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Worksheet
Curated OER

Acids and Bases

For Students 9th - 12th
In this acids and bases worksheet, students list the differences between and acid and a base. Students list strong and weak acids and strong and weak bases. Students determine the properties of acids and bases. This worksheet has 1...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Identifying Types of Acids and Bases #2

For Students Higher Ed
In this acid and base worksheet, students fill in a table given acids and bases and identify the type of acid or base it is and the symbol used in calculations.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet for Identifying Types of Acids and Bases

For Students Higher Ed
In this acid and base worksheet, students fill in a table with the type of acid or base and the symbol used in calculations. Types of acids and bases identified include strong acids, weak acids, strong bases, weak bases, Lewis acids, or...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chemical Weathering

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students measure the effect of water temperature on the rate of a chemical reaction, similar to the interaction of a weak acid and carbonate rock, using hot water and effervescent antacid tablets.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemistry Worksheet 3

For Students 9th - 11th
For this chemistry worksheet, students determine the pH of several given solutions. Students label indicated substances as either acids or bases according to Bronsted-Lowry theory.
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Handout
Other

Chem Guide: Strong and Weak Acids

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from a retired Chemistry professor explains the terms strong and weak as applied to acids. As a part of this it defines and explains what is meant by pH, Ka and pKa and emphasizes the importance of not confusing the words...
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Relationship Between Ka and Kb

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the relationship between Ka of a weak acid and Kb for its conjugate base. Practice equations for converting between Ka and Kb, and converting between pKa and pKb.
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Unknown Weak Acid Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Perform an experiment to determine the pKa and concentration of an unknown acid.
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Unknown Weak Acid Problem Bonus

For Students 9th - 10th
Perform an experiment to determine the concentrations of a mixture of two acids.
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Designing a Buffer Solution With a Specific P H

For Students 9th - 10th
Create a buffer solution at a specific pH using a weak acid and its conjugate base.
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Unknown Base Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Perform an experiment to determine the pKa and concentration of an unknown weak base.
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: P H and Buffers Defined

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial presents a review of the definitions for pH and buffer solutions
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: How Buffers Work

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial describes how buffers protect against pH changes when strong acid or base is added.
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Determining the P Ka and Concentration Ratio

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the virtual lab to determine the pKa of a protein then create a buffer solution with a specific concentration ratio of the protein in its protonated/ unprotonated form.
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Unknown Acid and Base Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
In this exercise, students graph the titration curve of an unknown acid and base to determine their pKa's and concentrations.
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Dna Dye Binding: Equilibrium and Buffer Solutions

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine equilibrium and buffer solutions in a biological setting.
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Strong Acid and Base Problems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Textbook-style strong acid and base problems that can be checked using the Virtual Lab.
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Weak Acid and Base Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Textbook-style weak acid and base problems that can be checked using the Virtual Lab.
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Website
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Faq: Acids and Bases

For Students 9th - 10th
Click the basic questions regarding acids, bases, and pH to view the answers. There are sections on basic concepts, buffer solutions, pH calculation, equilibrium constants, indicators, neutralization reactions, and titrations.
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Activity
University of Nebraska

David Brooks: Henry's Law Experiment

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site learn about Henry's law through this hands-on experiment. Lab instructions are complete including step-by-step pictures an worksheet.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Strengths and Weaknesses of Acids and Bases

For Students 9th - 10th
In the chemical economy, acids actively give away their protons while bases actively collect them, but some more aggressively than others. George Zaidan and Charles Morton use the currency of subatomic particles to explain this unseen...
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Activity
Other

Chem 122 Lab: The Titration of Acetic Acid in Vinegar [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An experiment from a New Mexico Tech chemistry lab course through which students learn about titration, acetic acid, and weak acids. Contains pre-lab material, diagrams, chemical reactions, procedure, and post-lab questions.
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Handout
Other

Chemguide: P H Curves (Titration Curves)

For Students 9th - 10th
On this site from Chemguide, the titration curves for various acid-base combinations (weak acid/strong base, strong acid/strong base, etc.) are talked about with examples of each given.
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Activity
Other

Csu Stanislaus: Titration

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this titration experiment tutorial. Involves titration of weak acids with strong bases and weak bases with strong acids.