American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Finding Volume: Water Displacement Method
Students use the water-displacement method to find the volume of different rods that all have the same mass.
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Serc: Making Bath Salts for Mother's Day, a Primary Chemistry Lesson
What do you know about salt? For this chemistry lesson, students will learn different things about salt: the chemical name, it's periodic table number, it's shape under the microscope, how it dissolves in water, and how to make a mixture...
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Serc: Modeling Valence Electrons
In this activity, students use a map of electron configuration and bingo chips to configure electrons for elements that are given on a problem card. Students will see patterns of elements and their valence electrons in relation to the...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Tf Foxes and Rabbits 2
Students are presented with a table that shows the populations of foxes and rabbits in a national park over a 12-month period. This is the second Foxes and Rabbits task. In this problem, students must find trigonometric functions that...
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Serc: Elements Metals, Nonmetals and Metalloids
Students investigate several properties of the given elements and decide whether each element is a metal, non-metal, or a metalloid.