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Curated OER

Using Environmental Models to Determine the Effect of Acid Rain on an Ecosystem

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Demonstrate to your middle school science learners how chalk breaks down in a weak acid. Discuss what affects acidic rain might have on ecosystems. Lab groups then choose one of two questions: "How does acid precipitation affect an...
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Curated OER

"Conducting a Watershed Snapshot of Blockhouse Creek"

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine specific skills in assessing water quality from a holistic approach. They assess the health of a local watershed and identify problems in the local watershed and suggest remediation.
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Scholastic

Study Jams! Acids and Bases

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
This video about pH will not leave a sour taste in your mouth! Through clear explanations and a little humor, upcoming chemists will learn the definitions and properties of acids and bases, as well as how pH is measured. This would make...
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Curated OER

Introduce /ph/

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice using /ph/ as it makes the /f/ sound. In this /ph/ lesson plan, students examine the /ph/ combination when it is written on the board. They identify items and words that contain the /f/ sound that is spelled using the...
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Curated OER

Making A Natural pH Indicator

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students make their own pH indicator from red cabbage. Red cabbage contains a chemical that turns from its natural deep purple color to red in acids and blue in bases. Students boil the cabbage to get the pH indicator.
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Curated OER

Ph words

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this ph words worksheet, learners fill in the missing sound ph into 10 words. Then students fill in words with the ph sound in it to 10 sentences.
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Curated OER

Home Spelling Practice: F Spelled F, FF, Ph

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words that have the sound of F spelled either with F, FF, or Ph. Students write each word one time. There are additional activities to do at home.
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Curated OER

Spelling Connections: F, Ff, or Ph

For Students 6th - 7th
In this grade 6 spelling learning exercise, students fill in letters to spell eleven words. Students insert the letters "f", "ff" or "ph" to complete the words. Students then read 8 misspelled words and rewrite them correctly on the lines.
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Curated OER

Acids, Alkalis and Indicators

For Students 6th - 12th
In this pH worksheet, students describe acids and alkalis. Students determine is substances are strongly acidic or alkaline. Students use the color of universal indicator paper to determine the pH of given substances. This worksheet has...
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Curated OER

Indicators For Acids and Bases

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare the color of cabbage water when acids and bases are mixed in. For this acids and bases lesson plan, 4th graders use cabbage water and mix in acids and bases that the teacher prepares before hand. They observe the...
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Curated OER

How To Make Yeast Cells Thrive

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students set up and run the experiments they designed in the instructional activity, 'Population Growth in Yeasts,' using simple yeast-molasses cultures in test tubes. They demonstrate understanding that several environmental factors can...
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Curated OER

Indicator Sponge A Discrepant Event Demonstration

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the use of acid and base pH indicators. The teacher saturates an indicator sponge with congo red solution. Afterwards, the sponge is placed in a blue base solution. Students observe that the blue sponge actually turns...
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Curated OER

pH Change and Brine Shrimp eggs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers determine if brine shrimp eggs hatch and develop more readily in an environment which has an acid or a basic pH. They evaluate the pH level which is optimal for the hatching and development of brine shrimp.
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Curated OER

Does a change in pH affect the growth and survival rate of aquatic plants?

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students determine if changes in pH affect the growth and survival rates of aquatic plants. They evaluate the optimal pH levels for the growth of aquatic plants.
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Curated OER

Water Quality And pH

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners determine the pH level of water and its effect on aquatic plants and brine shrimp eggs. This is a three part activity that leads the student through the development of an understanding of water pH. They form a hypothesis and are...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

pH Practice

For Students 10th - 12th
In this pH worksheet, students calculate the pH and determine the pOH for given solutions. This worksheet has 6 problems to solve.
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Curated OER

pH

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students test the pH of various solutions. In this pH lesson, students use litmus paper to test the pH of household solutions. They compare their results with book charts.
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NOAA

Why Should I Care?: Show How Increased Carbon Dioxide Makes the Ocean More Acidic

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
How does a change in pH affect the ocean ecosystem? Scholars explore the idea by making an acid-base indicator in part seven of the 10-installment Discover Your Changing World series. First, they explore impacts of carbon dioxide in...
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Curated OER

Determining pH

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students evaluate pH levels through a solubility experiment. In this pH levels lesson, students list characteristics of acids and bases. Students complete their own pH level experiment. Students go to the GEMS Alien Juice Bar website to...
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Virginia Department of Education

Acid-Base Theory

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Litmus paper, why so blue? A chemistry lesson includes a pre-lab activity, practice calculating pH, an experiment measuring the pH in acids and bases, a titration demonstration, and a titration experiment. 
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Polar Trec

Is There Salt in a Glacier?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What can conductivity tell us about a glacier? Groups analyze glacial melt to determine salt content through an analysis of the pH and conductivity measurements of two samples. Groups then determine the source of the salts. 
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National Institute of Open Schooling

Ionic Equilibrium

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Scientific studies show the older we get, the more acidic we become. The activity extensively teaches high schoolers about acids and bases. By the end of the 14th installment of 36, they can define and explain three concepts of...
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Curated OER

What is pH?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils describe pH and the importance of it in the natural world.  In this Biology activity students compare the pH of different mixtures.
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Cornell University

Study Soil

For Teachers 4th - 5th
What's in soil? Young scientists study the pH levels of soil from their school yard. They observe the land and area the soil came from to decide if location has anything to do with acidity level.

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