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Kenan Fellows

Balancing Equations Using Matrices

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Matrices help solve systems of equations in chemistry, computer graphics, circuitry, probability, and more. The second lesson in a seven-part series focuses on using matrices to balance chemical equations. Pupils rely on the Law of...
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Curated OER

The Conservation Of Mass (The Mass Of Gas)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers gain an understanding of matter in all of its phases. In this science lesson plan, students further their knowledge of the laws of conservation of mass, the loss in mass can be accounted for, when the gas is allowed to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What is a Chemical Reaction?-Evidence of Change

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students experiment with hydrochloric acid and copper (I) chloride to identify the types of reactions they undergo with various other substances. They also observe the law of conservation of mass and...
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Curated OER

Physical Setting: Physics Exam 2004

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Twelve pages of mostly multiple-choice questions comprise this comprehensive New York Regents physics exam. It covers an entire year's worth of physics curriculum and requires about three hours for completion. Review the questions to...
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LABScI

Conservation of Momentum: Marble Collisions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What happens to the momentum of an object when it strikes another object? Scholars roll a marble down a ramp so it collides with another marble. By measuring the speed of each marble before and after the collision, pupils answer this...
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Activity
Serendip

How Do Biological Organisms Use Energy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
When an organism eats, how does food become energy? Young biologists follow glucose through the process of cellular respiration to the creation of ADP using a discussion-based activity. The resource also highlights conservation of mass...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Conservation During Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical reaction worksheet, students are given the details of an experiment where sodium chloride and silver nitrate are mixed in a chemical reaction. Students answer nine questions about the chemical reaction, they determine...
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Lab Resource
Pingry School

Mole Relationship in a Chemical Reaction

For Students 9th - 12th
What do budding scientists know about moles and reactions? Using an attention-grabbing lab experiment, young scholars collect data to apply the law of conservation of mass to predict the mass of gaseous products. They examine several...
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Purdue University

Designing a Device Utilizing a Balloon Filled with Carbon Dioxide

For Teachers 5th Standards
Don't waste all that carbon dioxide. Scholars first produce carbon dioxide by mixing baking soda and vinegar. They measure the masses of the reactants and products to verify the law of conservation of mass. As a culminating activity,...
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American Chemical Society

What is a Chemical Reaction?

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
When a candle burns down, what happens to the mass that appears to be shrinking? Lesson begins with a demonstration of the chemical reaction of a candle burning. Then scholars use atom models to observe conservation of mass concretely. 
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Activity
It's About Time

Conservation of Momentum

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Assist your class with understanding collisions as they apply the Law of Conservation of Momentum. Pupils measure the momentum before and after manipulation of two objects so that one strikes another in an inelastic collision. The lesson...
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Curated OER

Law of Conservation of Mass

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in small groups. They grab a handful of ice, and place the ice in an empty beaker of ice using a triple beam balance. Students heat up the beaker of ice over a hot plat until the ice has changed into water. They measure...
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Activity
It's About Time

What Determines and Limits an Atom's Mass?

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Provide learners with the tools to further understand nuclear energy and isotopes. Young chemists investigate the components of an atom's nucleus, use symbols to represent various isotope forms, and use the percent abundance of an atom's...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Matter Test

For Students 7th - 9th
Physical science learners define matter, explain the law of conservation of matter, and identify compounds according to their state on this twenty-question test. Most appropriate for the introductory physical science class, this resource...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Deep Impact Comet Encounter

For Students 9th - 12th
Physics apprentices analyze the impact of NASA's Impactor as it collided with the comet Tempel 1 in July of 2005. They calculate the mass and speed of the comet, along with the distance it might drift off of its orbit over time. This...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Review Sheet for Matter Test

For Students 10th - 12th
In this matter learning exercise, students answer five questions about the law of conservation of mass. They identify substances as solids, liquids, gases or mixtures and they identify given items as matter or energy.
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Curated OER

No Creation-No Destruction--All in a Baggie

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students investigate the concepts of conservation of mass and simple chemical reactions. Students complete lab experiments and record all observations as well as conduct experiments on their own to determine which reactions created...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The "Laws" and Principles of Chemical Reactions

For Students 10th - 12th
In this chemical reactions worksheet, learners review the law of conservation of mass, the principle of definite proportions, and balancing equations. This worksheet has 3 problems to solve.
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Curated OER

How much Carbon Dioxide is in My Seltzer Water?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils discover the law of conservation of mass though experimentation.  In this chemistry lesson, students experiment with acid - base indicators to determine the presence of carbon dioxide. Pupils complete the labs with analysis...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Activit #2 Matter: Is It Conserved?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students support the law of conservation of matter with evidence. They discuss the changes observed from the burning of the candle, and the differences in mass which are observed when the same reaction is carried out in an open or...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Momentum and Conservation of Momentum

For Students 9th - 12th
In this momentum activity, high schoolers calculate momentum from the mass and velocity of an object. Students learn about the Law of Conservation of Momentum. This activity has 8 matching, 6 fill in the blank, and 8 word problems.
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Virginia Department of Education

Matter and Energy: Equations and Formulas

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using simple materials, an informative lesson demonstrates the Law of Conservation of Matter and explains how to balance chemical equations. Young chemists perform experiments, analyze reactions, and balance chemical equations on their...
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Lesson Plan
NASA

The Cycle of Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
An educational instructional activity focuses on the idea of conservation of matter through a demonstration of the water cycle, a discussion of digesting food, and the path of carbon and oxygen atoms as they change form. 
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University of Georgia

Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Equip your chemistry class with the tools to properly understand endothermic and exothermic reactions. Young chemists collect, analyze, and graph data to determine how the Law of Conservation of Matter is applied to chemical composition...

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