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Electronegativity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the type of bonding between two atoms of elements given their electronegativity values. They study the trend of electronegativity across the periodic table in small groups.
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Protons, Neutrons and Electrons

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, students use the periodic table to complete the chart shown, filling in all of the missing information in the blank spaces. They identify and describe various elements found in the periodic table.
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Students Get Animated: Make Existing Lessons Move and Motivate Students

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars study the chemical elements in a computer generated cartoon format. In this computer animation and chemistry lesson, students learn how to animate using computer programs. Young scholars use animation to learn about the...
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Are You Charged?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the charges on ions and familiarize themselves with a quick way to remember charges based on location of elements on the periodic table. They complete a worksheet and share their answers with the class.
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Isotopes of Pennies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers demonstrate that isotopes of an element have different masses. They illustrate atomic mass and neutrons. The periodic table is examined in length. Display of a collection of atoms is surveyed.
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Metals, Non-metals, Metalloids

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students discuss the physical and chemical properties of metals and non-metals. As a group, they classify items as a metal or non-metal. Using the periodic table chart, students discuss the characteristics of each metal. Based upon...
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Atomic Bonding

For Students 9th - 12th
In this bonding worksheet, students combine the given atoms to make new neutral compounds. This worksheet has 22 problems to solve.
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Element Names and Symbols

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, students use an interactive website to study the names and symbols of elements. They give the names and symbols of 69 common elements.
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Lab Resource
Creative Chemistry

Electron Configurations of Transition Metal Elements

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this instructional activity about elements, students review the electron configuration of given elements and then complete the electron diagrams for the transition metal elements. This instructional activity has five problems to solve.
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Metals and Non-Metals

For Students 7th - 8th
In this metals and non-metals worksheet, students read an explanation of metals and non-metals and then answer three questions for each about conductivity and form.
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Getting Animated

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create a simple animation illustrating a chemical element in the periodic table. In this chemistry lesson plan, students create a new way to describe elements by using them in an artistic form.
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Why Do Atoms Combine?

For Students 8th - 12th
For this atom worksheet, students will complete 8 fill in the blank statements based on the different parts of an atom. Then students will explain how the arrangement of electrons in an atom is related to the periodic table.
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Organizer
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Element Symbols

For Students 10th
In this chemistry worksheet, students find the symbols for 12 elements on the periodic table. They write the symbols on the lines next to the names of the elements to complete a chart.
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Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Alloys

For Students 6th - 12th
What are alloys, and why do we use them? Through a series of interactive puzzles, scholars examine the components and uses of several common alloys. The accompanying teacher's resources provide support in using the lesson, printable...
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Crystals: What Are They and What Holds Them Together

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students are introduced to the characteristics of crystals and what keeps them together. Using the Periodic Table, they examine the various elements and develop a model of an atom. In groups, they place sugar and salt in petri dishes...
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Element Word Search

For Students 6th - 9th
In this elements learning exercise, students are given forty elements from the periodic table to find in a word search either vertically, horizontally, backwards or diagonally.
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The Interactive Periodic Table of the Elements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the different types of metals.  In this investigative lesson students watch a demonstration on the effects of temperature on atoms and take a tour through baone matter.
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If I Was a...? Worksheet: Chemical Elements

For Students 6th - 7th
In this element worksheet, learners choose an element from the Periodic Table. Students pretend they are the element and answer the questions.
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Metals, Nonmetals, and Metalloids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How can one easily classify metals, nonmetals, and metalloids? Pupils answer this question as they experiment with unknown substances and perform tests on conductivity, brittleness, and malleability to determine...
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Virginia Department of Education

Properties of Compounds and Chemical Formulas

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Young chemists have unknown compounds they need to sort. Performing three different tests on each, the chemical behaviors they observe become the basis for data analysis. 
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Virginia Department of Education

Matter and Energy: Equations and Formulas

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using simple materials, an informative lesson demonstrates the Law of Conservation of Matter and explains how to balance chemical equations. Young chemists perform experiments, analyze reactions, and balance chemical equations...
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Science Puzzle

For Students 6th - 8th
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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Fighting Corrosion to Save an Ancient Greek Bronze

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Study corrosion on bronze statues with a hands-on lesson plan. As pupils place a penny in water with salt, they observe the changes in the penny throughout a period of a week. They then analyze the pre-conservation and the...
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Elements

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this elements worksheet, students write the electron configurations for given elements. Students describe ionization energy and electron affinity and the periodic trends for both. This worksheet has 20 short answer questions.

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