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Hunting for Aqueous Solutions
In this aqueous solutions worksheet, students will conduct an experiment to determine the solubility of different common kitchen items. Students then complete 3 short answer questions.
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Sense of Taste
Young scholars swab different sections of the tongue to identify taste buds. In this sense of taste lesson, students make predictions and conduct an experiment. Young scholars experiment with a variety of flavors and discuss...
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Wonders of Weather
Learners investigate weather disasters by creating a virtual tornado. In this wild weather instructional activity, students define a vortex and describe how a vortex keeps a tornado moving and causing damage. Learners utilize...
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An Oceanographic Proxy
Students conduct experiments on a sample of sea water. In this oceanography lesson, students inquire how conductivity is used to approximate the salinity ocean water. Students construct their own conductivity meters and test...
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Understanding pH, Alkalinity, and Hardness
Students comprehend the interactions of pH, alkalinity, hardness, and carbon dioxide in aquaculture water. They read the SRAC fact sheet number 464 "Interactions of pH, Carbon Dioxide, Alkalintiy and Hardness in Fish Ponds." Students...
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Reading: Taking Care of the Common Cold
In this reading for information worksheet, students read a one page passage from the Mayo Clinic about taking care of the common cold. Students answer 8 multiple choice questions about the information.
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Taste Buds
First graders taste a variety of items and record a full sentence about the way they taste. In this taste buds activity, 1st graders predict and then taste various items. Students draw a picture of the tongue and show the...
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Colligative Properties and Chemical Equilibria
For this colligative properties and chemical equilibria worksheet, students answer twenty questions including ranking solutions base on their colligative properties and determining what must happen to a reaction to reach equilibrium.
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Rusting-A Form of Oxidation
Students conduct an experiment to observe oxidation. In this chemistry activity, students explain how rusting happens. They rank metals according to their conductivity.
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Sink or Float?
Students analyze the relationship between density, buoyancy, and salinity. For this chemical properties lesson, students read a background activity for the lesson and experiments to the topics. Students discuss the questions and complete...
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Matter and Change
For this matter and change worksheet, students answer 24 questions on topics such as elements, compounds, mixtures and chemical reactions. Students answer questions about the properties of matter such as their physical state and shape....
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Displacement Reactions and Acid/Base Reactions
In this chemical reactions learning exercise, students review the solubility rules for common salts. Students determine the molecular equation, ionic equation, and net ionic equation for specific reactions. Students calculate moles and...
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Molarity
In this molarity worksheet, students calculate the molarity of 13 different molecules. Students also determine the concentration of given solutions. This worksheet has 19 word problems.
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Ethyl Alcohol
In this ethyl alcohol worksheet, students read about the characteristics of ethanol including the effects it has on the body when ingested and digested. This worksheet has 2 short answer questions.
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Saltwater Science
Students conduct an experiment that shows them how salt water allows things to float. In this salt water lesson plan, students mix ingredients together to create salt water and observe how it makes the oceans dense. They then interpret...
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Entropy
In this entropy worksheet, learners review the Second Law of Thermodynamics and explore how entropy changes. This worksheet has 5 word problems.
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Characteristics of Crystals
In this crystals learning exercise, 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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Buffers
In this buffers activity, students identify the systems that could function as a buffer solution. Students determine the pH of a solution and the pH of the buffer. This activity has 6 problems to solve.
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The Gift of Community
Students explore the diversity offered in communities. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students read The Gift and then interview people within their school community regarding the gifts they receive in their community.
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Making and Using a Hydrometer
Students build a hydrometer to measure the densities of fresh and salt water samples. They record the water temperature and density and use the temperature, density, and salinity conversion graph to locate the salinity. Finally,...
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Micro-organisms
Sixth graders explore the world of micro-organisms. In this science lesson plan, 6th graders discover additives which will deter micro-organism growth.
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Sedimentary Rocks
In this sedimentary rocks activity, students conduct an experiment where they observe a shallow dish of water and table salt. Then they determine what causes the salt to leave deposits in the pan. Students also describe sedimentary rock...
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Biocomplexity Lab Activity: Density and Buoyancy of
Pupils investigate how the density of water changes the buoyancy of
water. Students create a hypothesis about what will happen when placing the
egg into the water.Pupils can research online different bodies of water (The Red Sea, The...
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The Floating Golf Ball
Students explore density by floating golf balls. They explore having their golf balls float halfway in a container of water and discuss density and its realtionship to where the golf balls are floating. After adding food coloring, they...