Activity
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Applicable Stoichiometry: Combustion Reaction of Acetylene

For Students 9th - 10th
In this chemistry lab, students investigated the best stoichiometric mixture of acetylene gas generated from the reaction of calcium carbide and water with available atmospheric oxygen in order to achieve the highest group altitude of a...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: How Big Is the Balloon?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A chemistry lab where students investigate limiting reagents and balanced chemical equations. A simple experiment that gives students a physical example of what limiting reactant means.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Chemical Changes: Reacting an Acid and Base

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this chemistry lab, students will investigate chemical changes that occur when acids and bases react. It is meant to introduce the concepts of chemical changes, gases have mass, conservation of mass, and balancing equations. Students...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Liquids: Color Changing Milk

For Teachers K - 1st
In this chemistry lab, the students will investigate what happens to the liquids: milk and food coloring, when dish soap is placed on a Q-tip and then put into the solution.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exo and Endo Thermic Processes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this chemistry lab, students investigate two types of reactions and answer questions relating to exothermic and endothermic reactions.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Bubbling Blobs

For Teachers K - 1st
For this chemistry lab, students investigate how oil and water don't mix. They will work on their observation skills and their ability to follow directions to ensure they get the correct results. Students can then develop a new, testable...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Do Water Molecules Have Space Between Them?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
For this chemistry lab, students investigate whether water molecules have any space between them by filling a glass with water, and adding salt without the water overflowing. They will also experiment with the temperature of the water.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Exploring States of Matter Gases

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this series of chemistry labs, students learn about the three states of matter by observing how molecules contract or expand as they change state.
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Other

Colorado Mountain College: Safety Contract

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A well written safety contract for general chemistry lab.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Uses of Crucible Tongs

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses what tongs are used for and why crucible tongs are a very important tool in a laboratory and other settings. Describes the different types of crucible tongs, their uses, and some safety tips.
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Peter Debye

For Students 9th - 10th
Peter Debye carried out pioneering studies of molecular dipole moments, formulated theories of magnetic cooling and of electrolytic dissociation, and developed an X-ray diffraction technique for use with powdered, rather than...
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Other

Science Alive: Repeating Experiments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lab activity, students are required to write a procedure to be followed in a simple lab process and record the results they get from following that procedure. They then exchange procedures with another lab group, which will have...
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Structure of Earth Materials

For Students 9th - 10th
A college course featuring mineral image galleries, labs, and instructor's notes on the topics of crystalline structure, crystal chemistry, and bonding in rock-forming minerals.
Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Cells Never Lie

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A forensics activity which deals with the idea of alcohol poisoning. Based on a Biology Lab on cell distruction in alcohol and Chemistry's Beer's Law.
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Crystal Painting

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) program. A lesson plan in which students explore the nature and structure of a variety of naturally occurring crystals, such as quartz, fluorite, citrine,...
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Other

Careers in Medical Laboratory Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists many of the careers in lab technology, along with descriptions of each one. There is also information on schooling and certification.
Activity
Bryn Mawr College

Serendip: Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Brief text summary of what students learn in the Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals lab along with links to download Student Handouts and Teacher Preparation Notes in PDF and Word formats. The lesson includes two...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Classifying Chemical and Physical Changes in Various Materials/substances

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this classroom lab, students will investigate the characteristics of a chemical change. Students will also provide a definition of what constitutes a physical change through observation of several examples. Students will use/create...
Activity
University of Maryland

University of Maryland: Boiling at Reduced Pressure

For Students 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of the dependency of the boiling point upon pressure. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides suggestions. Easily...
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Chemistry Is Crystal Clear

For Teachers 9th - 10th
From the Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE) program. A lesson plan analyze crystal samples and generalize about the six basic shapes of crystals. The formation of crystals is illustrated through various...
Activity
American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: The Best of Wonder Science: Sample Activities

For Students 3rd - 5th
A collection of nine sample science activities for elementary students, from a two-volume book by the American Chemical Society.
Handout
Science is Fun

University of Wisconsin: Home Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a collection of simple science experiments kids can do using household materials. The procedures include diagrams and are simple to follow.
Handout
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: P H Meter Analog

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to find out what a pH meter is and how to use it in this informative and concise site.
Handout
Dartmouth College

Dartmouth College: Digital P H Meter

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explains how a digital pH meter uses an electrode to measure the pH of a solution Find out how to use this instrument in this informative site.

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