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The History of Money

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this social studies worksheet, students investigate the history of paper money and coins. Students read paragraphs about what early people used for money and what kinds of banks were used. Students complete a crossword puzzle.
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Chemical Elements

For Students 4th
In this informational text comprehension worksheet, student read the passage about Chemical Elements and complete 11 multiple choice questions about the passage.
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Ionic Compounds

For Students 9th - 12th
In this compounds worksheet, students review the structure and properties of ionic compounds, their formulas and nomenclature, and molecular mass and percentage composition. This worksheet has 4 short answer questions and 7 problems to...
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Shipping on the Hudson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students track movements of ships, tugboats, and barges on the Hudson River estuary in order to practice addition and subtraction skills. They solve word problems by reading and interpreting data from a table. They calculate distances...
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Water the Universal Solvent

For Students 9th - 12th
In this water and solvent worksheet, learners answer 20 questions about solutes, solvents, polarity in molecules, and the characteristics of water as a solvent. Students answer 3 questions about the lab they completed using temperature...
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Water Pollution Lesson Plan: All Messed Up

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students map and calculate the area of the school parking lot and then the volume of water falling on the school parking lot. They map the route surface runoff will take to the nearest water body and describe the roles that human...
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Charge and Electricity

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electricity activity, students read about electric charge, ionic notation, and conductors and insulators. Then students complete 19 matching, 6 fill in the blank, and 2 short answer questions.
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Chapter 3 Worksheet Matter

For Students 10th - 12th
In this matter worksheet, students answer ten questions about matter including the phase of matter, mixtures and how they are different from compounds, the physical and chemical properties of matter and the difference between homogeneous...
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Classification of Matter

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate common household items and classify them into types of matter. In this matter lesson, students group given items into categories based on their characteristics. They also complete a concept map about matter and...
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Magnets

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore magnetism by observing a series of 8 magnet "tricks" performed by the instructor. In this magnets lesson, students predict which items will be attracted to a magnet and experiment to see if they predicted correctly. They...
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Elements of Life

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discover they are made of elements in activities based on comparing the human body to the periodic table. In this science lesson students are engaged with 3 hands on basic chemistry activities. The students end the lesson by...
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How Stuff Is Put Together (Chemical Bonding)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a simple experiment that shows the ratio of elements that make up water.
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Periodic Table

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students use explore the crime of the missing elements in order to become more familiar with the Periodic Table.
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Ion (Derstand) Bonding through Energy Level Diagrams

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate ionic bonding through energy level diagrams. In this ion bonding lesson plan, 9th graders observe demonstrations to show energy level diagrams using magnets to represent the subatomic particles. Students fill...
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Crystals

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students investigate crystal formation, their shapes and the best places to cleave crystals for smooth edges. In this crystal lesson plan, students experiment to form crystals with Salol as well as with copper wire and Silver Nitrate....
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Cooking: Solar Oven, Cornbread, and Butter

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students build a solar oven and prepare cornbread in it.  In this solar oven cooking lesson plan, students follow instructions to create a solar oven.  Students are given recipes for butter and cornbread to follow and cook in their solar...
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Ice Energy

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn how science affects foods. In this chemical reactions lesson, students make two kinds of ice cream. They evaluate the different changes based on the ingredients.
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Electrolysis Reactions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
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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Electricity/Magnetism

For Teachers K
Students investigate how magnets attract and repel.
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Trash Pizza

For Teachers K - 6th
Students work together to identify items sent to landfills. They summarize percentages of the different items found in landfills. They create a pizza pie graph of all of the components found in landfills.
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Chemical Families Quiz

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemical families worksheet, students answer 8 multiple choice questions including identifying characteristics of families in the periodic table and answering specifics about each family.
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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.
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Characteristics of Crystals

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this crystals worksheet, students complete a graphic organizer by filling in the characteristics of the different crystal types including melting/boiling point and electrical conductivity.
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Sedimentary Size and Structures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students interpret the Earth's history from models.  In this investigative lesson students create sedimentary deposit models.