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Unit Conversion in Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Hopefully by the time high schoolers are enrolled in your chemistry class, they are skilled with unit conversion. It does not hurt, however, to take an hour early in the school year to review this vital skill. This plan simply provides a...
PPT
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Chemistry of Carbon - Building Blocks of Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A great review of the structure and function of carbon-based molecules important to life, especially with relevance to humans. The chemistry behind the combination of polymers and the breakdown of bonds is covered. Valuable content...
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Seein' Double, Seein' Double

For Teachers K - 2nd
By using the Internet, hands-on activities, video, and cooperative learning, pupils look into the conditions in which light casts shadows on objects. The lesson includes fabulous hands-on activities, art projects, worksheets, and reource...
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American Chemical Society

Energy Levels, Electrons, and Ionic Boding

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Learners see how electrons are transferred in the bonding of NaCl. They then create models of NaCl using styrofoam balls and toothpicks to assist them in explaining the formation of ions and ionic bonding. 
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Area and Perimeter

For Teachers 10th
Learners find the area and perimeter of regular polygons and composite figures and examine the effect on the area and perimeter of a figure if the dimensions are multiplied by a constant. The nine page worksheet contains thirty-seven...
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Cornell University

The Making of Macromolecules

For Students 7th - 12th
Compare and contrast macromolecules made from the same elements. Young scholars learn how the structure of a molecule has as much influence on a compound as the elements in the molecule. They experiment with molecular model kits to...
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Condensation Polymerization

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
This organic chemistry lab activity is appropriate for teaching polymerization, percent yield, melting point, or the types and uses of polymer materials. Chemistry pupils imagine that they are working for a company to develop a special...
PPT
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Respiration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This series opens with diagrams of experimental setups. A data table is displayed and questions are asked, indicating that the intent is for lab groups to perform the depicted experiments. At slide twelve, a coherent lesson about the...
Handout
CPO Science

Potential and Kinetic Energy

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Here's a resource ideal for independent learners who need extra reinforcement or would like to work ahead. These textbook chapters and practice problems cover many basic physics concepts, starting with potential and kinetic energy and...
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Teach Engineering

Bridging to Polymers: Thermoset Lab

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Investigate thermoset polymers through experimentation. In an effort to determine the strongest, most flexible mixture, groups conduct an experiment on different-ratio epoxy-amine polymers to finish the set of two lessons.
Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Esters from Alcohols and Acids

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Fats and oils often contain esters, which sometimes find their way into perfumes due to their pleasant smells. Scholars match the name of esters made from four different types of alcohol and four different types of carboxylic acids....
Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Flame Test Colours

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Scientists identify elements by the color of flame they produce because each element is defined by exactly one line on the emission spectrum. By completing a series of puzzles, scholars reinforce their knowledge of the results of flame...
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The Effects of Temperature on Rate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create predictions on what they believe happen to reaction rates when temperature is raised. They use hot, cold, and room temperature water for this experiment and observe the differences. They graph their observations and...
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Avoiding Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Burning Fossil Fuels

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Chemistry and earth science meet in a lesson on carbon dioxide emissions. After reading about atmospheric problems caused by using fossil fuels, science stars balance equations for the burning of different alkanes. They compute the...
Worksheet
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Amazing Carbon

For Students 9th - 12th
Explore carbon and bonding with this learning exercise. First, class members read a short excerpt about carbon and its characteristics. In response to the reading, they draw an electron dot diagram of carbon as well as diagrams of...
PPT
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Lab Tests, Results, and Sulfuric Acid

For Teachers 7th - 12th
You may want to change the title of this chemistry PowerPoint to "Identifying Compounds in the Laboratory." Individual slides explain tests that can be performed to confirm what element you have: carbon dioxide, carbonates, and metal...
Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Acids and Alkalis

For Students 6th - 12th
Is your acid-base chemistry lesson plan a little ho-hum? Spice things up with puzzles! Young chemists manipulate facts about acids and bases to solve a series of interactive puzzles. The activity combines content knowledge and...
Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Occurrence and Extraction of Metals

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Steel is a man-made alloy or a mixture of metals. Lesson 18 in this series of 36 focuses on metals and their extraction from Earth. Individuals read about, discuss, and answer questions after learning how people find most metals, the...
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The Mystery of Christa’s Big Bubble

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study effervescence. In this hands-on science lesson, students apply the scientific method as they complete an activity regarding the presence of bubbles in liquids.
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The Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the carbon cycle, periodic table, and photosynthesis and respiration. They analyze the periodic table and how it is organized, then complete the "Elementary, Dear Watson" worksheet. Students then examine a carbon...
Worksheet
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Mass/Mass Problems

For Students 10th - 12th
For this mass worksheet, students calculate how much of any product will form from a given amount of reactant. This worksheet has 7 problems to solve.
Worksheet
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Ionic and Covalent Bonds

For Students 9th - 11th
Ionic and covalent bonds are the focus of this chemistry activity, which provides students with eighteen key terms to use in a fill-in-the-blank activity. Additionally, students are prompted to write the number of atoms in four given...
Worksheet
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Chapter Review Topics for Exam 2

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemistry chapter review activity, students examine their knowledge of equilibrium, Brønsted acid, and pH value as they respond to 25 short answer questions.
Worksheet
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Science: Water Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science:  water quiz activity, students answer twenty questions, not interactively about the properties of water, then scroll down to check their answers.

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