, and a variety of chemical changes. Students make observations and explain the chemical...
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The Role of Enzymes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the role of enzymes in chemical reactions. In this enzymes lesson plan, students use hydrogen peroxide and manganese dioxide to observe a chemical reaction. Students observe the rates of reactions of chalk, hamburger,...
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Making Compounds

For Students 9th - 12th
In this compounds worksheet, high schoolers draw the compound that is produced in the given chemical reactions. This worksheet has 20 problems to solve.
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Candy Reaction

For Teachers 6th - 9th
For this triboluminescence worksheet, students use wint-o-green Lifesavers to observe a chemical reaction that gives off light. They break a lifesaver up with a hammer and make observations and they chew a lifesaver and make...
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Conservation of Mass

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this conservation of mass worksheet, young scholars design an investigation to demonstrate the Law of Conservation of Mass. Students describe their investigation, collect data, graph the data and write a conclusion about what they...
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Chemical Changes in Matter

For Students 9th - 12th
In this matter and chemical changes worksheet, high schoolers write symbols and formulas for 2 chemical reactions. They write words for 1 chemical reaction given in symbols and formulas. They draw a diagram representing a chemical...
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Biodegradable

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders experiment with biodegradable materials. In this science activity, 5th graders perform a series of experiments, then discuss and chart their observations. Through the experiments, students will be able to identify three...
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The "Clock Reaction" Kinetics Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the effects of temperature and concentration on the rate of reactions. In this "clock reaction" kinetics lesson plan, students change the concentration of one reactant and keep the second constant. An indicator is...
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Coke, Soda, Hot VS. Cold

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore chemical reactions in hot bottled soda and cold bottled soda. In this lesson about chemical reactions, 1st graders observe an experiment and discuss the results as a class. Students determine why bubbles are...
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Cleaning of Metal

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students clean pennies and determine why one substance cleans better. In this lesson about acids and bases, students experiment how to clean a penny. Students use four different solutions to clean their pennies. Students will also test...
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Chemical Change and Physical Change

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders combine chemicals to create a chemical change. In this chemicals lesson plan, 6th graders will investigate characteristics of chemical change by combining chemicals. They will learn that color change is an indicator of...
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Writing the Complete Equation

For Students 9th - 12th
In this writing equations worksheet, students are given 6 chemical reactions and they write equations for each one including the reactants, the products and the states of matter.
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Another Balancing Equations Sheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this reactions worksheet, learners balance the reactants and products for the given chemical reactions. This worksheet has 15 problems to solve.
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Understanding Chemical Equations

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemical equations worksheet, students identify the reactants and the products, state what phase each is in, and state the mole ratios of all the products and reactants. Students complete 10 problems.