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Pounds of Pollution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine pollutants and investigate air pollution emitted by a car in a year.  In this air pollution lesson students complete an activity and make calculations. 
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Grating Spectrometer

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students calculate the Balmer series. For this physics lesson, students observe hydrogen lamp spectra using spectrometers. They calculate wavelength and compare them with their theoretical calculations.
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Periodic Table & Its Trends-Day 1

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to the periodic table. They find the common trends among the electron configurations and the names of certain groups of the table. Students explore the atomic mass, atomic number, mass number, mass and charge...
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Using Radioactive Decay To Determine Age

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Young scholars explore the process of carbon dating fossils to determine their age. They simulate radioactive decay using pennies in a shoe box. Heads represents a decayed atom each time they shake the box. They use the data to calculate...
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Radioactive Decay/Half Life

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students demonstrate radioactive decay using candy corns. In this Physics lesson, students make predictions, collect data and form conclusions about patterns in radioactive decay.
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Urban Impact on Chollas Creek (California): A Field Study

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, in groups, take samples from a creek and keep a field journal on their samples. They also perform tests on their samples.
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Museum Adventure WebQuest

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the background and properties of minerals. They examine fluorite and record data after testing it. They use the internet to help them discover information about minerals.
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Quantum Physics

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discuss the mass-energy relationship based on Einstein's work. They calculate the energy released in various scenerios and sketch diagrams for the Lyman, Balmer and Pfund Series. In groups, they discuss the role of photons and...
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Science-Introduction to the Unit on Matter

For Teachers 1st
First graders gain knowledge about solids, liquids and gases by taking a look at the things around them. They have to classify certain picture cards based on which category they feel the picture falls under. As a whole, the class...
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Planet Structure & Interior

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students compare Jupiter and Earth. In this Earth and space studies instructional activity, students compare the composition of Earth and Jupiter and analyze how the composition affects the rate at which the planets spin.
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Catalytic Converter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Two animated slides explain the decomposition reactions that occurs within a catalytic converter. An enthalpy diagram is displayed. Hess's Law is demonstrated. Finally, the analogy of football is used to explain Hess's Law. This...
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Allotropes

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Brilliant graphics depict a variety of allotropes, especially the allotropes of carbon. Some notes are available to help make these useful for teaching your young chemists, but not for every slide. With some additional preparation on...
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Finding Oxidation States

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
In this chemistry worksheet, students examine the oxidation state in order to apply it in the laboratory setting. The sheet includes in depth background information.
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Oxidation Reduction Reactions

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemistry worksheet, students find the outcomes necessary for the oxidation reduction reactions. The sheet includes background information.
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Magnet Mania

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore magnetic fields. In this science lesson plan, students create a magnetic field using electricity. Students observe the effect of a magnetic field on the compass needle.
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Magnetism

For Students 9th - 12th
In this science worksheet, high schoolers apply themselves to the acquisition of new vocabulary while solving the crossword puzzle.
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Naming III-Identifying Problems Chemical Compound Names

For Students 9th - 12th
For this naming chemical compounds worksheet, students are given 9 lettered statements that they use to match with 10 statements about compounds. Students also review the rules for naming compounds by filling in 25 blanks to complete...
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Hydrogen Powered Cars

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students apply the principles of chemistry to investigate the concept of how a hydrogen powered car works. They study the electrochemical reactions that provide the energy source. Students also record observations in the functioning of a...
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Covalent Bonds

For Students 9th - 12th
After a short introduction, chemistry aces get right into drawing electron dot diagrams for covalent bonds. There are only three questions to answer, so this is not a comprehensive worksheet. It can be used when introducing your class to...
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Classifying Matter Game

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils identify the different states of matter. In this chemistry lesson, students differentiate the physical properties of the three states. They apply what they learned by playing a team game at the end of the lesson.
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Exploring the Solar System

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Your students can learn more about our solar system with these lesson plan ideas.
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Super Scientists Bingo

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, middle schoolers select twenty-five scientists from the list to fill in their bingo card. Then they match each of the scientists listed to their correct description strip.
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The Life Cycle of a Star

For Students 7th - 10th
In this stars worksheet, students read about the different stages in the life cycle of a star. Then students complete 3 short answer questions.
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Science Letter Shapes Puzzle

For Students 5th - 6th
For this science word puzzle, students fit words to shapes using a set of 15 definition clues. A reference web site is given for additional activities.

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