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What do Chemists See When they Look at Chemicals?
In this naming chemicals worksheet, students indicate the prefixes for naming compounds. They fill in a chart with the chemical names and formulas for alkanes. They draw the structural and molecular formula for propane and they draw and...
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Empirical Formulas
High schoolers investigate empirical formulas for molecules. In this empirical formulas lesson plan, students use paper ions to form formulas and they show these are empirical formulas. They use ions of carbon and hydrogen showing...
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Models of Hydrocarbons
Students construct models of hydrocarbon molecules using candy and toothpicks. For this hydrocarbons lesson plan, students are given a sheet with the molecular formulas of hydrocarbons. As a group, they construct each molecule using...
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Naming Molecular Compounds
For this naming molecular compounds worksheet, learners are given 8 formulas of molecular compounds and they write the names for each. Students are then given 8 names of molecular compounds and they write the formula for each.
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Worksheet 2-2 Stoichiometric Tools
In this stoichiometry worksheet, students solve a variety of problems including finding empirical and molecular formulas, determining molarities of solutions, determining molecular weights of compounds and calculating the percent mass of...
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Molecular Models
In this molecular formula worksheet students fill in a table describing elements and chemical formulas. They identify, elements by type and how they bond. The student analyze molecular formulas to identify the number of atoms and if the...
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Molecular Modeling Activity
High schoolers explore the concept of molecular modeling and differentiate between saturated and unsaturated compounds. In small groups, they identify molecular formulas, complete a chart comparing alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes, and...