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Solubility Lab
In this solubility worksheet, students test a variety of polar and non polar substances to determine which ones will dissolve in vegetable oil and which ones will dissolve in water. Students collect data and answer 2 questions about...
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Volumetric Analysis 1- To Make a Standard Solution of Sodium Carbonate
In this volumetric analysis worksheet, students prepare a standard solution of sodium carbonate by following the given directions. They later use the prepared solution in a laboratory practical.
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Solutions, Suspensions, & Colloids Lab
In this solutions, suspension and colloid worksheet, students complete a lab experiment in order to determine if a given mixture is a solution, suspension or colloid. They are given six vials and they record their observations of each...
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Making Standard Solutions
In this making standard solutions worksheet, students read about the process of making a standard solution and perform 3 background calculations necessary to make standard solutions. Students then make a solution by weighing a given...
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Solution Shapes
Eighth graders examine different solutions. In this solution material instructional activity students complete a lab activity and several worksheets.
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Freezing Point Depression: Why Don’t Oceans Freeze?
Can you go ice fishing in the ocean? Learners examine the freezing point of different saltwater solutions. Each solution has a different concentration of salt. By comparing the freezing points graphically, they make conclusions about...
Nuffield Foundation
Making a Calibration Curve for Starch Concentration
How well can your class concentrate on solutions? Scholars use colorimeter absorption to explore a starch concentration calibration curve. They add iodine to different starch solutions to see how the concentration of the solution changes.
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Salty Solutions
Middle schoolers measure salt content in water. They determine salt content of four samples using a hydrometer.
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Aqueous Solutions
In this aqueous solutions learning exercise, students will explore the characteristics of solutions, including the ability of different compounds to dissolve in the solutions. This learning exercise has 10 true or false statements and 8...
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The Formation of Solutions
In this solutions worksheet, learners compare situations that increase or decrease the solubility of a solute. Students describe how surface area, stirring, and temperature can increase the rate of dissolving a solute. This worksheet has...
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Concentration of Solutions
For this solutions worksheet, students determine how the amount of solute in a given amount of solvent effects the concentration of the solution. Students calculate the molarity of solutions. This worksheet has 7 fill in the blank, 3...
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Solutions and Solubility
In this solutions worksheet, students determine concentrations of reactants at equilibrium. Students describe the effects of adding reactants have on the solubility of a compound. This worksheet has 5 problems to solve.
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Simulating the Effects of Biodegradable Wastes on Dissolved Oxygen
Students evaluate the relationship between biodegradable waste and dissolved oxygen in water. In this biodegradable wastes lesson students complete a lab activity in groups then analyze their results.
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Matter in Solution
In this solutions instructional activity, students review types of solutions, concentration and saturation of solutions, and suspensions and colloids. This instructional activity has 10 fill in the blank, 7 multiple choice, and 6 short...
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Solutions
In this solutions activity, students calculate molality and mole fraction. Students define colligative property and determine what affects the solubility of gas in solvents. This activity has 2 short answer questions and 9 problems to...
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Mixtures
Students observe that movement of a solute in the solvent increases the rate of dissolution. They demonstrate that when the solute is broken into smaller pieces it dissolves faster.
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A Sweet Drink
Young scholars investigate reaction rates. In this seventh or eighth grade mathematics instructional activity, students collect, record, and analyze data regarding how the temperature of water affects the dissolving time of a sugar...
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Diffusion through Membranes
Students identify diffusion and its processes through experimentation and calculations. They also use a CBL and conductivity probe to measure the conductivity of various solutions and study the effect of concentration gradients on the...
Chemistry Collective
Virtual Lab: Temperature and the Solubility of Salts
Can your scholars solve the mystery of why salts dissolve? A virtual workbench allows them to experiment with temperature and solubility with no solution prep and no post-lab clean up! Users determine the solubility of a variety of...
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Solutions, Electrolytes and Concentration
In this chemistry worksheet, students categorize certain compounds as acids, bases or salt to complete 1 table. They solve 5 problems on molarity.
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Sugar in Tea
Little chemists address whether or not you can get sugar back out of tea after it has dissolved. The PowerPoint itself simply walks them through the questioning process, considering different possibilities. The final slide settles on...
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What is in the Water?
In this mixtures worksheet, students read about mixture and what determines if a solute dissolves in a solvent. They answer three questions about solutions and determine from a list of compounds which are soluble in water.
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Dissolving M-and-Ms
Learning ... how sweet it is! A hands-on lesson uses colored candies to demonstrate how positive and negative charges interact. Pupils use different types of liquids and watch as the color from the candies spreads—or doesn't.
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Water the Universal Solvent
In this water and solvent worksheet, learners answer 20 questions about solutes, solvents, polarity in molecules, and the characteristics of water as a solvent. Students answer 3 questions about the lab they completed using temperature...