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World of Plastics and Polymers
Students investigate plastics and learn they are giant molecules made of carbon atoms. In this polymers and plastics lesson, students perform 3 activities which all include making polymers from household items such as milk and vinegar,...
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Combustion of Alcohols
In this combustion worksheet, students use a table showing the amount of heat released when different alcohols burn to complete 2 problems. Students create 2 graphs plotting the energy release against the number of carbon atoms.
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Alkanes: Physical Properties
In this alkanes worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in the number of carbon atoms for the given alkanes. Students plot a graph showing how physical properties change with the number of carbon atoms. Then students...
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Alkanes and Alkenes
In this alkanes instructional activity, students use a data table to plot a graph of boiling point against number of carbon atoms. Students define cracking and double bond. This instructional activity has 5 short answer questions.
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Life Substance
In this life substances worksheet, high schoolers will review carbon atoms, monosaccharides, dissaccharides, polysaccharides, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. This worksheet has 4 true or false and 17 matching questions.
Other
Abteilung Andersen: A Brief History of C60
This resource presents a basic description of fullerenes, their properties, and potential uses. It also contains information of R. Buckminster Fuller symmetry of fullerenes.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: See Inside a Diamond: Hot Science
Investigate the science involved in the creation of diamonds by building a carbon atom out of quarks and electrons. Observe how carbon atoms are arranged by manipulating a diamond crystal.
NASA
Nasa Earth Observatory: Mystery of the Missing Carbon
This article discusses the mystery of the one to two billion metric tons of missing carbon from the global carbon budget. Scientists do not know where between fifteen and thirty percent of the carbon released each year disappears to, but...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Properties of Materials
This lesson focuses on the properties of carbon atoms in diamonds and graphite including their structures and bonding and their properties and uses. It also provides links to a video and an assessment.