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Band Structure

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Electricity travels at the speed of light, 186,000 miles per second. Through a simulation, classes see how the structure of energy bands in crystals of atoms determines how materials conduct electricity. Participants can change the...
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Curated OER

Bonding Basics Review

For Students 9th - 11th
For this bonding worksheet, students complete a chart of elements, their symbols, the total number of electrons, the number of valence electrons and the oxidation numbers. They draw Lewis structures for atoms and show the transfer of...
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Curated OER

Worksheet-Bonding

For Students 9th - 12th
For this bonding and electron configuration worksheet, learners answer 9 multi-part questions including identifying the differences between bond types, drawing Lewis structures for atoms and identifying types of bonds in molecules.
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Virginia Department of Education

Atomic Structure: Elements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
It's all relevant, really. Individuals use the scientific method to learn more about elements, atoms, and their placement on the periodic table. They conduct experiments using materials common in nature to explore how elements affect our...
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Curated OER

Atoms, Molecules and Ions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Atomic theory, experiments that contributed to our knowledge of matter, atomic structure, isotopes, and ions are covered in these 33 slides. Quality diagrams and labeled charts will help activate understanding. The presentation concludes...
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Curated OER

Atoms and Elements - Electron Arrangement and Periodic Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Delve into the world of quantum mechanics by viewing this PowerPoint. Chemistry novices learn about electron energy and shells, and they practice listing electron configuration for different atoms. Because this presentation provides...
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Curated OER

Covalent and Ionic Bonding:Electron Dot Structures with Ionic Notation

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
After drawing the valence electron distribution of 13 basic elements, there are spaces to draw 18 more complicated molecules.  For each molecule, there is space for a Dot structure and Lewis structure that best describes the...
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Curated OER

Shapes of Molecules

For Teachers 10th - 12th
The VSEPR Model of molecular structure is exhibited through this series of slides. The step-by-step process is listed, and then examples are provided. The graphics give a visual display of the spatial relationship between the atoms of...
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Curated OER

The Atoms Family Album

For Students 5th - 7th
In the atom worksheet, students read a story about the "Atoms Family" and are given descriptions of the structures of atoms through the story. Students interpret the descriptions by drawing the described atom structure, they name of the...
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Curated OER

Electron Dot Structures/Lewis Structures

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this elements learning exercise, students practice drawing electron dot structures for atoms. Students draw the Lewis Structures for molecules with single and multiple bonds plus polyatomic ions. This learning exercise has 33 problems...
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Curated OER

What do Atoms Look Like?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this atom worksheet, students complete 60 questions about the trends in atoms such as ionization energy and atomic radius, about valence electrons, about the families of elements, about metals, non-metals and semi-metals, about the...
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Curated OER

Mystery : Structure of the Atom-A Case for Indirect Evidence

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the structure of the atom through hands on activities. In this atomic structure lesson, students perform 4 activities showing indirect evidence of the structure of the atom and the parts of the atom. They also list...
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Curated OER

Elements of Chemistry: Atoms: The Building Blocks of Matter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore scientific theories and the works of scientists.  In this chemistry lesson students develop a timeline  that shows how scientists work was built on the ones before them. 
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Curated OER

The Story of the Atom

For Students 5th - 12th
In this atom worksheet, students explain how different scientists added to our knowledge of the atom, specifically the structure and parts of an atom. This worksheet has 4 matching and 5 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Build Your Own Atom

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students build a model of an atom using an online program. In this chemistry lesson, students discuss the different parts of the atom. They complete an independent research about their chosen element.
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National Institute of Open Schooling

Atomic Structure

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Learners explain historical findings such as Rutherford and Bohr's contributions, explain wave particle duality, and formulate Heinsenberg's uncertainty principle. They also draw s, p, and d orbitals, explain more historical findings,...
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Science Geek

Covalent Bonding

For Teachers 9th - 12th
When it comes to covalent bonds, sharing is caring. Presentation covers the octet rule with multiple examples, Lewis Dot Structures with an example, and resonance. Presentation is the first in a five-part series.
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American Chemical Society

Represent Bonding with Lewis Dot Diagrams

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Lewis dot diagrams, Lewis dot structures, and electron dot diagrams are all the same thing. Young scientists learn how to draw Lewis dot diagrams and come to understand how dots and dashes represent valence electrons and ionic or...
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PhET

Rutherford Scattering

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Rutherford performed his famous experiment in 1907 with Marsden, showing the true atomic structure. This interactive simulation compares Rutherford's historical experiment to the Plum pudding model of the atom. In both models, alpha...
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American Museum of Natural History

Atomic Mobile

For Students 6th - 12th
Structure an activity around atoms. Learners use their knowledge of the parts of atoms—the protons, neutrons, and electrons—to build a model of a carbon atom. Scholars create a nucleus by using clay balls to represent the protons and...
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Aquarium of the Pacific

Lego Molecules

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Young scientists construct an understanding of molecular compounds in this hands-on science lesson. Using LEGO® to model the atoms of different elements, learners build molecules based on the chemical formulas of common compounds.
Activity
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

The Micro and Macro World Around Us

For Teachers K - 12th
Don't let your eyes play tricks on you ... use scale to keep your eyes in check! Young scholars observe images without scale and try to identify the structure. Then, they look at the same image with a scale bar and assess whether their...
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Curated OER

Atoms-How Sweet They Are!

For Students 8th - 10th
In this atoms and sugar molecules worksheet, students are given the structural composition of the sugar molecule maltose. They determine the number of each type of atom in the molecule, they find the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen atoms and...
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Curated OER

Writing Resonance Structures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this resonance structures worksheet, young scholars are given 4 rules to writing resonance structures. These include rules about electrons associated with atoms, the unpaired electrons, structures without octets and structures with...

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