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Chemistry Review

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this chemistry review worksheet, students identify chemical changes, isotopes, ions, and chemical bonds. This worksheet has 32 multiple choice questions.
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Chemical Properties Investigation

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan demonstrates differentiated instruction at its best. Over the course of 2-3 class periods, young chemists have the opportunity to gain a thorough understanding of metals and their chemical properties from a variety of...
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Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore the periodic table. For this Chemistry lesson plan, students will review how Mendeleyev predicted the missing elements in the periodic table. The young scholars will then be assigned one of the missing elements to...
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Matter: Build a Word

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine matter and the periodic table of elements. In this matter lesson, 4th graders discuss atoms and their composition. Students explore the periodic table of elements and use it to spell words out of the elements.
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Lesson Plan with Technology - Introduction to Elements and Symbols

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use a computer program to study elements and the periodic table. They follow the directions on the computer program, and answer the questions presented. The program is self scoring, and students may print a certificate that...
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What Are Elements?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students investigate elements by by defining scientific terms.  In this Periodic Table of Elements instructional activity, students utilize a glass of water, and powdered fruit drink to perform a lab activity demonstrating...
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Understanding Oxidation Numbers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review atomic numbers, positive and negative charges, and the periodic table. They examine the relationships among protons and electrons, location of various elements, electron energy levels, and oxidation numbers.
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Metals, Non-Metals, Metalloids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe properties of various elements. They arrange the elements based on properties in order to explain the organization of the periodic table. They label elements as metal, non-metal, or metalloid.
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It's 'ELEMENT' ary

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, using a Web site about the periodic table of elements, create spreadsheets representing elements and their properties. They also create graphs that compare the physical properties of the elements.
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Mass, Mole, Volume Conversions

For Teachers 10th - 11th
In this conversion worksheet, learners make the following conversions, showing each step. Students use the periodic table and express all molar masses to 1 decimal place.
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Electron Arrangement and Ion Formation

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In this elements worksheet, pupils determine how electrons fill up the energy levels for the first 18 elements of the periodic table. Students determine if elements gain or lose electrons to form a stable ion. This worksheet has 4...
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How Can You Tell One Clear Gas From Another?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders perform experiments to determine the identity of an unknown gas sample. In this chemistry lesson, 5th graders fill balloons with air, oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide. They use mass and reactivity to identify the gases.
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Conserving Chemical Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students balance chemical equations and solve for gram to mole ratios.
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Periodic Table of Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use reference skills to locate information about the periodic table. They identify elements by name, atomic number, atomic mass, symbol and properties. Students use mathematical processes to find the number of protons,electrons...
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INTRODUCTION TO THE PERIODIC TABLE

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the scientist who first wrote the Periodic Table, identify the scientist who amended the Table, state (or write) specific data relating to the history of the Periodic Table, identify at least five elements, and two...
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??Discovering Patterns and Trends of the Periodic Table using PDAs??

For Teachers 10th
In this lesson, 10th graders research the elements within a particular period of the periodic table of elements. Students gather data from PDA for each element and join other individuals to decpher the patterns in the peridoc table.
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Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In this periodic table worksheet, students determine why the periodic table is organized the way it is and compare and contrast the characteristics of the different grouping of elements. This worksheet has 22 short answer and 36 fill in...
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The Periodic Table of the Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine different elements and explore how their properties play a role in technology.  In this periodic table instructional activity students view a few short videos, answer questions then research the Internet to find...
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Element Videos

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create videos about an element on the periodic table. In this element instructional activity, students work with partners to create a 1-2 minute video giving interesting information about their element. They include the name,...
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Exploration of a Problem: Making Sense of the Elements

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
When given too much data to simply memorize, it helps to sort it into manageable groups. The second lesson in the six-part series of Cosmic Chemistry challenges groups of pupils to take a large amount of data and figure out how to best...
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Periodic Table & Its Trends

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students review atomic structure and then participate in a activity in which they categorize several "elements" into some form of order based on their properties. They discuss the trends they see. They also practice several electron...
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The Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch video, The Elements, research information about elements using both the Internet and CD-ROM program, and create atoms out of gumdrops and licorice.
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Chocolatium

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students find the average atomic mass of M & M's.  In this chemistry lesson plan, students are given a sample of the element chocolatium and the atomic mass of each sample.  They then find the average atomic mass.
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The Big Bang

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders relate the elements in the human body to those produced during a supernova. In this space science and chemistry lesson, 5th graders listen to a lecture and view visuals about the big bang. They relate the production of...