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Water Alchemy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
After reading "Aquatic Alchemy," an article about recapturing water for reuse when in space, your class will use calcium hydroxide or hydrated lime to purify cloudy water. Geared toward high school chemistry or environmental science...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Alchemy and Chemical Symbols

For Students 7th - 11th
In this alchemy learning exercise, learners read about how alchemists kept their experiment notes in secret code. Students design their own secret code for the given elements. This learning exercise has 2 problems to solve.
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Curated OER

An Experiment in Alchemy: Copper to Silver to Gold

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How exciting would it be for your chemistry class to produce their own "gold"? This experiment allows pupils to witness the chemical reaction of copper pennies as they react with zinc and sodium hydroxide to produce "gold" tokens. It is...
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Chymist

An Experiment in Alchemy: Copper to Silver to Gold

For Students 9th - 12th
Use chemistry to change pennies into gold coins! The experimental procedure leads learners through the process of changing copper pennies to silver and then to gold. They record the mass of each coin through every step of the experiment.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Alchemists' Theory of the Elements

For Students 8th - 10th
In this alchemy worksheet, students read about the early thoughts of alchemists regarding elements. Students are given an experiment done by an alchemist during the Middle Ages and they answer three questions about the experiment knowing...
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Pingry School

The Alchemist's Dream – Copper into "Gold"

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Many scientists attempted alchemy for hundreds of years before a full understanding of metals became clear. Scholars take a penny and, through two different chemical reactions, make it appear to turn into silver and later gold. They...
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History of Chemistry: The Alchemists

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students research alchemy and the history of chemistry. In this chemistry history instructional activity, students examine laboratory apparatus and compare it to those used by the Alchemists. Students complete a research paper on an...
Worksheet
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Thinking Like a Scientist

For Students 8th - 12th
In this scientific method worksheet, students fill in 10 blanks with terms related to the scientific method. Then they determine if 3 sentences are true or false and they match 6 terms with their definitions.
Organizer
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Advertise Your Family

For Students 10th - 12th
In this periodic table worksheet, students create an advertisement for a chemical group or family they are assigned. They need to include topics such as are the elements solids, liquids or gases at room temperature, the history of the...
Writing
Curated OER

The Great Atomic Debate

For Students 9th - 12th
In this atomic theory worksheet, students write a skit given a story line using Aristotle, Democritus and Dalton. They are given internet sites to find information about the facts and ideas of these past contributors to science.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Properties of Materials - Part B

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the history of materials. They use the kinetic (particle) theory to explain changes of state in matter and trace the flow of heat during changes of state and chemical changes.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary - Introduction to Chemistry

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry vocabulary worksheet, high schoolers use their textbooks and dictionaries to find the definitions to 20 terms associated with chemistry.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Alchemy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Delves into the history of alchemy and contributions made by alchemists.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Alchemy

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers a brief history of alchemy and contributions made by alchemists.
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3rd Millenium: Alchemy Through Chemistry, Alkenes

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this website for an explanation of alkenes and also a simple method for naming them. Geometric isomerism is explained in the lesson.
Primary
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: From Alchemy to Chemistry: Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information on the periodic table constructed by Dmitri Mendeleev.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: What Is Chemistry?

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will define chemistry and differentiate between the macroscopic and the microscopic as it relates to chemistry. They will begin to...
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site read about Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937 CE), the scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances." This...
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Alkaline Earth Metals

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a brief but accurate definition of alkaline earth metals. Includes a list of elements in the chemical series.
Website
National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Harry Potter's World: Potions

For Students 9th - 10th
A clever account of the history of medicine told as it relates to J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter." Read about the history of real-life potions, and what led to the development of modern chemistry.

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