Lab Resource
Royal Society of Chemistry

Investigating Temperature Changes on Evaporating Liquids—Microscale Chemistry

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Is there more to evaporation than just less liquid? Show young scientists the energy transformation that occurs during a phase change through a series of simple experiments. Lab partners place drops of water, ethanol, and ethoxyethane on...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The History of Climate Change

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this science worksheet, learners gather in-depth information dealing with climate change over the next century. They analyze the grid to determine the average time difference between peaks in the temperature history for the last...
Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

The High School Gym

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Learners apply critical thinking skills as they analyze data about the temperature inside a gymnasium during a school assembly. The focus is on representing temperature as a function of time and interpreting input and output values...
Lab Resource
Creative Chemistry

Determining the Enthalpy Change of a Reaction

For Students 9th - 12th
In this enthalpy of reactions learning exercise, high schoolers use a known amount of copper (II) sulphate solution and an excess of zinc powder to calculate the reaction's enthalpy change. Students measure the temperature change...
Lesson Plan
University of California

Hot! Hot! Hot!

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Calories are not tiny creatures that sew your clothes tighter every night, but what are they? A science lesson, presented at multiple levels, has learners experiment with heat, heat transfer, and graph the function over time....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Heat Transfer & Phase Changes

For Teachers 7th - 10th
For this heat transfer and phase change worksheet, students experiment with ice, salt, and milk to show the relationship between the temperature of a solution and its phase. Students turn milk from a liquid to a solid and graph the...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Little Ice Age

For Students 9th - 10th
In this Little Ice Age worksheet, students read about changes in weather and temperature resulting in changes in rain fall and glacier movement. Students answer three critical thinking questions about the Little Ice Age that occurred as...
Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Chemical Kinetics

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Not all chemical reactions happen at the same rate because some, like explosions, occur quickly and some, like rusting, occur over time. Here, learners explore chemical reactions and their rates in the 16th lesson of 36. Through readings...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Communities and Biomes

For Students 9th - 12th
In this communities worksheet, students will look at the interactions between biotic and abiotic factors and the effect these factors have on organism populations. Students will also order the succession steps that occur over time in an...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Equilibrium Review Sheet

For Students 9th - 12th
In this equilibrium learning exercise, students answer 5 questions about reactions reaching equilibrium, the concentration of the products and reactants when they reach equilibrium, and the effects of temperature changes, quantities of...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Big Freeze

For Students 7th - 12th
In this global studies instructional activity, learners read a 6-paragraph article about climate change. Students respond to 6 short answer questions regarding the article. Vocabulary words from the reading and their definitions...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Heating/Cooling Curve

For Students 9th - 12th
In this heating and cooling curve worksheet, students use a given graph of a substance being heated from a solid to a liquid and then a gas over time. They use the graph to answer eleven questions about the phases of the substance and...
Lesson Plan
Carnegie Mellon University

Bathtub Model

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Using a colorful infographic handout and a guide sheet, hold a class discussion about how a bathtub can serve as a model for the greenhouse effect created by Earth's atmosphere. Participants will understand that as energy or matter is...
Worksheet
Curated OER

In the Eye of the Hurricane

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science worksheet, students read about temperature and thermal energy in a hurricane. Students also draw their own hurricane and label 5 different parts.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Kinetics Worksheet

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this kinetics worksheet, learners use concentration-time date tables to determine the rate of reaction and reaction order at each temperature. This worksheet has 4 problems to solve.
Assessment
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Balanced Assessment

On Averages and Curves

For Students 11th - 12th
Determine the average on a curve. The class finds graphical representations of averages and expresses them both symbolically and on the graph. The assessment requires class members to justify using average to describe graphs.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Integrating Space Science-Our Changing Universe

For Students 8th - 10th
In this universe instructional activity, students read about the big bang theory and the evolution of the stars from the elements. Students answer four critical thinking questions about the beginnings of our universe.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Endothermic and Exothermic Lab

For Students 9th - 12th
For this endothermic and exothermic reactions worksheet, students experiment with water and a salt of choice to determine if heat is absorbed or released in the reaction. Students take the temperature of their solution over a 2 minute...
Assessment
Balanced Assessment

Pen Pals

For Students 6th - 8th
It's always nice to hear from friends. Your budding mathematicians read letters from pen pals and convert customary measurements into metric units and vice versa. They also write letters to an imaginary pen pal using metric units.
Organizer
Curated OER

Student Exploration: Pond Ecosystem

For Students 7th - 8th
In this student exploration-pond ecosystem learning exercise, students use the Pond Ecosystem Gizmo to measure oxygen concentrations and temperature and record the data on charts.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Is Global Warming Affecting Hurricanes?

For Students 7th - 12th
In this hurricane worksheet, students use data charts showing the number of hurricanes and the severity of these hurricanes to determine if global warming is causing an increase in hurricanes. This worksheet has 2 short answer questions.
Interactive
Curated OER

Hottest US Cities Quiz

For Students 6th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, students respond to 20 identification questions about the hottest cities in the United States. Students have 4 minutes to finish the timed quiz.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Water Vapor Equilibrium

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this chemistry learning exercise, students complete 12 short answer questions and problems on water vapor equilibrium. They calculate equilibrium concentrations of reactants and products.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Global Warming WebQuest-Climate Scientist

For Students 6th - 9th
In this climate science worksheet, students answer five multi-part questions on the responsibilities of a climate scientist. Students may gain this knowledge through a WebQuest.