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Ice Ice Baby! The Design and Preparation of A Reusable Ice Pack

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore polymers by designing and preparing an inexpensive and effective reusable ice pack. They develop and test a design for a reusable ice pack in the science lab. Students apply chemical and physical properties of polymers...
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Animated Chemical Bonding

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students demonstrate their understanding of a chemical process.  In this exploratory lesson students create a clay animation that shows how a specific type of chemical bond. 
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Burning Snacks in Chem Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the energy content of various snack foods. They measure the temperature changes in various snack foods as the foods are burned in order to determine the foods' energy content. Students create graphs and data tables of...
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What is Wrong with My Pond?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine various pond water samples to identify water quality. In this water quality lesson, students will identify levels of nitrates, ammonia, pH, hardness,and alkalinity in pond water. They will explain importance of water...
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Applying Scientific Method to Analyzing

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars review the scientific method and basic lab skills, and practice how chemical employees work in teams to follow the scientific method. Students learn about various job requirements and responsibilities in the chemical...
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Exothermic Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experiment, observe, measure, and analyze what occurs during an exothermic reaction. They safely design an experiment, control variables, and properly dispose of materials.
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Light & Crystals

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students observe a demonstration of light refraction. They experiment with disappearing crystals to further study light refraction.
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Hydrogen- The Fuel of the Future

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars research the importance of Hydrogen as a potential fuel source. They work in groups to used the internet in order to research this topic. They participate in an electrolysis experiment and a power point presentation in...
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Hot Gas Or Cold Gas Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lab project to study chemical reactions. They use guided questions to help facilitate the lab experience and come to the correct outcomes. The lesson does not contain a true understandable objective. The lesson could...
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The Wonderful World of Polymers

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the concept of polymers. They discover unique properties and how polymers are natural. The lesson contains sufficient background information for the teacher. Students examine different types of materials and...
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Conductivity of salt Solutions

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students investigate the concentration level of solutions. For this math/science lesson, students identify three different ionic compounds. They predict the conductivity of each using their collected data.
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Soda Bottle Boat

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore chemical reactions. In this chemical reaction lesson, students conduct an experiment observing chemical reactions.
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Boyle's Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a piston/cylinder assembly using SolidWorks. In this technology lesson, students calculate volume, pressure and Boyle's law constant. They simulate equalizing air pressure by moving the piston out of the cylinder.
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Potato Chips Fragility

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate why some potato chips crumple faster than others. In this physics lessons, students relate the cooking time to potato's fragility. They write a lab report about their findings.
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Carbon: Structure Matters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the molecular structure of matter and how it can affect the physical characteristics of a specific material. They investigate the role carbon plays in the chemistry of life.
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Water Walk

For Teachers K - 5th
Students follow the appropriate sampling protocol and take two measurements of a local water source. These measurements are Transparency and Temperature. This info about local land use and/or water chemistry issues may require further...
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Soap Smart, Healthy Fun

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the scientific methods of testing the effectiveness of soap use against germs. They study the history and chemistry of soap as it has helped control the spread of germs. They make bubble soap.
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It is a Crash Test, Dummy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research air bags on the Internet and use the information to design their own version of an air bag. After exploring the benefits and dangers of air bags students perform a chemistry lab in which they mix baking soda and vinegar...
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Mixtures

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders experiment with mixtures. For this chemistry lesson, 6th graders determine which mixtures are considered heterogeneous, a suspension, a solution or a colloid. Students create a data sheet of what they discover.
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Nomenclature Worksheet

For Teachers 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, learners write the appropriate chemical name for the 15 compounds listed. Then they write the appropriate chemical formula for the 15 compounds listed.
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Practice Test Chapter 12: Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this chemistry practice test worksheet, students review their knowledge of energy changes in chemical reactions as they answer 17 multiple choice and short answer questions.
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Superballs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students mix two different solutions to become more familiar with molecules and polymers. In this chemistry lesson, students decide whether or not the reaction between two solutions is chemical or physical. Students then observe the...
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Baggie Science

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and describe a chemical reaction. For this chemistry lesson, students record observations of the materials they will be using, then follow a written procedure to perform the experiment in a baggie and record their...
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Heat Loss and Gain in Physical Changes and Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students measure the heat of physical and chemical changes in reactions.  In this chemistry lesson students determine at what extent changes emit or absorb heat. 

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