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Curated OER

Drifting Continents, Dynamic Results

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Curated OER

Fallout!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plot the locations of fallout from two disasters that polluted much of the world's air. They plot the ash fallout from the 1980 Mt. St. Helen's eruption to see what the wind patterns in the United States look like overall. Next...
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Curated OER

Air Pollution Over Where?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Young scholars predict the movement of an air borne pollutant using their understanding of air currents. They determine which governments and/or communities should be contacted to be forewarned. They also explore the properties of their...
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Curated OER

Production of Hydrogen

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students generate hydrogen gas and examine some of its properities through an experiment. In the experiment, a wood splint is lit along with a candle, then the reaction occurs within the mixture. There are questions for the student to...
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Curated OER

The Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the different types of metals.  In this investigative lesson students watch a demonstration on the effects of temperature on atoms and take a tour through baone matter.
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Curated OER

Losing An Island

For Teachers 8th - 12th
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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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer to Teach About Water Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan learners will use data acquired with an ICP-MS to teach them about water chemistry at a variety of levels.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Introduction to Water Chemistry

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners are presented with examples of the types of problems that environmental engineers solve, specifically focusing on water quality issues. Topics include the importance of clean water, the scarcity of fresh water, tap water...
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Density of Water

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners discover the concept that density is a characteristic property of water by measuring the volume and mass of water and calculating its density.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Surface Tension

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students observe and investigate why water has a strong surface tension.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Changing State: Condensation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate water cycle processes by testing how cooling affects the rate of condensation of water vapor.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Finding Volume: Water Displacement Method

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use the water-displacement method to find the volume of different rods that all have the same mass.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 3: Density

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Six interactive chemistry lessons about density complete with handouts and animations.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Density: Sink and Float for Liquids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students determine whether a liquid will sink or float in water by comparing its density to the density of water.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Density: Sink and Float for Solids

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students determine whether an object will sink or float by comparing its density to the density of water.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Water Is a Polar Molecule

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students develop their own water molecule model to help them understand the idea that water has a slight positive charge at one end of the molecule and a slight negative charge at the other.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Changing State: Freezing

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners investigate how low temperature causes water vapor to condense into a liquid and then freeze to form a solid.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Human Impacts on Marine Species

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about three examples of human impacts on marine life: migration patterns and shipping, algal blooms and water chemistry, and marine debris. Some of these impacts are due to human activity in the ocean, and some impacts on...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Density & Miscibility

For Teachers 7th - 9th
After students conduct the two associated activities, Density Column Lab - Parts 1 and 2, present this lesson to provide them with an understanding of why the density column's oil, water and syrup layers do not mix and how the concepts...
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Other

Fnal: Supplying Our Water Needs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A cross-curricular lesson working out needs of a town where fish are dying in the local waters, how can water be purified, how daily activities impact the water supply, and what role does chemistry play in the way individuals use water...
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 5: The Water Molecule and Dissolving

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Nine exemplary chemistry lessons about the water molecule and dissolving complete with handouts and animations.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Why Does Water Dissolve Salt?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use their own model of a salt crystal and water molecule to show how water dissolves salt. Then, they relate their observations to the structure of salt, water, and alcohol on the molecular level.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Can Gases Dissolve in Water?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An activity through which students learn why gas is able to dissolve in water, and how heat affects the solubility of a gas in a liquid.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: Can Liquids Dissolve in Water?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan with mulitmedia links in which students identify and control variables to help design a solubility test for different liquids in water.

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