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NBC

Nbc Learn: Chemistry of Water

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This video/lesson series explains how the structure and behavior of H2O in liquid form gives water its properties, and make it a chemical essential for life. Also in this collection: a Victorian-era depiction of the water molecule; news...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer to Teach About Water Chemistry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson young scholars will use data acquired with an ICP-MS to teach them about water chemistry at a variety of levels.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Water Properties

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following online tutorial students will describe the structure and polarity of a water molecule. They will also describe the hydrogen bonding that occurs in...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Density & Miscibility

For Teachers 7th - 9th
After students conduct the two associated activities, Density Column Lab - Parts 1 and 2, present this lesson plan to provide them with an understanding of why the density column's oil, water and syrup layers do not mix and how the...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Physical Properties of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers physical properties of water, hydrogen bonding, surface tension, and vapor pressure.
Interactive
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: The Structure of Water

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive animation showing some of the properties of water. See how the particles of water molecules move and stick together.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Making Bath Salts for Mother's Day, a Primary Chemistry Lesson

For Teachers K - 1st
What do you know about salt? In this chemistry instructional activity, students will learn different things about salt: the chemical name, it's periodic table number, it's shape under the microscope, how it dissolves in water, and how to...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Red Cabbage Chemistry

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students take advantage of the natural ability of red cabbage juice to perform as a pH indicator to test the pH of seven common household liquids. Then they evaluate the accuracy of the red cabbage indicator, by testing the pH of the...
Activity
University of Maryland

Lowering the Freezing Point of Water Using Salt

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A page from the University of Maryland Physics Lecture Demonstration Facility. Provides directions for a teacher demonstration of the effect of an ionic solute upon the freezing point of water. Shows apparatus and set-up; provides...
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Chemistry: Structure of Ice

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers structure of ice and hydrogen bonding in ice.
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University of Arizona

University of Arizona: Problemas De Acidos Y Bases

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learn about the solvent properties of water, pH, pKa and buffering capacity with a series of problems. The correct answers for the multiple choices problems are reinforced with a brief explanation and the incorrect answers are linked to...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Does It All Add Up?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this chemistry classroom lab activity, students use critical thinking to investigate the molecular properties of different liquids: rubbing alcohol and water.