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Balancing Equations
In this balancing equations worksheet, students balance ten equations by placing the proper coefficients in front of reactants and products to balance the number of atoms.
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Chemical Reactions
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students write chemical equations and calculate the moles of each product. This worksheet has 4 word problems.
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Design Engineer Problem
Young scholars design a flower-pot and saucer. In this math lesson, students incorporate the use of technology to correctly build and shape a flower pot. They calculate the necessary mass of the red clay used to make the pot.
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How Much Sugar is in Bubble Gum?
Students conduct an experiment to determine the percentage of sugar in various types of gum. They weigh the gum after chewing it to determine the amount of mass lost from each piece of gum, analyze the data, and create a graph of the...
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Modifying Viscosity of Egg Yolk
Students investigate the effects of substances on the viscosity of egg yolks. In this viscosity lesson plan, students separate egg yolks from their albumen and then add different masses of albumen back to each egg yolk. They measure the...
Creative Chemistry
Finding the Formula of Magnesium Oxide
For this formula for magnesium oxide worksheet, students perform an oxidation reaction between magnesium and the oxygen in the air to produce magnesium oxide. Using the known masses of the magnesium and the end product, students find the...
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Acceleration, Drag, Gravity, Motion, Forces, and Friction
Eighth graders build and run mousetrap cars in order to measure distance, time, and mass for their cars. They use these measurements to calculate average speed and kinetic energy, then create a slide show to visually explain how the car...
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Enthalpy and Thermochemistry Problem Set
In this thermochemistry worksheet, students answer questions based on the reaction of charcoal and liquid oxygen. Students write a balanced chemical equation, determine the limiting reagent, calculate the mass of each product, and amount...
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Laboratory: Hydrated Salts
In this hydrated salt worksheet, young scholars answer questions after completing a lab experiment using a hydrated salt. The calculate the empirical formula for the hydrate, they name the hydrate and they determine the mass of the water...
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Gas Stoichiometry
In this gas stoichiometry worksheet, learners use the ideal gas law and balanced chemical equations to solve for unknown values such as volume and mass of gases.
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Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor?
Students determine the amount of sugar in various types of gum. They chew a piece of gum until it loses its flavor and leave it to dry in order to weigh it and determine the amount of mass lost, and describe an experiment to determine...
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TE Activity: Super Spinners!
Students make spinners to investigate rotational inertia, rotational speed, angular momentum, and velocity. They make two sets of spinners that have different mass distributions and shapes. They complete a worksheet while experimenting...
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Volume
In this volume learning exercise, learners determine the number of cuboids needed to create a rectangular prism of a particular size. They determine the mass, volume and density of cereal boxes. Students determine the volume of...
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First Land Plants Found on Earth
In this first land plants worksheet, students read about the major events that allowed plants to evolve on Earth. Students read about the primary and secondary atmospheres, the formation of the ozone layer to protect from UV light and...
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Skateboard Disaster
Young scholars conduct a hands-on experiment with collisions between two skateboards of different masses. They are introduced to the concept of conservation of momentum in collisions and consider how their observations might help...
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Solutions
For this solutions worksheet, students solve twelve problems including calculating products made in reactions, determining limiting reagents, calculating molarity of solutions, determining percent composition, and finding volumes and...
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Everybody Needs a Rock
Here is a lesson that rocks! Young scientists choose a rock and list words that describe it. They estimate the mass of their rocks and rank them within a group. They measure their rocks for volume and write a story that somehow includes...
Chymist
Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz
One of the most recognizable commercial melodies was written in 1977, and led to gastronomical relief around the world. Scholars use Alka Seltzer tablets to measure reactants and calculate the chemical equation for the reaction of NaHCO3...
University of Utah
Integer Exponents, Scientific Notation and Volume
A one-stop resource for exponents, square and cube roots, scientific notation, and volume formulas guides learners through properties of exponents. As they learn to apply these properties to operations with scientific notation,...
Royal Society of Chemistry
Organic Molecules Day—Chemistry Outreach
In search of an organic lab that employs real-life techniques and analysis methods? Groups carry out the nitration of methyl benzoate, then attempt to determine the number and location of the nitro groups added to the benzene ring....
Cornell University
Radical Reactions
The radical reactions of polymers seems abstract to many pupils, but this lesson turns them into a fun building game. Scholars use dice and building pieces to build polymers. Then, they determine the theoretical and experimental weight...
College Board
2012 AP® Macroeconomics Free-Response Questions
A fictional country is facing tough economic times and has a few options to tinker with the economy. Which is the best path forward? Scholars consider the best way to reverse a recession using materials from College Board. Other queries...
It's About Time
Photosynthesis, Respiration, and the Carbon Cycle
Provide your class with the opportunity to view our carbon cycle close up. Young scientists research the cycle of oxygen as it completes the tasks of photosynthesis and respiration. They explore the importance of carbon in an ecosystem...
NASA
Applying Newton’s Laws
Newton's Laws get the rocket to work, but do they serve any other functions? A six-page resource classifies rockets by the type of propellant they use. It then describes applications of Newton's Laws of Motion, both in the...