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Curated OER

Melting and Freezing of Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students differentiate the three states of matter. In this chemistry lesson, students analyze graphs of heating and cooling curve of water. They complete a lab report and discuss results.
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Curated OER

Heating and Cooling Curves

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers experiment with a pure substance and a phase change. In this heating and cooling curves lesson plan, students study the effects of heating and cooling a pure substance to observe a phase change. They determine both the...
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Virginia Department of Education

Molar Heat of Fusion for Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How can you describe heat of fusion in a way the class understands and relates the importance of this concept to present day issues? In this third lesson of the series, learners conduct an experiment, demonstrating the flow of heat...
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Curated OER

Solids and Liquids

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete activities to study the properties of solids and liquids. In this states of matter lesson, students investigate the melting and freezing of a range of materials in a virtual experiment. Students melt the substances and...
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Curated OER

Designing Scientific Models

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this scientific models worksheet, students will use a model to represent matter in its various states. Students can use a computer graphics program, drawing on paper, or three-dimensional creation. Then students will complete 3 short...
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Curated OER

Water 3: Melting and Freezing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore what happens to the amount of different substances as they change from a solid to a liquid or a liquid to solid.
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Polar Trec

South Pole Ice Cream!

For Teachers 3rd - 12th Standards
How can you turn an ice cream activity into a scientific investigation? It's easy if you know ionic compounds, heat transfer, and the exothermic and endothermic process. Learners will explore the science behind freezing, insulation, and...
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Space Awareness

The Big Meltdown

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore the world (our world) of melting ice caps. Why are these caps melting? What is the effect of melting ice caps? Dive into the ever-present issue of global warming with a resource that has learners looking at data and participating...
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Teach Engineering

Insulation Materials Investigation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Don't melt away! Pairs investigate different insulation materials to determine which one is better than the others. Using a low-temp heat plate, the teams insulate an ice cube from the heat source with a variety of substances. They...
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NOAA

Please Pass the Salt

For Students 3rd - 5th
Salinity is the focus of two experimenters that work to answer the question, How does salt change the physical properties of water? Super scientists compare the freezing rate of salt and fresh water, combine the two waters to...
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Curated OER

Chapter 13 Review, Mixed Review: Ions in Aqueous Solutions and Colligative Properties

For Students 9th - 12th
Here is an attractive worksheet that walks chemistry learners through a review of aqueous solutions. There are matching, short answer, and multiple choice questions dealing with boiling and freezing points, precipitate, molality, net...
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Carnegie Mellon University

Introduction to Climate

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Begin a full lesson on climate change by demonstrating how carbon dioxide gas contributes to increased temperatures. Be aware that pressure inside the antacid-containing bottle in Activity 2 may cause the lid to fly off; keep viewers at...
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Activity
Curated OER

Ice Eggs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students melt colored ice cubes which are created from a funnel, balloons, water, and food coloring. In this ice lesson plan, students put food coloring into water in a balloon, freeze it, and see how the food coloring ended up making...
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Curated OER

Snow Science

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners investigate how efficient different substances are at melting snow. Students collect and analysis data.
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Curated OER

Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the forms of water. In this physics instructional activity, students use ice cubes and observe what happens when the ice melts. Students freeze the water again and record observations.
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Curated OER

Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine water. In this chemistry lesson, student examine the physical properties of water and how it changes from a liquid to a solid or a gas. This lesson contains links to a second and third complimentary lesson on...
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Curated OER

Water and Ice

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners observe and discuss what happens when water turns to ice and when ice turns into water. In this freezing and melting lesson plan, students observe ice and water and complete hands on activities that change their properties.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemistry Wk 2

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, students calculate the freezing point of a given solution. Students calculate the final temperature and state of the water in a given problem. Students solve several problems provided.
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Curated OER

Kitchen Chemistry

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine both physical and chemical changes, and how to identify the difference between the two. They observe the changes that occur in butter when it is exposed to heat and cold, heat energy. In their notebooks, they write...
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Curated OER

Water 1: Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students experiment with states of matter with water and ice. In this states of matter lesson plan, students experiment to discover what happens to water as it freezes to become a solid, ice. They observe what happens when ice melts back...
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Curated OER

Ice Cube Experiment

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students explore the rate at which ice melts. In this science lesson plan, students place ice cubes on colored index cards and place them in direct sunlight. Students observe which ice cubes melt fastest and slowest.
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Curated OER

Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform experiments in pairs to visualize the changes in water during freezing and melting. In this properties of water lesson, students use their senses and inquiry tools to understand the changes in state of water. Suggested...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

WS 5.7 Phase Diagrams

For Students 10th - 12th
In this phase diagram worksheet, students answer questions about three given diagrams. They determine the boiling point, melting points and sublimation points for each substance. They also answer questions about the triple points and the...
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Science Geek

Thermochemical Calculations

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Viewers learn where the heat goes when phase changes take place with a presentation that explains the latent heat of phase changes, or, more specifically, the molar heat of fusion, solidification, vaporization, and condensation. The show...

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