Worksheet
Curated OER

Bonding

For Students 10th - 11th
In this word search worksheet, students locate 12 words related to molecular bonding. Words include molecule, ions, forces, polarity, partial, and particles.
Worksheet
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Physics and the Quantum Mechanical Model

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this physics instructional activity, learners review vocabulary terms and key equations associated with the quantum mechanical model. Students apply the quantum theory to explain the photoelectric effect. This instructional activity...
Worksheet
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Science Spiral Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this science vocabulary activity, students solve the clues and insert the words into a crossword. Students insert 8 science words into the crossword.
Worksheet
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Chem Word Search Puzzle

For Students 8th - 11th
For this chemistry terminology worksheet, students review and discuss nineteen terms associated with chemistry and then locate and circle each term in a word search puzzle.
Worksheet
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Biologically Important Molecules

For Students 8th - 10th
In this biologically important molecules activity, students fill in the blank with information about carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins. Students also make notes about nucleic acids.
Organizer
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Naming Inorganic Compounds

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this compounds worksheet, students read about the rules for naming inorganic compounds. Then students complete 2 graphic organizers by filling in the compound name, formula, and anion name.
Worksheet
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Science Spelling #2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science spelling worksheet, learners are given science word definitions, then fill in missing letters to form their matching spelling words. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
Lesson Plan
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Periodic Table

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars identify the periodic table trends and predict material properties. They also design and conduct simple experiments and test material properties. Finally, students compare and contrast material properties and that...
Lesson Plan
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Grating Spectrometer

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars 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.
Lesson Plan
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Urban Impact on Chollas Creek (California): A Field Study

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils, in groups, take samples from a creek and keep a field journal on their samples. They also perform tests on their samples.
Lesson Plan
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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...
Lesson Plan
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Dinosaur I Finding And Dating

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate how long dinosaurs lived on Earth and how that compare to how long man has been on Earth. They discover how scientists excavate fossils.
Organizer
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Naming Inorganic Compounds

For Students 9th - 12th
For this compounds worksheet, high schoolers review how to name inorganic compounds and then complete 2 graphic organizers naming the cations and anions.
Lesson Plan
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Radioactive Decay/Half Life

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students demonstrate radioactive decay using candy corns. For this Physics lesson, students make predictions, collect data and form conclusions about patterns in radioactive decay.
Worksheet
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Matter and Chemical Bonding

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical bonding worksheet, students read about the invisible killer, dihydrogen monoxide. Students read about the products it is used in and the problems it causes to the environment. Then students complete 19 short answer...
Handout
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental Periodic Table of Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
This page displays the Periodic Table of Elements and allows you to click each individual element for a page that displays in-depth information about that particular element. There are also links to many different games and learning...
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Elements and Atoms, the Building Blocks of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of elements and atoms, the building blocks of matter.
Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Periodic Table of the Elements Essay

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay, written for Teachers' Domain, describes the foresight and pattern recognition that Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev used to develop the modern periodic table of elements.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Periodic Table of the Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive periodic table developed for Teachers' Domain provides detailed information about the chemical properties of elements and illustrates the electron configurations that determine those characteristics.
Website
Environmental Chemistry

Periodic Table of Elements: Gallium

For Students 9th - 10th
A very detailed look at the element Gallium, a member of the Boron Group.
Interactive
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental Element Math Game!

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to read the periodic table of elements as you solve these Math questions about the number of protons, neutrons, electrons or nucleons in an atom of an element. You can choose how many questions to answer, and how complex they...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explores elements and their different properties, the history of elements, and how atoms relate to elements.
Interactive
PBS

Nova: Atom Builder

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out if you know enough about atoms to build them. The goal of the activity is to build an atom of a particular element by dragging the correct numbers of neutrons, protons and electrons into the atom.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Elements in the Universe

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use a graph of the relative abundance of elements in the Universe to determine relationships between size of the atoms and their abundance.