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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

World of Plastics and Polymers

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate plastics and learn they are giant molecules made of carbon atoms. For this polymers and plastics lesson, students perform 3 activities which all include making polymers from household items such as milk and vinegar,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Combustion of Alcohols

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this combustion worksheet, students use a table showing the amount of heat released when different alcohols burn to complete 2 problems. Students create 2 graphs plotting the energy release against the number of carbon atoms.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Alkanes: Physical Properties

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this alkanes worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in the number of carbon atoms for the given alkanes. Students plot a graph showing how physical properties change with the number of carbon atoms. Then students...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Alkanes and Alkenes

For Students Higher Ed
In this alkanes worksheet, students use a data table to plot a graph of boiling point against number of carbon atoms. Students define cracking and double bond. This worksheet has 5 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Life Substance

For Students 9th - 12th
In this life substances worksheet, students will review carbon atoms, monosaccharides, dissaccharides, polysaccharides, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. This worksheet has 4 true or false and 17 matching questions.
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Handout
Other

Abteilung Andersen: A Brief History of C60

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a basic description of fullerenes, their properties, and potential uses. It also contains information of R. Buckminster Fuller symmetry of fullerenes.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Teachers: See Inside a Diamond: Hot Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate the science involved in the creation of diamonds by building a carbon atom out of quarks and electrons. Observe how carbon atoms are arranged by manipulating a diamond crystal.
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Article
NASA

Nasa Earth Observatory: Mystery of the Missing Carbon

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the mystery of the one to two billion metric tons of missing carbon from the global carbon budget. Scientists do not know where between fifteen and thirty percent of the carbon released each year disappears to, but...
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Unit Plan
BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Properties of Materials

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the properties of carbon atoms in diamonds and graphite including their structures and bonding and their properties and uses. It also provides links to a video and an assessment.