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Electrolysis: Splitting Water

For Students 9th - 12th
Explore the chemical components of water through an electrolysis reaction. Scholars use a battery to divide various water solutions into different gases. As they collect the gases, they measure the volume and make a comparison to the...
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Curated OER

Solar Kit Lesson #15 - Solar-Powered Electrolysis of Water and the Hydrogen Economy

For Teachers 10th - 12th
An outstanding lesson awaits your physics fledglings! After reading about how hydrogen can act as an energy carrier, they examine the electrolysis of water using solar power. They test the gases produced for flammability and will...
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Curated OER

Electrolysis

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars conduct a series of experiments on water electrolysis. For this chemistry lesson, students explain what happens to the molecules during the process. They cite real world applications of electrolysis.
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Curated OER

Electrolysis of Water

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the electrolysis of water by completing an experiment.  In this water lesson students will explain how hydrogen can be extracted from water and how energy flows through an electrolysis system. 
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Curated OER

REDOX Lab

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students produce copper metal by electrolysis. In this REDOX lesson plan, students use a copper (II) chloride solution and a 9 volt battery to produce copper metal through an electrolysis reaction. Students make observations and take...
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Cornell University

Electroplating

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Silver pennies and copper nickels are made possible by applying some chemistry. Learners use electrolysis to coat a penny with zinc sulfate and a nickel with copper sulfate. Their investigation builds an understanding of electroplating...
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Cornell University

Build a Fuel Cell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Discover the connection between redox reactions and fuel cells. Collaborative groups build a Hoffmann Apparatus that demonstrates the electrolysis of water and then convert their models into a fuel cell. They use their fuel cells to...
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National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

Synthesis of Nickel Nanowires

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It's all about the scale—they're not just wires, they're nanowires! The second lesson of the series builds on the oxidation-reduction experiment in the first lesson. Scholars synthesize a sample of nanowires using electrolysis. As they...
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Curated OER

Space Shuttle Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the nomenclature, operation and purpose of America's Space Transportation system. They demonstrate how water can be broken down into its component gases of hydrogen and oxygen by electrolysis. They construct and use the...
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Curated OER

Fueling the Future -- Electrolysis

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders work together to demonstrate the electrolysis of water. They record their observations and discuss them at the end of the experiment. They examine the connection between fuel cells and electrolysis as well.
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Curated OER

Create Hydrogen Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete an experiment to understand changes to the environment over time.  In this hydrogen lesson plan, students discuss electrolysis and conduct an electrolysis experiment.  Students observe and record their...
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Curated OER

Hydrogen-Electrolysis of Water

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discover how hydrogen is created and extracted from water to use as an energy source. In this solar energy lesson, students use pieces of aluminum foil as electrodes. Students attach one end of a wire to the hanger of the...
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Curated OER

How is a REDOX Reaction Used to Power a Car?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore electrolysis and Redox reactions.  In this exploratory lesson students demonstrate an example of electrolysis and how it brings on a chemical change. 
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Curated OER

THe Decomposition of Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers collaborate in an experiment where they decompose water into simpler substances through the process of electrolysis. They collect, measure, and observe data and then place the data into a table. Accomodations for...
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Curated OER

Corrosion/Plating/Electrolysis

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students familiarize themselves with half cell reactions, potential circuits, etc. They participate in a lab that includes a worksheet that guides them through an inquiry pertaining to the content. They complete a series of questions...
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Cornell University

Splitting Water with Electricity

For Students 9th - 12th
Explore how electricity splits water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. Learners begin by calculating the voltage necessary to separate the water. They then perform the experiment and measure the ratio of hydrogen and oxygen bubbles.
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Curated OER

ABCs of Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars are introduced to the concept of hydrogen technologies through inquiry-based classroom activities.
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Curated OER

Separation of Mixtures and Compounds For K Through 12

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students explore mixtures and compounds. In this instructional activity, students do an experiment to distinguish between mixtures and compounds. Students complete ten different phases of the experiment testing many different substances....
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Curated OER

The Invention of Faraday Cage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students demonstrate how Faraday's cage work by building their own electroscope. In this physics instructional activity, students explain how Faraday's cage work. They cite several applications of this principle in the real world.

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