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Curated OER

Kinetics Reactions: The Effect of a Catalyst

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the effects of a catalyst on an oxidation reaction. In this catalyst lesson plan, students use a catalyst, cobalt chloride for the oxidation reaction of potassium sodium tartrate with hydrogen peroxide. Students...
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Kenan Fellows

Qualitative Kinetics: Examining the Effect of an Enzyme on a Reaction

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Scholars learn about kinetics and buffers as they use qualitative and quantitative methods to understand enzyme rates and buffer capacity. The application of Beer's Law and spectrophotometry solidifies pupils' knowledge in the first of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Kinetics Review Sheet

For Students 9th - 12th
In this kinetics worksheet, students define 7 terms related to the energy of reactions, they find the average reaction rate in a reaction, they sketch an energy diagram for an endothermic reaction and they compare exothermic and...
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Curated OER

Rate Determining Step and Catalyst Activity

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students work in groups to stuff as many envelopes as they can in 3-5 minutes. They use an assembly line method. Envelope stuffing is compared to a chemical reactions. The idea of catalyst is considered, and students determine a way to...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Kinetics

For Students 10th - 12th
In this kinetics worksheet, students answer a variety of questions. They find reaction rates, determine the order of reactions and they determine rate constants. They calculate the half-life for reactants and they answer questions about...
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Virginia Department of Education

The Rate of a Chemical Reaction

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
If your pupils think a catalyst is a list of their cats, then this might be the lesson for you! Young chemists study the effect of temperature, catalysts, concentration, and particle size on reaction rates during four different...
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Science Geek

Reaction Kinetics

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Show your classes the science behind rates of reactions with a presentation that explains factors that affect the rate, activation energies, exothermic and endothermic processes, and the proportionality of the product and reactant...
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Curated OER

Kinetics

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this kinetics worksheet, students review activation energy, rate of reaction, and reaction mechanisms. This worksheet has 13 multiple choice questions.
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Curated OER

The Speed of Chemistry

For Students 9th - 12th
In this rates of chemical reactions worksheet, learners read about the various factors that influence the rate of chemical reactions such as surface area, concentration, temperature and catalysts. Students answer eight questions about...
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Curated OER

Kinetics Worksheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this kinetics worksheet, students solve twenty one problems related to reaction rates, half life, reaction orders, catalysts, and activation energy.
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Curated OER

Regents High School Examination PHYSICAL SETTING CHEMISTRY 2006

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The 2006 version of the Regents High School Exam is just as thorough as the rest of them! Assess chemistry learners on an entire year's curriculum when they take this thirteen page test. 
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Curated OER

Reaction Mechanisms

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this reactions worksheet, students give the equation for the overall reaction, identifying the catalyst in the equation. Students create graphs and write out the rate determining step. This worksheet has 4 graphs, 2 short answers, and...
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Cornell University

Build a Fuel Cell

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Discover the connection between redox reactions and fuel cells. Collaborative groups build a Hoffmann Apparatus that demonstrates the electrolysis of water and then convert their models into a fuel cell. They use their fuel cells to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Catalase and Catalysis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore enzyme catalysis through a series of experiments. In this chemistry activity, students determine the factors affecting catalysis. They explain the different uses of this process.
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Curated OER

BioFuels: The Chemistry and Economics of Alternative Fuels

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Junior chemists manufacture biodiesel in the lab. For this exercise, they check the purity of the biodiesel using thin layer chromatography. They also calculate its density and heat of combustion. They are sure to rise to the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Rates of Chemical Reactions

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students select answers to 8 multiple choice questions from the drop down box. They identify the factors affecting rates of chemical reactions.
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Curated OER

Role of Energy in Reactions

For Students 10th - 12th
In this energy worksheet, students determine the enthalpy of exothermic and endothermic reactions. This worksheet has 1 fill in the blank and 4 short answer questions.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Thermodynamics Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
For this science worksheet, students are using the laws of thermodynamics and a basic knowledge to fill in the sentences with the correct words.
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Chemistry: Kinetics and Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 10th
Through interactive activities in a module format, students learn about kinetics, collision theory, reaction rates, and rate laws. They will calculate rate laws from experimental data, concentration and time, and half-life of a reaction....
Handout
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Types of Catalysts

For Students 9th - 10th
What is a catalyst? This Khan Academy resource includes examples of enzymes, acid-base catalysis, and heterogeneous (or surface) catalysis.
Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Basics of Enzyme Kinetics Graphs

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the basics of enzyme kinetics graphs, and see examples of the graphs to understand the valuable data that is found on the graph. [12 min, 29 sec]
Handout
Simon Fraser University

Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Dynamics of Chemical Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Dynamics of chemical change is a section of a larger overview on Chemistry, which covers a variety of aspects. This particular section focuses on kinetics and mechanism, kinetics, and catalysts. Examples, formulas, and pictures are...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides an overview of the role of energy in chemical reactions.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Chemical Kinetics and Alkane Nomenclature

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers essential concepts of factors that affect a chemical reaction and nomenclature of Alkenes.