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Temperatures and Reaction Rates
Students participate in a hands-on activity in which they observe the effect of temperature on the rate of chemical reactions. Using Alka Seltzer tablets in different temperatures of water, they record the amount of time it takes each...
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Chemical Reactions
In this chemical reaction worksheet, students will review different types of chemical reactions and the materials used to create these different reactions. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank, 4 multiple choice, and 5 short answer...
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Conserving Chemical Resources
Young scholars balance chemical equations and solve for gram to mole ratios.
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Equilibrium Problems
For this equilibrium worksheet, students determine the equilibrium concentrations and the equilibrium constant for the given reactions. This worksheet has 5 problems to solve.
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Acids and Bases
In this acids and bases worksheet, pupils review the characteristics of acids and bases, pK values, factors that change the rate of reactions, and catalysts. This worksheet has 17 multiple choice questions.
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Rusting as a Chemical Reaction
Students participate in a hands-on activity in which they observe conditions that are most conducive to the rusting of iron. They set up an experiment with 8 different nails in different situations with one of them acting as a control....
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Type of Chemical Reactions: Single and double displacements
Young scholars are taught that combustion of carbon in charcoal briquetts produces heat and light. They are shown how to find single displacement and double displacement. Students solve problem set of single and double displacement.
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Chemical Equations and Stoichiometry
In this chemical equations activity, students balance 20 given chemical reactions by placing the proper coefficient in front of each component of the equation. Students also complete five combustion reactions by writing the products of...
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Hess's Law Worksheet
Challenge young scholars' understanding of thermochemistry with this skills-practice worksheet on Hess's Law. Given a series of five multi-step chemical reactions, students must determine the overall change in entropy for each.
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Reactions and Equations Lab , Spring 2003
Seven reactions are detailed on the slides in this PowerPoint. The reactants and products are labelled on the photos. Your students are expected to be able to write the equations for the reaction that is happening in the image given....
CK-12 Foundation
Crash
Explore the chemistry behind the airbags that keep you safe in a collision. Using a simulation, your classes find the best gas to use to inflate an airbag. The simulation shows the time it takes to inflate to a maximum volume....
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Lab 2: Nanocatalysts Clean Your Car Emissions
Surface area certainly surfaces as a variable for chemical reaction rates. Scholars perform an experiment to discover how the size of catalysts affect the rate of a chemical reaction. They record their results in tables and graphs to...
Royal Society of Chemistry
Energy—Gifted and Talented Chemistry
What has more energy than a room full of pupils after a fire drill? This lesson plan! Explore the changes in energy during different chemical reactions, discover why some reactions feel cold and others feel hot, and tackle the concept of...
American Chemical Society
Different Substances React Differently
Looks don't tell the whole story. Young experimenters explore reactions with substances that look similar. They observe the reactions that take place when combined with baking soda and use indicators to conclude they react differently...
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An Experiment in Alchemy: Copper to Silver to Gold
How exciting would it be for your chemistry class to produce their own "gold"? This experiment allows pupils to witness the chemical reaction of copper pennies as they react with zinc and sodium hydroxide to produce "gold" tokens. It is...
Concord Consortium
Catalysis
Get ready to kick things up a notch! Young scientists explore the effects of catalysts using a fun interactive. Learners start the reaction without using a catalyst, then add one over time to examine its effects on reaction rate.
National Institute of Open Schooling
Adsorption and Catalysis
Adsorption, not absorption, is when atoms stick to the surface of an object, like water sticking to a grain of sand. An informative lesson delves into adsorption, teaching physical and chemisorption and the factors that affect them....
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WS 4.6 Types of Reactions
In this chemical reactions learning exercise, students are given the reactants of equations and must complete each equation by writing the products and balancing the equation. They must also identify the type of reaction.
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Rates of Reactions end Enzymes
Introducing enzymes and the controlling factors of a reaction this slideshow displays the typical rate of reaction graph and labels the main sections. The summaries of ways to measure reaction rates are valuable and the examples of...
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Chemical Reactions With Vinegar
Second graders observe chemical reactions. In this scientific inquiry lesson plan, 2nd graders determine whether vinegar creates a chemical reaction by observing two different experiments. A list of 7 supplies is included. In addition,...
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Chemical Reaction of Carbonate Rocks and Acids
Students complete an investigation into the chemical reaction that occurs between carbonate rocks and acids. Working in groups, students design and conduct their investigation. They create a data table detailing their results. Results...
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Thermodynamics: Enthalpy of Reaction and Hess Law
In this thermodynamics worksheet, students calculate the change in enthalpy for several given chemical equations provided. Students specify if the reaction was endothermic or exothermic in nature.
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Acids, The Basics: What are They and How Do We Name Them?
What acids are and how they are named are the main topics approached in this slide show. Explore the definitions and behavior of acids, along with directions for naming and writing reactions. The last slide has some practice questions...
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Dry Ice Activities Mini Lesson
Get your middle schoolers experimenting with dry ice. In the first activity, they place a piece in water and then use phenol red to identify its pH. In the second, they place a piece in a limewater solution and watch as the combination...