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Lesson Plan
Beyond Benign

Catalysts and Oxygen

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Here is an engaging and hands-on lesson plan that allows high school chemists to demonstrate the effects of a catalyst on various chemicals. They garner knowledge of how reactants and products differ from one another, while...
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Lesson Plan
Beyond Benign

Green"er" Precipitation Reaction

For Students 9th - 12th
All sodium carbonate may not have the same amount of carbonate, but it should have the same percent. Learners write and balance an equation to predict the chemical reaction between sodium carbonate and zinc acetate. Through the lab...
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Lesson Plan
Cornell University

Bacteria Take Over and Down

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Bacteria outnumber all other forms of life on Earth. Scholars observe the growth of bacteria in petri dishes to understand their role in maintaining good health. Then, they observe the growth of bacteria after they introduce...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How to Think Like a Scientist

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the scientific method and understand how to apply it.  In this "thinking like a scientist" activity students complete several activities.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Honors Chemistry-Covalent Bonding Study Guide I

For Students 10th - 12th
In this covalent bonding worksheet, students answer questions about types of bonds, electronegativity, valence electrons, and Lewis dot structures. They answer specific questions about covalent bonds in molecules and explain the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Timing the Tides

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars collect data and describe how and why the high and low tides change from day to day.  In exploring tides lesson students study tides by taking notes, recording data and analyzing their findings. 
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Curated OER

Flame Test

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students conduct a flame test on different substances. In this chemistry lesson plan, students predict the element present based on the color emitted during the flame test. They explain how different elements produce different colors.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Periodic Trends

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorail students will use the Periodic Table to identify and explain periodic trends, including atomic and ionic radii, electronegativity,...
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Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Electronegativity

For Students 9th - 10th
Chart of Pauling electronegativity values versus atomic number. Colorful, pictorial explanation of this periodic trend.
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Interactive
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Periodic Trend Game: Learning to Predict Elements Using Periodic Trends

For Students 11th - 12th
An activity to introduce the periodic table and the trends. Students will understand the organization of the periodic table with this game.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Periodic Trends: Atomic Radius: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how the atomic radius changes over representative elements across rows and up and down columns on the periodic table. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Periodic Trends: Atomic Radius."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Periodic Trends: Ionization Energy: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how the ionization energy changes over representative elements across rows and up and down columns on the periodic table. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Periodic Trends: Ionization Energy."
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Periodic Trends: Atomic Radius: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how the atomic radius changes over representative elements across rows and up and down columns on the periodic table. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Periodic Trends: Atomic Radius."
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Website
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: The Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a teacher's companion guide with lesson plans for the periodic table. It includes learning objectives, lecture notes, links to related sites, answers to frequently asked questions, and a glossary of related terms.
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Handout
Web Elements

Web Elements Periodic Table: Ionization Energy

For Students 9th - 10th
This WebElements site allows you to create a periodic table that shows the relative ionziation energies of all elements. Great visuals!!
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Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Periodic Trends in Ion Formation

For Students 9th - 10th
Acting as a subtopic of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook's section on Atoms and the Periodic Table, this site discusses electron affinity and ionization energy in relation to ion formation. Charts and graphs are included as well.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Periodic Trends: Atomic Radius: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how the atomic radius changes over representative elements across rows and up and down columns on the periodic table. It is 1 of 3 in the series titled "Periodic Trends: Atomic Radius."
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Periodic Trends: Electron Affinity: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will explain how the electron affinity changes over representative elements across rows and up and down columns on the periodic table. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Periodic Trends: Electron Affinity."
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Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Example: Patterns in the Periodic Table

For Teachers 7th - 9th
A lesson plan where learners examine the trends in the periodic table.
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Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Periodic Table Trends

For Students 9th - 10th
Given descriptions, scenarios, or groups/series of elements, students will use the Periodic Table to relate the size of the atomic radii, electronegativity, and ionization energy of elements to their position on the chart. Students will...
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Handout
Other

University of Texas: Tabled Discussion

For Students 9th - 10th
At this University of Texas site, atomic orbital occupancy, quantum numbers, the Aufbau Principle, and periodic trends are described in detail.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Periodic Table Trend

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart helps students learn about the periodic trend of Atomic Radius of Elements across a Period and down a Group.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Trends in the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students investigate specific properties that can be predicted by an element's position on the periodic table. Additionally, they will look at the formation of ions,...
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Lesson Plan
Google

Google for Education: Patterns in the Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners study trends in the periodic table of elements, supplemented by the use of spreadsheet functions. The spreadsheet functions presented can be used on any data set.

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