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University of Washington

University of Washington: Water Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
This page from the University of Washington has an excellent diagram of the water cycle. There are 8 water cycle hands on activities on the bottom of the page. Also there is a link to a teacher reference page.
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Handout
University of Illinois

University of Illinois Urbana Champaign: Observed Dew Point Temperature

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes what dew point is and how it relates to moisture content of the air. Also explains condensation and relative humidity.
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Unit Plan
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Physics 2000: Temperature and Absolute Zero

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough, multipage discussion of color and color television sets that explains how an image is formed on the television using red, green, and blue light. Understandable discussion, excellent graphics, and many interactive Java applets.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Making Your Own Snowflake in a Jar

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, students will learn about supersaturated solutions. They will observe the beginning formation of crystals as the solution cools and by the next day, the students will see the formation of a snowflake made by the crystals.
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Website
The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum of Innovation: Saturation

For Students 3rd - 8th
After defining saturation, this site provides an example and then begins an activity called "Experimenting with Saturation," involving degrees of saturation and saturation with images.
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Website
The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum of Innovation: Color

For Students 3rd - 8th
This section of the Tech Museum of Innovation on color is divided into sections including hue, saturation, brightness, and go wild. Each section includes information as well as learning activities.
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Website
The Tech Interactive

Tech Museum of Innovation: Brightness/saturation/hue

For Students 9th - 10th
This site combines the elements of brightness, hue, and saturation to see differences in color in the things around us. Each element is dealt with individually and is incorporated into an activity involving all three.
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Website
Other

Cambridge University: Color Perception Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th
This helpful tutorial on color perception is divided into sections including our eyes and vision, additive and subtractive color mixing, hue and saturation, and color properties.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Saturated Hydrocarbons

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of a saturated hydrocarbon, how it is named and the shapes it forms.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Saturation

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Saturation and the difference between saturated and unsaturated solutions.
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eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Supersaturated Solutions

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about how greater temperatures increase the solubility of solids in liquids due to a greater velocity of the particles. A chart helps explain the solubility rate of glucose at different temperatures. Also, find links to textbook...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry Simulation: Rock Candy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will explore making solutions.
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Activity
Science Bob Pflugfelder

Science bob.com: Make Your Own Rock Candy!

For Students 3rd - 5th
This concise site provides directions for creating rock candy using a super-saturated sugar water solution. Describes super-saturation following the procedure.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Solubility and Solution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explains the concepts of solubility, saturated, unsaturated, supersaturated, the factors affecting solubility, and molarity concentration calculations.