Virginia Department of Education
Moles Lab Activities
Want my name and number? It's 6.0221415 times 10 to the 23rd, and my name is Avogadro. Providing nine different activities, experiments, and labs, this lesson keeps Avogadro relevant to your class all year long.
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Formula Units
In this chemistry worksheet, students examine the concepts of mole and molarity in order to apply in the laboratory setting. The sheet includes in depth background information.
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network
Save the Dinosaurs with Copper and Zinc!
Create a coat of armor for dinosaur volunteers. Young scientists explore the oxidation-reduction reaction facilitated by electric current. The result of the reaction is a dinosaur coated in copper and zinc, which leads to an...
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Chemistry: Renewable and Nonrenewable Energy
Students research on renewable and nonrenewable resources. For this chemistry lesson, students design and build solar panels. They evaluate their device and write a lab report.
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Writing Net Ionic Equations
In this ionic equations worksheet, students are given 20 equations to complete. They are to write the net ionic equation and indicate if a precipitate or gas is formed. In addition they are to determine if 11 compounds are acids or bases...
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Corrosion to Corals
Students study galvanic exchange and how it produces electric currents. In this ocean lesson students predict what metals deteriorate in salt water.
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Rusting-A Form of Oxidation
Learners conduct an experiment to observe oxidation. In this chemistry lesson, students explain how rusting happens. They rank metals according to their conductivity.
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Electrolysis Reactions
In this electrolysis reactions worksheet, students determine the mass of a compound and the time required for specific electrolysis reactions. This worksheet has 5 problems to solve.
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Electrochemistry Problems
In this electrochemistry instructional activity, students determine the voltage of a cell based on the reduction potentials. Students write a condensed cell diagram and the oxidation half reaction for the cell. This instructional...
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Coin Battery
Students explore basic principles of electricity and create their own battery.
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Electrolysis of Water
Ninth graders examine the electrolysis of water by completing an experiment. In this water lesson plan students will explain how hydrogen can be extracted from water and how energy flows through an electrolysis system.
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Rusting-A Form of Oxidation
Learners observe the rusting process in the lab. In this chemistry lesson, students rank metals according to their conductivity. They give real world applications of this activity.
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Ions in the Environment
Students explain the importance of the five main biogeochemical cycles. In this chemistry lesson, students discuss how ions are transported in the environment. They design an experiment to collect data on eutrophication.
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DNA Fingerprinting through a Chemistry Lens
Students explore DNA and restriction enzymes using fragments of DNA separated by electrophoresis on an agarose gel. They analyze the results to see "whodunit".
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Rusting: A Form of Oxidation
Students observe and record the corrosive nature of oxidation-reduction reactions, and determine the electro-chemical series of selected metals.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Aqueous Solutions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will define a solution and describe the parts of a solution. They will describe how an aqueous solution is formed from both...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Two Cell Battery
In this hands-on activity, students build their own two-cell battery. They also determine which electrolyte solution is best suited for making a battery.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Chemistry: Electrolytes and Nonelecrolytes
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Defines electrolyte, nonelectrolyte, and discusses the conductivity of solutions.
Upper Canada District School Board
Tom Stretton's Advanced Placement Chemistry: Colligative Properties of Solutions
This chemistry e-textbook provides students with AP-level reading and practice material on colligative properties of solutions.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Electrolytic Cells and Electrolysis
As part of the General Chemistry Virtual Textbook, this site examines a variety of topics related to electrochemistry. In a discussion of electrolysis, this site covers topics including electrolysis in aqueous solutions, Faraday's laws...
John Wiley & Sons
Wiley: Dissociation of Strong and Weak Electrolytes
This page has animated 3-D graphics that illustrate the dissociation of strong and weak electrolytes.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What's the Conductivity of Gatorade?
Students use conductivity meters to measure various salt and water solutions, as indicated by the number of LEDs (light emitting diodes) that illuminate on the meter. Students create calibration curves using known amounts of table salt...
Chem Tutor
Chem Tutor: Solutions
An in-depth look at solutions and their properties. Includes practice problems for calculating solution concentration.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Will It Conduct?
Students build their own simple conductivity tester and explore whether given solid materials and solutions are good conductors of electricity.