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How Can You Tell One Clear Gas From Another?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders perform experiments to determine the identity of an unknown gas sample. In this chemistry lesson, 5th graders fill balloons with air, oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide. They use mass and reactivity to identify the gases.
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What is Everything Made of?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils observe a demonstration on how we see space between water molecules.  For this experimental lesson students discover what elements make up the things around them and discuss what they learned. 
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Electron Arrangement and Ion Formation

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In this elements worksheet, students determine how electrons fill up the energy levels for the first 18 elements of the periodic table. Students determine if elements gain or lose electrons to form a stable ion. This worksheet has 4...
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Group 1 Alkali Metals

For Students 9th - 12th
In this periodic table activity, students identify the different properties of group 1 elements in order to match the given words with the appropriate question.
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Periodic Table of Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use reference skills to locate information about the periodic table. They identify elements by name, atomic number, atomic mass, symbol and properties. Students use mathematical processes to find the number of protons,electrons...
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Periodic Table Puns 2

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry learning exercise, students use their imagination and the elements in the Periodic Table to solve each pun listed on the sheet. There are 24 to complete.
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Periodic History

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students gain a perspective in the development of chemistry. They understand some of the topics in their text and the ongoing nature of research. They then will be able to see the trends of the periodic table first hand through their own...
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Finding the Average People Mass for the Element Called "Humans"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners investigate where a new element would be located on the periodic table. For this isotope lesson, students find the mass of a new element, people mass. This number will be entered onto the periodic table of elements as the mass...
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Conserving Chemical Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students balance chemical equations and solve for gram to mole ratios.
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Periodic Table

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students relate to the idea of periodicity & give example of other periodic events and identify and use the periodic table as a useful resource. They also identify the relationship of elements to certain groups & periods &...
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Periodic Table & Its Trends-Day 6

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners intergrate science, technology and society into exploring the periodic table. They investigate one element of their choice and write a one page paper on the elements discovery, properties, uses, and the effect on society.
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Periodic Table Basics

For Students 9th - 12th
In this elements worksheet, students review the periodic table and how the elements are organized in the periodic table. This worksheet has 5 short answer and 4 fill in the blank questions.
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Periodic Table Puns Answer Key

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry instructional activity, students identify various puns to assist them in memorizing the numerous elements of the Periodic Table and their symbols. There are 44 to memorize on the sheet.
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Virginia Department of Education

The Modern Model of Atomic Structure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The difference between atomic mass and atomic number can be confusing for some young chemists. Help your class better understand the concepts by allowing them to sketch an atom on paper and then discuss their experience. Upon completion...
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Organizer
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Observations of Properties of Matter

For Students 8th - 11th
To guide learners through observations of chemical samples in the lab, this resource asks them to give all formulas and complete the attached data sheet.  There are multiple questions about categories of elements and general...
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Shelby County Schools

Atomic Structure Worksheet

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Teaching young scientists about atoms is no small task, but this series of worksheets will make it a little easier. From creating and labeling Bohr models, to identifying information provided in the periodic table of elements,...
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5th grade science review

For Students 5th
In this science review worksheet, 5th graders answer questions about molecules, force, elements, nature, and more. Students complete 25 multiple choice questions.
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Periodic Table Puzzle

For Students 10th - 11th
For this chemistry worksheet, learners use the clues given at the bottom of the sheet to solve the crossword puzzle on the Periodic Table. They describe the number of protons and electrons some elements posses, as well as identify their...
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Main Group: Properties and Reactivity

For Students 8th - 9th
In this main group worksheet, students apply their knowledge of the organization of the periodic table to correctly answer 30 multiple choice questions. Students relate information about the properties of the different groups and their...
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Smarter Balanced

How We Learn

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What's the best way to learn the elements of the periodic table? The inventions of Thomas Edison? Patience? To prepare for the performance task assessment on how people learn, class members share ideas about ways to learn in a variety of...
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Periodic Table of the Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experiment with transition metals.  In this transition metals lesson plan students find the common properties of transition metals and conduct an experiment using one of them.  Students then answer questions regarding...
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Some Basic Chemical Ideas

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students fill in the blanks with the correct word from the word list. They examine the arrangement of elements in the periodic table.
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Chemistry Review

For Students 7th - 9th
In this chemistry review worksheet, students read about atoms and the periodic table and they complete a chart using the periodic table to find the atomic number, atomic mass and group of given elements. Students answer 5 questions about...
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Chemistry: Classifying Materials

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students classify materials. In this chemistry lesson, students examine the properties of solids, liquids, and gases. Students discover the elements, compounds, and chemical symbols.