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Fishing Pole
Students create a fishing pole for magnets. In this magnet lesson, students create a fishing pole with a magnet on the end. Students then "fish" and try to find things that are magnetic.
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Metal Quiz
For this metal worksheet, students answer short answer questions and true and false questions about different metals found on Earth. Students complete 10 questions.
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All About Aluminum
Students examine the metal aluminum. In this metal properties lesson, students experiment to distinguish between aluminum and other metals. Students assess how aluminum is created and recycled.
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What's Inside the Earth?
In this earth's composition worksheet, young scholars read about the layers within the earth and they answer 3 multiple choice questions. They color a diagram of the earth's core using different colors to represent the solid metal, the...
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Magnesium: From Sea Water to Fireworks
In this magnesium instructional activity, students read about how magnesium is extracted from sea water and the different uses of magnesium. Then students complete 4 short answer questions.
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Structures and Materials
In this materials worksheet, students will review different types of materials and the structures that can be made using these materials. This worksheet has 7 fill in the blank, 6 matching, 1 short answer, and 6 multiple choice questions.
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Transition Elements
In this transition elements worksheet, students complete 10 fill in the blank statements about the properties of transition elements. Then students will match 10 elements with the use of that particular element.
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Chemistry Scavenger Hunt
In this chemistry worksheet, students identify the three main phases of matter. Then they search for information about each element on a Chem Time Clock. Students use the chemical symbol to identify each element.
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Chemistry Activity 29
In this chemistry worksheet, students write the balanced chemical equation for each. Then they calculate the mass of nitrogen dioxide created with specific amounts of nitrogen and oxygen. Students also identify how many grams of the...
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Metals, Non-metals, Metalloids
Learners discuss the physical and chemical properties of metals and non-metals. As a group, they classify items as a metal or non-metal. Using the periodic table chart, students discuss the characteristics of each metal. Based upon...
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Is It Recyclable?
Pupils bring to school five items they would normally throw away and five items they would normally recycle. Expert groups are formed to present information on the recycling of glass, metal, plastic, and organics such as paper and food...
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Magnets
In this magnets worksheet, high schoolers describe the differences between a generator and a motor, define electromagnet, and identify a circuit as parallel or series. This worksheet has 2 short answer questions, 5 fill in the blank and...
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Oxidation Numbers
In this oxidation numbers worksheet, students determine the oxidation number for given elements and draw Lewis Dot Diagrams. This worksheet has 6 fill in the blank and 11 short answer questions.
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What is a Solution?
In this solutions worksheet, students read about how people first learned to use metals and to combine metals to form alloys. Students write an essay telling the story of how ancient people first learned to cause physical changes in metal.
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What Does a Magnet Attract?
In this magnet worksheet, students write in what happens when a magnet is placed near iron. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
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Amazing Magnets Crossword Puzzle
In this physics worksheet, learners identify and write the correct word for each description related to magnets. There are 12 descriptions to complete.
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Organization of the Elements and Periodic Table
Students identify how to relate the position of an element in the periodic table to its atomic number and atomic mass. They also identify and interpret how to use the periodic table to identify metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and...
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What a Can Can Do
Students explore properties of cans (including aluminum and steel) as they rotate through stations. They experiment with magnets, weight differences, resistance to corrosion and temperature conductivity.