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Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Apparatus Diagrams 4

For Students 6th - 12th
Lab tools are cool! But, which one is the right tool for the job? Young scientists participate in a series of puzzles focused around some common lab equipment. Each puzzle requires learners to associate the tool with its image and a...
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Curated OER

History of Chemistry: The Alchemists

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars research alchemy and the history of chemistry. In this chemistry history lesson, students examine laboratory apparatus and compare it to those used by the Alchemists. Young scholars complete a research paper on an...
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Lesson Plan
University of Georgia

Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Equip your chemistry class with the tools to properly understand endothermic and exothermic reactions. Young chemists collect, analyze, and graph data to determine how the Law of Conservation of Matter is applied to chemical composition...
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Curated OER

The Determination of the Presence of Reducing Sugars Using Fehling's Solution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate different fruits and vegetables for the presence of sugars. In this sugars and Fehling's solution lesson, students test the juice from an onion and a lemon for the presence of sugar by adding Fehling's solution and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why is Summer Hot?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine how variations in temperature are due to the Sun and length of day.  In this solar lesson students complete a lab activity using thermometers and artificial sunlight to see how the earth is heated.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Moon Orbits the Sun?!?!

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Students calculate the strength of gravitational force exerted on the moon by the sun and earth. In this orbital lesson plan students view a demonstration to see the gravitational forces between bodies.
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Activity
University of Kentucky

Univ. Of Kentucky: Coulomb's Law Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of a common version of a Coulomb's Law laboratory experiment. Includes theory, sample results, and excellent photographs of apparatus.