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Curated OER

Periodic Table

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the metallic and nonmetallic elements on the Periodic Table. They identify the characteristics of these elements.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Beads, Balls, and Beakers

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars analyze the amount of space required to pack round objects. In this geometry instructional activity, students practice using space economically by practicing packing spheres into beakers. They then translate this concept...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Comparing Notes: a Mathematical Exploration of the Piano

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the history of equal temperament, the modern standard of tuning a piano. Proportion calculations of octaves and perfect fifths are utilized to calculate the frequency of each note in a major scale.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Electricity and Magnetism

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare electricity and magnetism. In this science lesson, 4th graders discuss the concepts of electricity and magnetism and brainstorm examples of electrical and magnetic forces.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Advanced Sentence Completion 12

For Teachers 6th - 11th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students choose the best word(s) to complete each sentence from five possible answer choices.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Advanced Sentence Completion Exercise 13

For Students 4th - 8th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student answers are...
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Curated OER

Causal Patterns in Density Phenomena

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students consider the causes of density at a microscopic level. They then discover that one cause of density has to do with how many protons and neutrons the material contains.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Can You Study Things You Can’t See Like: Atoms?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners simulate how scientists studied things they can't see like atoms. In this chemistry lesson, students predict what is inside the numbered obsertainers. They design a way to investigate what's inside without opening it.
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eBook
Crescent Public Schools

The Internet Science Room: The Periodic Table and Atomic Theory of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
A chemistry tutorial highlighting historical development of the atomic theory of matter and the periodic table of elements.
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Website
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dalton's Atomic Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
An article describing Dalton's atomic theory. Learn how this theory was the first attempt to describe a fundamental part of matter, atoms. Article also discusses where the theory is incorrect based on the knowledge we have today.
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Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dalton's Atomic Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource investigates the beliefs of Dalton's atomic theory which consists of four parts. Which points do we still use today, and what have we learned since Dalton?
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Chemistry: Atomic Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
In this module students explore how matter is classified, the history of atomic theory, subatomic particles, modern atomic theory, electron configuration, the periodic table and its trends, and spectroscopy.
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Handout
Other

Iun: Modern Atomic Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an excellent site with information on the discovery of the atom and the different models. Includes a sample question and answer using Planck's constant.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Matter and Energy: Atomic Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial reviews over the basics of atomic structure.
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Article
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Fermilab Physicists Find New Matter Antimatter Asymmetry

For Students 9th - 10th
This complicated yet interesting article describing the discovery of asymmetry between the behavior of matter and antimatter.
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Website
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Dalton's Playhouse

For Students 9th - 10th
Travel back in history and visit the laboratories of Priestley, Lavoisier, and others. Take part in simulations of the experiments which laid the foundation for the scientific field of chemistry. Learn about the discoveries which lead to...
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Unit Plan
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Berkeley Lab: Particle Adventure: Matter and Antimatter

For Students 9th - 10th
The beginning of an informative tutorial on antimatter, covering quarks, hadrons, baryons, mesons, leptons, and neutrinos.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Democritus

For Students 9th - 10th
A guided lesson explaining Democritus' description of matter as discontinuous.
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Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Mixtures and Solutions

For Teachers 5th - 7th
This unit covers introductory concepts of mixtures and solutions. Students think about how mixtures and solutions, and atoms and molecules can influence new technologies developed by engineers. The first lesson explores the fundamentals...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The 2400 Year Search for the Atom

For Students 9th - 10th
How do we know what matter is made of? The quest for the atom has been a long one, beginning 2,400 years ago with the work of a Greek philosopher and later continued by a Quaker and a few Nobel Prize-winning scientists. Theresa Doud...
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Handout
Chem Tutor

Chem Tutor: States of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
A very descriptive site that allows students to understand the different states of matter at the atomic level. Also discusses the process of phase changes and displays phase change graphs. Thermochemistry is also touched upon for high...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Evolution of the Atomic Model

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students take a closer look at how our understanding of the atom has evolved over time.
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Handout
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Cern: Antimatter

For Students 9th - 10th
A wonderfully written non-technical introduction to antimatter, as well as a brief discussion of the investigation into the asymmetry between the quantities of matter and antimatter observed in our universe.
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Website
Other

Ippog: Hands on Particle Physics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Looking for more insight into particle physics? Search among several general particle physics resources. Or locate a specific particle physics institute in your area of the world.