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Weathering Rates

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students calculate weathering rates from tombstone weathering data. Atmospheric (and precipitation) chemistry determines the rate of weathering for marble tombstones. They are shown data from a rural and an unrban cemetery, and are...
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Mixtures

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders experiment with mixtures. In 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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Curated OER

Ionic and Covalent Bonds

For Students 9th - 11th
Ionic and covalent bonds are the focus of this chemistry activity, which provides students with eighteen key terms to use in a fill-in-the-blank activity. Additionally, students are prompted to write the number of atoms in four given...
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Curated OER

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.  For this chemistry lesson students determine at what extent changes emit or absorb heat. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Explorit's Coffee, Tea or Chocolate Quiz

For Students 6th - 7th
For this coffee and tea worksheet, students complete a six question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about the cultivation and chemistry of coffee, tea and chocolate.
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How Water Heats Up

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders conduct experiments heating water. In this inquiry-based early chemistry lesson, 4th graders use the materials given to experiment with the process of heating water. Students draw conclusions based upon their findings...
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Classification

For Students 6th - 12th
For this classification worksheet, learners use information describing the ways biologists compare living things to complete 4 matching questions.
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Understanding of the Structure of an Amino Group

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the characteristics of acids and bases. They examine the structure of an amino group and compare amines to ammonia. They work together to develop the concent of polymerization.
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Science Lesson Plans

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students conduct a variety of exploration activities on various science topics. In this science instructional activity outline, students design a cell encapsulation to hold a specific type of medicine. They give examples of physical and...
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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 instructional activity does not contain a true understandable objective....
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Curated OER

Who Took Jerell's iPod?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate various substances to determine the perpetrator of a crime. In this biology lesson, students test for the presence of organic compounds in various samples. They identify an unknown substance based on its physical and...
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Curated OER

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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Separation of Mixtures and Compounds For K Through 12

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students explore mixtures and compounds. In this lesson, students do an experiment to distinguish between mixtures and compounds. Students complete ten different phases of the experiment testing many different substances. Students will...
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Hydrolysis

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this hydrolysis worksheet, students write dissociation equations for the given salts and determine if the salt is acidic, basic, or neutral. This worksheet has 6 fill in the blank questions and 4 problems to solve.
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Microarrays: Chipping Away at the Mysteries of Science and Medicine

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research microarrays on the internet in cooperative groups. Students write an essay describing the use of microarrays in environmental research and in medicine.
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Molecular Evolution in Plants

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are using a paper chromatography study that is suitable for introductory biology. The absorption spectra studies and gel electrophoresis studies are appropriate for students who have complete both introductory biology and...
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Aspirin Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Laughter may be the best medicine, but aspirin is also important. Young chemists analyze aspirin tablets using titration in this lab experiment. They then repeat the entire experiment using a different aspirin brand. 
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PPT
Science Geek

Percent Composition, Empirical and Molecular Formulas

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Help your pupils understand when empirical becomes molecular. The lesson presentation demonstrates the connection between empirical formulas and molecular formulas. Then, given percent composition, the lesson demonstrates the steps to...
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Conversion Factors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this conversion factors worksheet, high schoolers convert 15 measurements from one unit in the SI system of measurement to another unit. Students show their work and indicate the unit of measurement. Conversion factors are given.
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Soap, Slime, and Creative Chromatography

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Do you think chromatography paper suffers from separation anxiety? Young chemists make soap, slime, silly putty, and experiment with chromatography in this lesson. The material includes clear instructions for each experiment along with...
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Lab Resource
Pingry School

Qualitative Analysis of Eleven Household Chemicals

For Students 9th - 12th
Chemical and physical properties give compounds an identity. Learners use the identity of a compound to predict what it is. By performing different tests like solubility, flame, heat, and reactions, individuals attempt to identify an...
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PPT
Science Geek

Reaction Types

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
This is one way to get a reaction from your classes! The lesson presents the different reaction types with an explanation, chemical equation model, and examples. The slides include decomposition, single replacement, double replacement,...
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PPT
Science Geek

Properties of Solutions

For Students 9th - 12th
Study the properties of solutions as they relate to mixtures. The slide show presents the key concepts involved with solutions including solvents, solutes, solubility, and electrolytes. Scholars learn the basics of the properties of...
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Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Hazard Symbols

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Starting in 2015, all chemicals must have a pictogram of the associated chemical hazards. A brain-building activity reviews four of the basic symbols found in a typical science laboratory. Through a fun puzzle, scholars apply their...

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