Curated OER
Properties of Matter
In this properties of matter worksheet, students answer 11 questions about the various properties of matter such as density, elasticity, malleability, and how hard or brittle a substance is.
Curated OER
Brace Yourself!
Students create a list of dental problems and tactics that can be used to correct them. They then study about how the field of orthodontics is changing, and work in cooperative groups to research and build models of how various types of...
Curated OER
Properties of Metals
In this metals worksheet, students define delocalized electrons and review the properties of metals. This worksheet has 5 short answer questions.
Curated OER
The Periodic Table of Elements
In this chemistry learning exercise, students identify and locate vocabulary terms related to the Periodic Table of Elements. There are 18 words located in the puzzle.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Plastic Polymers: Building a Model
Learners will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter including physical and chemical changes from the Houghton Mifflin science curriculum. Students will create a hypothesis to test the physical properties of materials such as...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Polymers & Plastics: Classification & Models
Students will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter including physical and chemical changes to examine and categorize various types of plastics (polymers). They will identify how their chemical properties allow them to have...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Elements Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids
Students investigate several properties of the given elements and decide whether each element is a metal, non-metal, or a metalloid.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Metals
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines what a metal is and explains the properties of metals.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Metallic Bond
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes the metallic bond and properties of metals. Includes review questions.
Science Fun for Everyone
Science Fun: Olympic Medals
Create your own Olympic medal out of clay with the help of an adult. Watch as your design hardens over time as the water in the clay evaporates.
Fact Monster
Fact Monster: Malleability
The physical property of malleability is explained. The importance of malleability to various physical processes is discussed. Examples of materials with high malleability are identified.