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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Amphoteric Substances

For Students 9th - 10th
The objective of this article is to introduce amphoteric substances in the context of acid-base chemistry.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Conjugate Acid Base Pairs

For Students 9th - 10th
The objective of this article is to introduce conjugate pairs as a way to relate acids and bases.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Charges

For Students 9th - 10th
The objective of this article is to introduce students to the concept of charge, and to teach how to find the charge of substances.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Electron Configurations

For Students 9th - 10th
This Kahn Academy video will help students understand why electrons align in atoms the way they do.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Introduction to Balancing Redox Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
The objective of this article is to introduce how to balance redox reaction chemical equations in neutral solution.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Introduction to Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
The objective of this article is to explain the concept of chemical reactions and the types of chemical reactions.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Introduction to Chemical Stoichiometry

For Students 9th - 10th
The objective of this article is to teach readers about the basics of chemical stoichiometry.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Molar Mass

For Students 9th - 10th
The objective of this article is to compute molar masses of chemicals and to use molar masses in conversion problems.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Monoprotic Acids and Bases

For Students 9th - 10th
The objective of this article is to introduce how to classify acids and basic as monoprotic, and what properties these articles have.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Polyprotic Acids and Bases

For Students 9th - 10th
This article introduces how to classify acids and bases as polyprotic, as well as the properties of polyprotic acids and bases.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Properties of Oxygen

For Students 9th - 10th
This article aims to show a variety of properties related to the element oxygen.
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Other

Aspirin Foundation: 100 Years of Aspirin

For Students 9th - 10th
This article tells the last 100 years' history of aspirin and Bayer's contribution. Links to more information about aspirin are also provided including a timeline.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Molecular Workbench:an Introduction to X Ray Crystallography

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate how we can learn about molecular structure using x-ray crystallography in this module.
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PBS

Pbs: Planck Discovers the Quantum Nature of Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS offers a short summary of the discovery of the quantum nature of the atom by Max Planck. Easy to follow.
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Other

University of Siegen: An Exothermic Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Siegen provides a lovely exothermic reaction shown by four large photos. Sodium peroxide and zinc powder with a touch of water.
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Other

University of Siegen: An Endothermic Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on a rather interesting spontaneous endothermic reaction, involving cobalt (II) chloride and thionyl chloride.
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Other

University of Siegen: Enthalpy of Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a physical reaction. Hydrous and anhydrous calcium chloride react with water to produce physical exothermic and endothermic reactions.
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Other

Brinkster: All About Mole Calculations

For Students 9th - 10th
Step by step instructions on how to solve mole problems in chemistry. Examples are included, along with diagrams and detailed explanations.
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Other

Cha, Inc.: History of the Dupont's and Their Discovery

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from CHA, Inc. gives a biographical background of the Dupont's and gives information on one of its greatest discoveries, nylon.
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Other

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

For Students 9th - 10th
An in-depth look at the life of Leo Hendrik Baekeland, including his creation of the first completely synthetic plastic, bakelite.
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Other

Nuclear Control Institute: The Plutonium Threat

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the potential hazards associated with the element plutonium.
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Other

Science Alive: Repeating Experiments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab activity, students are required to write a procedure to be followed in a simple lab process and record the results they get from following that procedure. They then exchange procedures with another lab group, which will have...
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Other

Science Alive: Making and Sizing Paper

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity students will learn to make and size paper. The activity can be used as an introductory activity to promote student interest. In the early part of the 20th century, the field of chemistry was very involved in industrial...
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Other

University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits

For Students 9th - 10th
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....