Students experiment with silly putty.  In this chemical changes instructional activity students work in groups, perform tests and collect data.

Small groups of students perform paper chromatography to separate food dyes into their component colors. Students perform the experiment and collect, organize, and represent their data to form an explanation of their outcomes. Students...

In this chemistry review learning exercise, students give atomic symbols for given atoms, calculate moles, determine empirical formulas, and balance chemical equations. This learning exercise has 1 drawing, 9 fill in the blank, and 12...

Students explore the causes of water pollution. In this environmental lesson, students conduct experiments with natural filtration systems.

In this ingestion worksheet, 9th graders fill in the blank about ingestion. Students relate the role of saliva, teeth, and the esophagus to their importance in ingestion.

Students complete an experiment to determine if there are bad microbes in food processing.In this bad microbe experiment, students use apples to see how they react to oxygen. Students test apples with chemicals to observe the changes.

Young scholars design and create a compost pile in order to study the Nitrogen Cycle. They then use the scientific method to determine if plants grow better when they add organic matter from their compost pile to the plant's soil.

Students differentiate between plant and animal cells. They identify the structures central to plant cells. They complete a Venn Diagram listing the differences between animal and plant cells.

Students write the electron configuration of elements using the Aufbau principle. In this chemistry lesson, students build their own key that demonstrates the principle.

In this literacy instructional activity, learners find the words that are in the word search puzzle that focus upon the vocabulary that is from the theme of the sheet.

Students discover how harmful petroleum distillates are that are found in the home. They demonstrate how to collect information about consumer products. They also ask their parents about the safety of the cleaning supplies used in their...

Eighth graders examine what materials cause water hardness and the relative measure of water hardness in a two part lab activity. In part one, 8th graders add an assigned soap test solution to eleven different test tube solutions in...

Want to hear a joke about sodium? Na. Young scientists test various materials to identify if they include protein, starch, and glucose by using the Biuret test, iodine starch test, and Benedict's test respectively. After practicing with...

In this quantities in chemistry instructional activity, students solve 13 review problems about percent composition, significant digits, the mole, simple and molecular formulas, balancing equations, stoichiometry, limiting reagents and...

For this thermochemistry worksheet, students answer 6 questions about specific heat, heat capacity and molar heat capacity. They also complete a crossword puzzle given 20 clues about topics related to thermochemistry. Students solve a...

Students determine the correct homonym to use in a sentence. In this homonym lesson, students take an online quiz. They read a sentence and choose the correct homonym from a list. Students can click to see the correct answer.

In this Dalton worksheet, students read about John Dalton and his contributions to understanding the atom. Students are given sample data for Dalton's experiments and they answer questions about the data in his experiments.

Ninth graders study milkweed and see how it is effected by ozone.  In this air pollution lesson students complete a lab activity that includes data analysis. 

Students, in groups, experiment with Heat Blanching, Vitamin C Dip, and Sulfur Dioxide Dip to see if they can prevent enzymatic browning.

Students add borax to a latex polymer and play with it to see the characteristics it now contains. In this polymer lesson plan, students see if it stretches, if it's durable, if the molecules break easily, and more.

Students examine how a sanitary landfill is constructed, how it functions, and how waste and leachate affects the areas around the landfill. After a discussion about landfills and leachates, students construct a Sanitary Landfill Model...

Learn about the classification of matter based on whether the chemical composition is pure or a mixture. Understand the definitions of elements, compounds, substances, and mixtures, and what the differences are between them. Five types...

In this instructional activity, students are introduced to the 5 major types of chemical reactions. Each reaction type will be analyzed and specific examples will be noted. Students will then perform a lab investigation which includes...

Learn how to classify matter into elements, compounds, and mixtures while watching this interactive lesson. Listen to the explanation while you discover how to differentiate between different types of matter.