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The Energy Debate - Energy of Peanut
Students articulate the difference between the terms heat and temperature. They calculate the amount of energy associated with a given temperature rise and design an experiment to measure the energy of a fuel.
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Chemicals, Chemicals, Everywhere
Students divide substances into categories: made of chemicals/not made of chemicals, synthetic/naturally occurring, and toxic/nontoxic. They observe a mystery chemical and determine what precautions they need to take when handling an...
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Foucault's Pendulum
High schoolers investigate how the motion of the Foucault pendulum proves that the Earth is rotating. They research the Internet about pendulums and conduct an experiment online. They view a multimedia presentation about pendulums and...
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Newton's Second Law
In this Newton's Second Law worksheet, high schoolers answer 13 questions about force, mass and acceleration. They calculate weight, force, masses and acceleration of objects.
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What is Matter?
In this matter worksheet, students answer 6 questions about matter. Students distinguish between homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures, they identify elements and compounds and they distinguish between pure substances and mixtures.
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Chemistry Word Search
In this chemistry activity, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to chemistry. There are nine words/phrases located in the puzzle to find.
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Rate of Solvation
Students test factors that may affect the rate at which sugar dissolve in water. They conduct two studies: One is to test the effect of temperature on the rate of solvation and the other is to test a factor which Students come up with...
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Carbon: Structure Matters
Young scholars read the Who We Are Section on Calfee Designs Webpage and discuss carbon usage. They work in pairs to look up the minerals diamond and graphite then create a chart on the properties of each mineral then compare how they...
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Naming Inorganic Compounds
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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Electronegativity Values
Finally, an electronegativity resource your class will be strangely drawn to! Skilled scientists manipulate interactive puzzles to gain an understanding of common electronegativity values. The great thing? You can conduct the lesson...
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Science Puzzle
In this science worksheet, students identify and locate vocabulary words related to various sciences. There are 20 words located in the word search.
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Moles Worksheet
In this chemistry worksheet, students identify and write how many significant figures they would use for each problem. Then they round the answers to the appropriate number of significant figures. Finally, students calculate the mass of...
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Molecular Modeling Activity
Students work together to explain the VSEPR theory and how it relates to molecules. They name electron pairs that can surround the central atom of an organism. They discuss the factors that determine the polarity of a molecule as well.
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Moles
In this moles worksheet, learners determine the mole ratio in given compounds and calculate the number of moles of specific elements in chemical compounds. This worksheet has 19 problems to solve.
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Molecular Modeling Activity
Learners explore the concept of molecular modeling and differentiate between saturated and unsaturated compounds. In small groups, they identify molecular formulas, complete a chart comparing alkanes, alkenes, and alkynes, and construct...
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Chemistry
In this chemistry worksheet, students describe an atom, its parts, the charges of these parts, and atoms life functions. Then they explain what the octet rule states for the placements of electrons around the nucleus of an atom. Students...
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Molecular Modeling
Young scholars recognize that the fundamental building block of all organic and inorganic matter is the atom. They construct models of a sugar, fatty acid, amino acid and nucleic acid and describe their roles.
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Biological Reactions
In this biological reactions worksheet, students identify the type of biological reaction with the given example. Students also re-draw the biological reactions and circle the atoms that react together.
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Lewis Structures, VSEPR, Polarity, IM Forces
In this compounds worksheet, students draw the Lewis structures, indicating the molecular polarity and the major intermolecular force in each compound. This worksheet has 10 problems to solve.
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Mole Conversions
In this compounds worksheet, students determine the number of molecules in molar mass for given amounts of different compounds. This worksheet has 5 problems to solve.
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Matter
Fifth graders investigate the nature of matter and of the scientific processes associated with them in this series of lessons.
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Chemical Formulas
Students examine the structure of molecules, their formula, and percentage composition of each element in the compound. They construct an organic compound with different functional groups using a modeling kit, and draw a 3-D structure...
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Carbon Creating Activity
In this carbon worksheet, students follow directions and use marshmallows and toothpicks to made carbon dioxide and glucose molecules. Students do this to see how carbon changes as a result of photosynthesis.
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Structure-Property Relationships
Students explore the structure and property changes of water through videos and classroom discussion. They are introduced to atomic arrangement of solids by looking closely at carbon in different forms, such as graphite and diamond....