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Intermolecular Forces of Attraction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Chemists love London (dispersion forces)! Presentation begins with an explanation of intermolecular forces including hydrogen bonding, dipole-dipole attraction, and London dispersion forces. It also covers polarity and the relative...
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Curated OER

Let Us Bond Together

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders paricipate in a demonstration about bond strengths and bond types.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Battery

For Students 9th - 12th
Don't take for granted the technology behind power packs. Build an understanding of the chemical mechanics of a battery pack that charges your phone. The simulation allows young scientists to manipulate the type of elements in a pack and...
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Curated OER

Chemical Reactions

For Students 7th - 8th
For this chemical reactions worksheet, students rearrange the definitions to match the type of reaction and find an example of each reaction. They write the word equation for it and write the type of reaction for three given word equations.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Hydrocarbons

For Students 9th - 12th
This worksheet would provide a great assessment for teachers to test student knowledge. High schoolers are asked to complete 3 charts which characterize types of chemical bonds such as alkanes, alkenes, or alkynes. They must also...
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Curated OER

Bouncing Balls

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a polymer ball in the lab. In this chemistry lesson, students identify the different properties of the polymer they created. They explain what type of chemical reaction took place.
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Curated OER

The Ties that Bind

For Students 9th - 12th
In this bonding worksheet, students read about the types of bonds that hold compounds together. They are given fifteen common materials and they identify the types of bonds that hold each together.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Candy Reaction

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In this triboluminescence worksheet, young scholars use wint-o-green Lifesavers to observe a chemical reaction that gives off light. They break a lifesaver up with a hammer and make observations and they chew a lifesaver and make...
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Curated OER

Boot Reer Root Beer

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate chemical reactions. In this physical science lesson, 5th graders make dry ice root beer and identify the type of change that occurs to the root beer mixture.
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Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Predicting Products and Writing Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A chemistry lesson plan presents 14 chemical reactions for scholars to observe, write the equation, and balance the equations. Additionally, it provides ways to extend the activity as it relates to catalysts.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Summary of Organic Reaction Mechanisms Needed for AS Chemistry

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Advanced chemistry courses typically cover organic reactions. On this reference sheet, the five types of organic reaction mechanisms are explained and an example is shown.  For each, there is also a diagram of the chemical reaction that...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Classifying Chemical Reactions

For Students 6th - 12th
In this chemical reactions worksheet, learners follow a flow chart to determine what type of reaction is occurring. Students then classify reactions and balance the equations. This worksheet has 2 short answer and 10 fill in the blank.
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Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Nomenclature and General Principles

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Carbon, the base for all organic compounds, exists in nature in its purest form as graphite or diamonds. The 25th lesson in a series of 36 teaches pupils the nomenclature of organic compounds. Learners read about how to use the IUPAC...
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Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

The Blast Furnace

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
The largest chemical reactors are blast furnaces, used to make iron from ore. Scholars explore reactants by first matching each one to its purpose and formula. Then, a series of three gridlock puzzles reinforce the content while...
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Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

p-Block Elements and Their Compounds – II

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Ozone, made of three bonded oxygen atoms, is found 15-30 km above Earth, has a strong smell, is blue, and blocks sunlight from hitting the surface of Earth. The 22nd lesson in a series of 36 specifically focuses on the important elements...
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Curated OER

Ionic Chemical Formulas Days 1 & 2

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study polyatomic ions and write binary and ternary ionic chemical formulas. They explore putting together different monatomic ions and coming up with as many chemical formulas as possible. They play a game similar to memory...
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It's About Time

Organic Substances

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Host an exciting lab in which learners burn fruit rinds to better understand hydrocarbons. A reading passage and analysis questions wrap up the lesson. 
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Organic and Biological Compounds

For Teachers 10th
Carbon as a building block for organic compounds is demonstrated by diagrams and facts for its bonding style.  Saturated and unstaturated hydrocarbons are detailed and facts about biological compounds such as proteins, nucleic acids,...
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Curated OER

The Chemical Context of Life

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
In this chemistry worksheet, young scholars fill in the chart for question one. The chart is filled out examining the mass, protons, electrons, and neutrons for specific atoms.
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Biology Junction

Bioenergetics

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Bioenergetics strives to describe how living things gain and transform energy for biological purposes. First, pupils learn about the types of energy before exploring the importance of energy in biological processes. Next, they discover...
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Curated OER

What Holds a Substance Together?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe how substances are held together by bonds. In this physics lesson, students demonstrate how a substance is held together by ripping newspapers and stretching marshmallows. Students complete a data sheet.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Recognizing Polar Molecules

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this polar molecules worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by writing in the bond type, electron dot diagram, and the type of compound for the chemical compounds given.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

How Do Atoms Stick Together?

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemical bonding worksheet, learners answer 76 questions about compounds, Lewis dot structures, intermolecular forces between atoms, electronegativity and bonding and types of bonds.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Periodic Table

For Students 7th - 9th
In this periodic table activity, students are given 12 terms and must match the terms to their appropriate definition. Topics include types of bonds, types of elements, and types of ions.