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Chemical Quantities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Prepare your chemistry charges for stoichiometry with this PowerPoint. The objective is to be able to calculate molar mass for different compounds. Beginning with the foundational definition of moles and moving through atomic and...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

The Effects of Heat and Acid on the Enzyme Catalase

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How quickly do enzymatic reactions occur? Assist the class as they examine heat and pH change to determine the rate of chemical reactions using catalase as an enzyme. Watch them "glow" with excitement!
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Heat Loss and Gain in Physical Changes and Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students compare and contrast exothermic and endothermic reactions. In this chemistry lesson, students perform experiments to determine whether heat was released or absorbed in a reaction. They share their observations in class.
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What's the Matter? (Experiments)

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe a scientific discrepant event, and are then challenged to create experiments to solve the dilemma.
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Chemical Volcano

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students observe a demonstration performed by the teacher. They examine of a series of acid/base reactions and discover how various indicators work.
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NASA

The Cycle of Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
An educational lesson focuses on the idea of conservation of matter through a demonstration of the water cycle, a discussion of digesting food, and the path of carbon and oxygen atoms as they change form. 
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Weathering

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this weathering worksheet, students investigate the effects of water and acid on limestone. They form a hypothesis for both and experiment to find the results.
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Degradation and Weathering of Polymeric Materials

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners investigate issues of degradation and weathering of polymeric materials during their useful life. They evaluate photodegradable plastics and their viability as an environmental solution for litter and investigate the qualitative...
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Worksheet
Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Nuts! Calculating Thermal Efficiency

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
Oh nuts! Do macadamias or almonds produce more thermal energy? Energy enthusiasts find out with this experiment. The objective is to demonstrate to your class how the chemical energy contained in foods can be converted into useable...
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Glass Transition in a Rubber Ball

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Learners illustrate the changes in the properties of a material at its glass transition point. They gather data which they use to construct graphs regarding elastic modules versus absorption modulus, tangent delta, and the effect of...
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Producing a Strain of E. coli that Glows in the Dark

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students observe the experimental process called bacterial transformation and demonstrate phenotype changes in bacteria that have been transformed with an antibiotic-resistance gene and a metabolic marker. They create a luminescent...
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Bats: Need Nectar, Will Travel

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Beginning wildlife biologists become adult bats, baby bats, snakes, owls, bobcats, or land-clearing developers in a grand role-playing activity. In a large open space, they play a game in which they move to designated areas based on what...
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2000 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part II

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry olympiad problem solving instructional activity, chemistry pupils solve eight problems on a variety of topics including periodic trends, phase changes, ionization reactions, catalysts and titrations.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Exploring at the Nanoscale

For Teachers 3rd - 9th Standards
Nano-nano! Nanotechnology can seem like it's from another planet! After learning about this tiny technology, collaborative groups experiment with how smaller particles affect chemical reactions. They do this by immersing a whole and a...
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American Chemical Society

Curious Crystals

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Crystals are more than meets the eye! Can learners tell them apart simply by observation? As they examine five samples with a magnifier, they find that appearance alone is not enough. This serves as an introduction to a mini unit on...
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Equilibrium: What Is It?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate chemical, physical and mechanical equilibrium. In this equilibrium activity, 10th graders participate in a physical activity to show equilibrium by some students standing and some students sitting at the same...
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Virginia Department of Education

Equilibrium and Le Chatelier’s Principle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The best part of learning about equilibrium is that nothing changes. Young chemists observe four demonstrations during this instructional activity: equilibrium in a saturated solution, equilibrium with an acid-base indicator, equilibrium...
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States of Matter Mini-Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify he phases of matter (solid, liquid, gas), and why they take place. They comprehend what a physical change is and what a chemical change is. Students know the difference between a Mixture and a Solution.
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Differentiate Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the differences between elements, compounds and mixtures. Using diagrams, they compare and contrast atoms and molecules and describe various chemical reactions. They distinguish the differences between ionic and...
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Periodic Trends

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review how physical and chemical change while discussing the properties. They diagram the electron dot for the first four elements in the periodic table. Students identify elements and state what they know while...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Making and Breaking Bonds: The Effect of Temperature

For Students 9th - 12th
Time to turn the heat up on your next bonding lesson! Young chemists explore temperature, kinetic energy, and bonding through an interesting interactive. The controls allow individuals to vary the temperature, as well as pause progress...
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Types of Reactions (Demonstration)

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners visually observe chemical changes that occur when various solutions are combined. Teacher explains chemical reactions that are happening.
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Ice Cream Blizzards

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore whether the making of homemade ice cream is a physical change or a chemical change in a lab experiment. Students identify states of matter, describe the physical properties of states, and collect temperature data...
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Build a Better Bouncer

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students experiment with silly putty.  In this chemical changes lesson students work in groups, perform tests and collect data.

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