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Balancing Chemical Reactions
In this balancing equations instructional activity, students balance 10 reactions and indicate the type of reaction each is such as synthesis, decomposition, or single replacement.
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Balancing Chemical Reactions II
In this balancing equations worksheet, students balance 10 equations and indicate the type of reaction as synthesis, decomposition or single replacement.
Nuffield Foundation
Enzyme-Catalysed Synthesis
Enzymes: not just for breaking chemicals apart. Young biologists perform an experiment on potatoes. They first remove starch from potato extract. They then add the resulting liquid to samples of glucose-1-phosphate, glucose, maltose, and...
Concord Consortium
Catalysis
Get ready to kick things up a notch! Young scientists explore the effects of catalysts using a fun interactive. Learners start the reaction without using a catalyst, then add one over time to examine its effects on reaction rate.
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BioFuels: The Chemistry and Economics of Alternative Fuels
Junior chemists manufacture biodiesel in the lab. In this exercise, they check the purity of the biodiesel using thin layer chromatography. They also calculate its density and heat of combustion. They are sure to rise to the challenge...
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Reaction Worksheet
In this chemical reaction learning exercise, students write 11 balanced equations for 11 word equations, and complete word equations and balance chemical equations for 13 chemical equations.
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Chemical Reactions
In this chemical reactions activity, students write the structures or names from molecular formulas. Then students predict the products from reactions given. This activity has 9 fill in the blank questions.
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Identifying Reaction Types
In this reactions worksheet, students are given nine chemical reactions to identify as single replacement, double replacement, synthesis or decomposition reactions.
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Limiting Reactant Problems
In this chemical reaction activity, students determine the limiting reactant in the equations given plus determine the amount of moles of product produced. This activity has 6 problems to solve.
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Six Types of Reactions
In this types of chemical reactions worksheet, learners fill in 5 blanks with the proper type of chemical reaction described in the sentence. Students balance 5 equations and identify the type of chemical reaction for each equation.
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Condensation Polymerization: Preparation of Two Types of Polyesters
College-level or AP chemists use phthalic anhydride to synthesize two different polyesters, one linear and one cross-linked in structure. A detailed materials list and well-written procedures are provided on a lab sheet. Learners write...
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CHM 2211: Problem Set 13 Synthesis of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
For this chemistry worksheet, students work on a problem set consisting of 16 equations in which they synthesize carboxylic acid derivatives.
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Matter
Eighth graders explore chemical reactions and their products. They define a chemical reaction and describe the characteristics of a chemical reaction. Students classify chemical reactions.
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Balancing Equations
In this chemical equations worksheet, students review the rules in balancing equations and then balance 11 chemical reactions.
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Reaction Types Worksheet
In this reaction types activity, students complete a graphic organizer by determining what type of reaction is shown in the example given.
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Chemical Reactions
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students give the IUPAC name for compounds, predict the products of reactions, and list the steps in the synthesis of certain compounds. This worksheet has 1 short answer and 11 fill in the blank...
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Chemical Reactions
In this reactions activity, students write the formula for each reactant and product and then balance the equation. Students have 23 problems to solve.
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Sample Midyear Examination (Chemistry and Biology)
A 12-page midterm exam sample can be given to young scientists in preparation for an exam. This particular installment is geared toward a class that delves into both ecology and chemistry concepts. There is no way to separate the 50...
Royal Society of Chemistry
Aspirin—The Wonder of Medicine
What do aspirin and the willow tree have in common? Scholars of chemical synthesis engage in a fascinating reaction to make their own aspirin samples. The lab uses thin layer chromatography analysis, includes stoichiometric calculations,...
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Types of Reactions
In this types of reactions learning exercise, students balance 5 chemical equations and identify the type of reaction. They read 3 scenarios and identify the type of reaction going on in each situation.
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Predicting the Products of a Reaction
In this reactions worksheet, students predict the products of 5 equations and write the equations for 5 reactions using their knowledge of types of reactions.
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Balancing Equations and Identifying Reaction Types
In this balancing equations activity, students balance twelve equations by placing the proper coefficients in front of reactants and products and they identify the type of reaction each equation represents.
Pingry School
Synthesis of an Insoluble Ionic Salt: A Stoichiometry Experiment
Challenge young scientists to design their own experimental procedures. They write the procedure for properly preparing two grams of a water-insoluble ionic salt. To finish, they perform the experiment and collect data to prove their...
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Synthesis and Characterization of CdSe Quantum Dots
Does the size of a sample change the physical properties of that substance? It turns out it can! Young scientists combine physics and chemistry to synthesize CdSe quantum dots and record their color properties. Learners should notice a...