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Curated OER

Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a polymer to demonstrate its properties and develop an awareness of the wide variety of uses for polymers.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Moore S Word Search Puzzle 1

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy learning exercise, students find the words that are in the word search puzzle that focus upon the vocabulary that is from the theme of the sheet.
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Curated OER

Pounds of Pollution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine pollutants and investigate air pollution emitted by a car in a year.  In this air pollution lesson students complete an activity and make calculations. 
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Curated OER

Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students calculate the values of electron binding energies. In this physics instructional activity, students solve for different wavelength characteristics of X-rays. They present their findings to the class.
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Curated OER

Grating Spectrometer

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students calculate the Balmer series. In this physics lesson, students observe hydrogen lamp spectra using spectrometers. They calculate wavelength and compare them with their theoretical calculations.
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Curated OER

The Great Gas Race

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders improve their understanding of Graham's Law by using properties of gases to evaluate the rate of effusion of two compounds as they vaporize. They engage in a lab which elevates their understanding of the properties of gases.
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Curated OER

Urban Impact on Chollas Creek (California): A Field Study

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, take samples from a creek and keep a field journal on their samples. They also perform tests on their samples.
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Curated OER

Ammonium Nitrate - Heat of Solution

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students quantify the relationship between temperature, energy and heat and define an endothermic reaction. They measure the energy change caused by dissolving one mole of ammonium nitrate in water.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Super Scientists Bingo

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students select twenty-five scientists from the list to fill in their bingo card. Then they match each of the scientists listed to their correct description strip.
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Curated OER

Planet Structure & Interior

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students compare Jupiter and Earth. In this Earth and space studies lesson, students compare the composition of Earth and Jupiter and analyze how the composition affects the rate at which the planets spin.
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Article
NASA

Nasa: Atoms and Molecules in Motion, States of Matter [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Everythingin the universeis either matter or energy. All matter is made of combinations of about one hundred basic building blocks, the chemical elements on the periodic table. Going a step further and breaking these elements down to...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Atoms and Molecules

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As part of the introduction to the Periodic Table of the Elements, students will be introduced to the idea of atoms, molecules, and chemical reactions.
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: What Is Chemistry All About?

For Students 9th - 10th
Covering a range of eight topics related to chemistry, this resource provides a wealth of information complete with pictures, charts, graphs, and examples. Includes information on elements, compounds, atoms, molecules, structures,...
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Unit Plan
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: Molecules

For Students 2nd - 7th
When two or more atoms combine they give rise to a molecule. A molecule can be made up of many atoms of the same element. There are 112 elements known to man, so can you imagine the different permutations and combinations of molecules...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Atoms to Molecules Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Understand the basic structure of atoms and molecules in the Earth's crust.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Atoms: Protons, Neutrons, Electrons

For Students 3rd - 7th
A video and a short quiz on the parts of an atom, the periodic table, and molecules.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Atoms

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Atoms and how they are related to elements, and the particles that make up atoms.
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Website
Ducksters

Ducksters: Kids Science: Molecules

For Students 1st - 9th
Kid's learn about the science of the molecules. Tiny chemistry and compounds of atoms and elements make up all matter.
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Website
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: Atoms, Elements and Molecules: Questions and Answers

For Students 9th - 10th
Read common questions and answers about atoms, elements and molecules.
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Activity
Museum of Science

The Atom's Family: Mighty Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students construct models of molecules using marshmallows and gum drops.
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eBook
Estrella Mountain Community College

Online Biology Book: Chemistry I: Atoms and Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
In this online biology textbook, learn about atoms and molecules as they relate to life. Find out about topics such as electrons and energy, chemical bonding, and chemical reactions.
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eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 2.1 Elements and Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how basic elements form molecules to support life.
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eBook
Other

Atoms in Motion: All Matter Is Made of Atoms

For Students 6th - 8th
Atoms are very, very small. Atoms are so small that it is often said that there are as many atoms in a single grain of sand as there are grains of sand on all of the world's beaches - certainly a difficult thing to prove, but you get the...
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Chemical Composition

For Students 9th - 10th
Chemical composition is a section of a larger overview on Chemistry, covering a variety of aspects. This section focuses on elements, atoms, compounds, and structure. Examples, formulas, and pictures are provided.

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