Curated OER
What Is Chemistry, Anyway?
Students differentiate physical and chemical change. In this chemistry lesson, students list examples of those changes. They apply what they learned in a Jeopardy style team game.
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Learning Lesson: Crunch Time
Students demonstrate the effect of heat on pressure. They use a 2-liter bottle and hot tap water to complete the experiments. They also discuss thunderstorm safety rules.
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Causal Patterns in Density Phenomena
Students consider the causes of density at a microscopic level. They then discover that one cause of density has to do with how many protons and neutrons the material contains.
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Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy
Young scholars calculate the values of electron binding energies. In this physics lesson, students solve for different wavelength characteristics of X-rays. They present their findings to the class.
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Grating Spectrometer
Students calculate the Balmer series. In this physics lesson, students observe hydrogen lamp spectra using spectrometers. They calculate wavelength and compare them with their theoretical calculations.
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Coefficient of Kinetic Friction and Surface Area
Students investigate coefficient of friction with respect to surface area and applied force in contact with the sliding force.
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Urban Impact on Chollas Creek (California): A Field Study
Students, in groups, take samples from a creek and keep a field journal on their samples. They also perform tests on their samples.
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Extraction of DNA from White Onion
Students conduct lab test with minced onion to determine where chromosonal DNA is located within the cell, and whether or not it can be extracted.
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Drifting Continents, Dynamic Results
Students plot earthquake and volcano data using a Compass Rose Plotting. They explain the relationship between plate movement and connection. They draw conclusions that earthquakes and volcanoes occur in predictable locations.
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Losing An Island
Students examine carbon dioxide and determine the impact of greenhouse gases on the earths spheres. In this pollution lesson students complete a lab activity to see the impact of gases on the environment,
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Where's the Evidence?
Eighth graders observe evidence of chemical reactions. For this chemical reactions lesson students study chemical processes and complete a lab activity.
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Jupiter's "Monstrous" Magnetosphere
Students explore Jupiter's magnetosphere. In this Jupiter lesson plan, students examine a diagram of the magnetic field that surrounds Jupiter.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Aaas: Project 2061: Topic: Atoms, Molecules, and States of Matter
[Free Registration/Login Required] Create a science test that checks for student understanding in science, for common misconceptions, as well as for correct ideas. This is a list of key ideas related to Atoms, Molecules, and States of...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Matter: Atoms: Protons, Neutrons, Electrons
A video and a short quiz on the parts of an atom, the periodic table, and molecules.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: States of Matter: Basics
After watching this simulation, students will be able to describe characteristics of the three states of matter. They will watch as atoms and molecules change between solid, liquid and gas phases.
NASA
Nasa: Atoms and Molecules in Motion, States of Matter [Pdf]
Everythingin the universeis either matter or energy. All matter is made of combinations of about one hundred basic building blocks, the chemical elements on the periodic table. Going a step further and breaking these elements down to...
Utah State Office of Education
Utah Science: Matter
Discover atoms and molecules which make up matter, motion of atoms and how to measure the mass, volume and density of matter.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: University of Colorado: States of Matter: Basics
An interactive simulation will heat, cool and compress atoms and molecules. Watch as they change between solid, liquid and gas phases. Recognize that different substances have different properties which will affect the temperatures for...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Matter
This Study Card stack enables students to review the concepts of matter, the kinds and classes of mater including atoms, molecules, elements, compounds, pure substance, and mixtures.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Fifth Grade Science: Physical Science: Types of Matter
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses elements, atoms, compounds, molecules, and crystals. Looks at mixture and different types of them.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Atoms to Molecules
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examine the composition of matter.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Atoms to Molecules
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examine the composition of matter.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Atoms to Molecules
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Examine the composition of matter.
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Molecules
When two or more atoms combine they give rise to a molecule. A molecule can be made up of many atoms of the same element. There are 112 elements known to man, so can you imagine the different permutations and combinations of molecules...