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Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Carbon Dioxide Can Make a Solution Acidic

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explain that carbon dioxide from any source reacts chemically with water to form carbonic acid. They will also be able to use the color changes of universal indicator to monitor the changing pH of a solution during a chemical...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Chromatography?

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out why leaves change color in the fall, and learn how to do paper chromatography to separate the pigments found in a leaf. [4:24]
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Activity
Maryland Science Center

Maryland Science Center: Chameleon Jelly [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students learn about chemical reactions that produce a color change in this simple experiment involving jelly.
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Website
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Ten Signs of Chemical Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides the ten signs that tell when a chemical change has occured. Each sign has a detailed explanation.
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Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Water to Wine

For Students 9th - 10th
The molecular basis of indicator color changes. Includes Chime structures for the acid and base forms of phenolphthalein, methyl orange, red cabbage indicator, and cyanidin diglucoside.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Recognizing Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] A tutorial full of explanations, videos, and review questions that covers chemical reaction and indicators of a chemical reaction.
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Activity
Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments: Color

For Students 9th - 10th
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This one...