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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating P H of Common Household Substances

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the pH level of household substances by testing a variety of common compounds. Substances are tested with pH strips and placed on the continuum of the pH scale range of 1 to 14. After testing a solution, the student...
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Lesson Plan
American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: P H and Color Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars see a demonstration of a color change using universal pH indicator and then change the concentrations of an acid and a base using a universal indicator to test the pH of the resulting solutions. Through an animation, they...
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Other

Washington University: P H Buffers in the Blood

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Department of Chemistry at the Washington University is an excellent site on how buffers are used in the human body and how they react to exercise.
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Other

Chemical Reax/exothermic Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderfully complete primer on exothermic reactions in the context of chemical spills. Covers Reactions with Air or Water, Combustible Organics, Polymerization Reax, Decomposition, Corrosion, and much much more.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Laws of Exponents

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan walks middle schoolers through understanding and applying laws of exponents. It gives an assessment and ideas for remediation, extension as well as ways to manage behavior problems and reluctant learners.
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Unit Plan
John Wiley & Sons

Concepts in Biochemistry: Concept Reviews: Water, P H, and Non Covalent Bonding

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed review of water and its structure. Included are diagrams, animated graphics, and review quizzes. For the advanced high school student.
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Handout
Clackamas Community College

Clackamas Community College: Amides

For Students 9th - 10th
A nice website for information on amides. Discusses how they are formed, their structure, the guidelines for naming them (along with examples and practice problems), and the kinds of reactions that amides undergo.
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eBook
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Water Autoionization and Kw

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the autoionization of water, the autoionization constant Kw, and the relationship between [H+] and [OH-] in aqueous solutions.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Acid (And Base) Rainbows

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students are introduced to the differences between acids and bases and how to use indicators, such as pH paper and red cabbage juice, to distinguish between them.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Breathing Cells

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a simple pH indicator to measure how much CO2 is produced during respiration, at rest and after exercising. They begin by comparing some common household solutions in order to determine the color change of the indicator....
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Basically Acidic Ink

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students hypothesize whether vinegar and ammonia-based glass cleaner are acids or bases. They create designs on index cards using these substances as invisible inks. After the index cards have dried, they apply red cabbage juice as an...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Red Cabbage Chemistry

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students take advantage of the natural ability of red cabbage juice to perform as a pH indicator to test the pH of seven common household liquids. Then they evaluate the accuracy of the red cabbage indicator, by testing the pH of the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Basically Acids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn the basics of acid/base chemistry in a fun, interactive way by studying instances of acid/base chemistry found in popular films such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and National Treasure. Students learn what...
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Handout
Wyzant

Wyzant: Acids and Bases

For Students 6th - 8th
This site presents everything you need to know about acids and bases and more! Gives a nice description on what acids and bases are, properties of both, strong and weak acids and bases, an overview of pH, and much more.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Current Collection of Virtual Lab Problems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of over 30 virtual chemistry problems with accompanying interactive activities. Each problem includes a word file for potential differentiation in your classroom.
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Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Exponential and Logarithmic Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a comprehensive tutorial on Exponential and Logarithmic Functions
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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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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Determine the Concentration of the Unknown Strong Acid

For Students 9th - 10th
Perform a titration using an indicator to determine the concentration of an HCl solution.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Determining the Concentration of an Unknown Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the Virtual Laboratory design, students perform an experiment to determine the concentration of the unknown HCl solution to four significant figures.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Determining Reagent Concentrations

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the Virtual Laboratory, design an experiment to quickly determine which of the two reagents, HCl or NaOH, is 10 times more concentrated than the other.
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Determine the Concentration of Acetic Acid in Vinegar

For Students 9th - 10th
A virtual lab where students determine the concentration of acetic acid in vinegar using a 0.110 M NaOH standard solution and an acid-base indicator, phenolphthalein.
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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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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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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Determination of the P H Scale

For Students 9th - 10th
This virtual lab activity where students perform the method of successive dilutions using HCl, NaOH, a pH meter, and universal indicator solution to help understand the logarithmic nature of the pH scale.