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Curated OER

The Chemical Building Blocks of Life

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Amateur biologists examine the macromolecules that are foundational to life: proteins,  lipids, and carbohydrates. This worksheet is composed of five pages of questions and plenty of space to write answers. Learners will explore such...
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Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Coordination Compounds

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Cyanide, a coordination compound, is used in the extraction of gold and silver. Part 24 in the series of 36 delves into the world of coordination compounds. Classes learn, through readings, discussions, and answering questions, how to...
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Curated OER

Photosynthesis

For Students 9th - 10th
In this biology worksheet, learners explain where the energy of food originally came from. Then the explain one of the principal chemical compounds that living things use to store energy. Students also describe how ATP and ADP differ and...
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Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Compounds of Carbon Containing Nitrogen

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Amines are vital to humans because they help form amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. The 30th lesson in a series of 36 specifically focuses on the organic compounds that contain nitrogen. Learners classify amines and nitro...
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Lab Resource
Royal Society of Chemistry

Lead Compounds: Precipitation Reactions and Pigments—Microscale Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Colorful lead compounds never fail to impress! Solubility scholars examine a series of double replacement reactions involving lead nitrate and record their observations. The second part of the experiment illustrates the differences...
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Curated OER

The Chemistry Connection

For Students 8th - 10th
In this proteins worksheet, students read about the chemical compound, protein. Students determine where proteins are found in the body and how enzymes help the body react. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Amazing Carbon

For Students 9th - 12th
Explore carbon and bonding with this worksheet. First, class members read a short excerpt about carbon and its characteristics. In response to the reading, they draw an electron dot diagram of carbon as well as diagrams of compounds...
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Lesson Plan
University of Georgia

Would Your Cat Eat This Stuff?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Processed foods use inorganic compounds for flavoring and preservation. This take-home laboratory challenges scholars to find 20 different compounds identified on the labels of foods to list on their data collection sheet. The activity...
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Curated OER

Learning Outcomes

For Students 10th - 11th
In this science worksheet, students explore the learning outcomes for a unit on chemical reactions. Students define 60 vocabulary words and answer a list of questions for each topic.
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Lesson Plan
University of Georgia

Antacid and Uncle Heartburn

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Household materials can be used for more than cleaning! In this collaborative experiment, emerging chemists use products such as vinegar and liquid antacid to explore chemical reactions that commonly occur in the human body.
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Worksheet
Google

Biochemical Structures

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
It's truly amazing how life is sustained through the complicated interactions of different organic compounds. As young biochemists complete this instructional activity, they demonstrate their ability to identify these essential molecules...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Testing for Life’s Molecules

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Want to hear a joke about sodium? Na. Young scientists test various materials to identify if they include protein, starch, and glucose by using the Biuret test, iodine starch test, and Benedict's test respectively. After practicing with...
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Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Hydrocarbons

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The vast majority of hydrocarbons humans use help fuel cars, homes, and provide energy. A comprehensive lesson teaches pupils all about hydrocarbons. From alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes to benzene, classes study the preparation of these...
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Lesson Plan
Chymist

Alum from Waste Aluminum Cans

For Students 9th - 12th
Turn aluminum cans into pickles! An engaging experiment has learners chemically change aluminum into a substance with many purposes including the manufacture of pickles. After performing the chemical conversion, the experimenters verify...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures

For Students 6th - 10th
In this matter worksheet, students review the three forms of matter by reading a poem and completing 1 matching and 5 short answer questions.
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Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Hydrogen and s-Block Elements

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Lesson 19 in the series of 36 analyzes the element hydrogen and the s-block elements. Through readings, answering questions, and discussion, learners write about and explain their occurrence, physical and chemical properties, and uses. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemicals in Your Life

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemicals activity, students fill in 61 blanks of statements comparing the chemicals used in farming and the chemicals found in medicines and food.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy and Life

For Students 7th - 12th
This two-page quiz mostly covers ATP, but touches on autotrophs and heterotrophs, as well. Learners show what they know through multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short-answer questions.
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Curated OER

The Chemistry of Life

For Students 7th - 12th
In this chemistry of life worksheet, students will review key terms of plant cell structure and chemistry by reading 13 clues to complete the puzzle. Word bank is included.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemistry

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, students describe an atom, its parts, the charges of these parts, and atoms life functions. Then they explain what the octet rule states for the placements of electrons around the nucleus of an atom. Students...
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Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

General Characteristics of the p-Block Elements

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The 20th installment in a series of 36 focuses on the characteristics of the p-block elements. Learners discuss, read about, and answer questions pertaining to the occurrence of these elements in nature, their electron configurations,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Principles of Ecology

For Students 7th - 12th
For this ecology worksheet, students will review 10 vocabulary words associated with the basic principles of ecology. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank questions.
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Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Biomolecules

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
An informative lesson has learners read about, discuss, and study the classification, structure and importance of the following biomolecules: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and enzymes. 
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Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Mole Concept

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Learners explore atomic measurement in the first activity in a series of 36. Through readings, activities, and questions, classes review standard SI units, learn about Avogadro's constant, and use it to help them calculate moles. They...