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States of Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners discuss a given set of questions based on Chemistry and matter and review a glossary of terms. They conduct experiments on each state of matter: "Dry ice and water, Dry ice and soap and Dry ice and Isopropyl Alcohol." and...
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Chemical Compounds

For Students 7th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, students identify 3 different chemical compounds, 3 identify biochemical products, 4 identify terms, and 2 identify atomic symbols.
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Precipitate Lab

For Students 9th - 12th
This lab guide gets chemistry students to determine the identity of five unknown solutions based on reactions with four known solutions. Pupils perform experiments, they write down their observations, they write net ionic equations for...
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Acid or Base? Toxie's On The Case!

For Students 5th - 6th
In this chemistry activity, students read about the differences between substances that are acids and bases. They read about Litmus dye and the pH scale. They experiment with six household substance by testing them with litmus paper to...
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Bubble Trouble

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a bubble blowing contest. For this chemistry lesson, students work in teams to make the best bubbles. Students adjust the bubble solution to improve their bubbles.
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Urban Life: What Lives In Our Local Park?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in activities during a visit to Central Park. In this urban life lesson, 5th graders visit Central Park where they explore pond dipping, stream chemistry, and play a native plant Bingo game.
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Periodic Table And Its Trends - Day 4

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Guide your chemistry class through the periodic table so that they are able to identify atomic radii, electronegativity, and ionization energy. Give them three metals to place in water to observe reactivity. Teach them to write electron...
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Protozoans

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine protozoans and their advantages and disadvantages.  In this chemistry lesson students explain what a protozoan is then draw and label one. 
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Chemical Equations

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical equations worksheet, students are given the trends for the reactions between the alkaline earth metals with water, the solubility of the Group II hydroxides and the solubility of the Group II sulphates.
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Ammonium Nitrate- Stoichiometry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students quantify the relationship between moles and mass. They comprehend that ammonium nitrate is used as a fertilizer and an explosive. Students study the chemistry of ammonium nitrate and consider the advantages and disadvantages of...
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Lose Some Weight- Evaporate!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students determine that some liquids are able to evaporate more readily than others. They create a balance using cups and a ruler to determine which end of a strip dipped in alcohol or water evaporates the fastest, hence loses the most...
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Activity #17 Co2 From Alka Seltzer

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils observe what occurs when Alka Seltzer tablets are added to water. They explain why water stays in the jar when it is above the surface of the water. Pupils test for the presence of carbon dioxide by conduting the match test.
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Science: Adding Solutes to Solvents

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design experiments examining the effects of various solutes on water. They record results on graphs explaining any unexpected consequences of their experiments and determine if their hypotheses were correct.
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Phase Transition Temperature of Fats

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, students investigate through experimentation the solidifying behavior of some edible fat mixtures by determining their cooling curves. Then they data-log equipment to obtain a large number of temperature...
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Acids, Alkalis, and pH

For Students 9th - 12th
In this pH worksheet, high schoolers determine how indicators work and what the pH scale is used for. Students learn what happens when non-metals burn in air and when metal oxides dissolve in water. This worksheet has 10 problems to solve.
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Activity #8 Simulation of Oil Spills

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment to simulate an oil spill and identify the characteristics of oil in water. They evaluate the effectiveness of various cleanup methods. They discuss the how to clean up an oil spill, and what causes oil...
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Activity #13 Changing The Look of Sugar

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students observe what happens when sugar is dissolved in water and when it is heated. They weigh the products after each of the two experiments on a balance scale. Pupils distinguish between physical and chemical changes. Students are...
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Making a Miniature Concrete Girder

For Students 9th - 12th
In this concrete girder worksheet, students use water, sand, cement and gravel to construct concrete girders. Students vary the proportions of the mixtures and label each concrete girder with the mixture's components.
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DNA Fingerprinting through a Chemistry Lens

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore DNA and restriction enzymes using fragments of DNA separated by electrophoresis on an agarose gel. They analyze the results to see "whodunit".
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Cool Activities: Make Slime

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students analyze chemistry by conducting an in-class experiment. In this slime instructional activity, students discuss what slime is and what form of matter it qualifies as. Students utilize borax, glue, water, cups, food coloring and...
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Diaper Challenge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the absorbency of certain diapers. In this inquiry lesson, students examine how much water the crystals absorb. They collect data and share their results in class.
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Reaction Stoichiometry—How Can We Make Chalk?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What is a reasonable percent yield in the manufacturing process? Scholars develop a process for producing chalk in the third activity of a six-part series. Then, they must determine the theoretical and percent yield. Discussions about...
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The Ups and Downs of Thermometers

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
What has a thermometer earned that your pupils haven't? A degree! After reviewing the previous lessons about molecules and degrees, scholars observe how thermometers work before building their own. The module includes a activity sheet.
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Oxidation-Reduction Reactions

For Students 9th - 12th
Focus on oxidation-reduction reactions with a review worksheet. Junior chemists answer short-answer questions before they write balanced half-reaction and full-reaction equations.

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