American Chemical Society
Inquiry in Action: Neutralizing Acids and Bases
A lab activity where students will neutralize and acidic solution with a base and a basic solution with an acid by using their knowledge of a red cabbage indicator. This site includes teacher and student instruction for the lab activity...
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Neutralizing Acids and Bases
Students will use citric acid and sodium carbonate solutions to see that adding a base to an acidic solution makes the solution less acidic. Students will then use a base to help them identify which of two acidic solutions is more...
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta: Separation of Acids, Bases and Neutral Compounds
As a chemist, you will learn to deal with complex mixtures of many compounds. In this interactive activity, you will learn the basis of separations using acid-base extraction. In the virtual lab you will simulate an actual experiment and...
Other
Jerz's Literacy Weblog: Gender Neutral Language
This very readable piece uses charts, examples and brief discussions to explain ways to create gender-neutral writing and speech.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Peek Inside the World's First Carbon Neutral City
A new kind of city is being built in the Arab desert. Read about the unique engineering that is creating Masdar, a "city of the future" which doesn't use fossil fuels.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Not So Neutral Views
Students are introduced to acids and bases, and the environmental problem of acid rain. They explore ways to use indicators to distinguish between acids and bases. Students also conduct a simple experiment to model and discuss the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Salt Solutions
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students begin by predicting whether a salt solution is acidic, basic, or neutral, and then practice writing balanced equations for hydrolysis reactions. They also...
Other
Western Michigan University: Writing Positive Messages
Excellent and in-depth site on how to write short, positive messages. Gives information on structure, pace, positive replies, announcements, and apologies (used as positives).
Social Science Education Consortium
Ssec: Fiscal Policy: Can Congress Diagnose and Treat an Ailing Economy? [Pdf]
This investigation examines the use of fiscal policy by the President and Congress in regulating the performance of the national economy. It begins with a brief reading that discusses the nature, objectives, and the tools of fiscal...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating P H of Common Household Substances
Students investigate the pH level of household substances by testing a variety of common compounds. Substances are tested with pH strips and placed on the continuum of the pH scale range of 1 to 14. After testing a solution, the student...
City University of New York
P H and Indicators: Interactive Investigation
The story of the dye industry is used to introduce pH and how it is measured and calculated.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Kitchen Chemistry
Conduct a series of virtual experiments using basic, acidic and neutral household liquids. Draw a conclusion from the results collected in an online lab journal.
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Center of Science and Industry
Cosi Columbus: Cabbage Patch Chemistry [Pdf]
Make your own indicator by using red cabbage leaves and common household items. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of how to determine if a substance is acidic, basic, or neutral based on the colors...
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Types of Chemical Reactions
Bases are substances that can react with acids and neutralize them. Alkalis are bases that are soluble in water. The pH scale measures how acidic or alkaline a substance is. Substances with a pH lower than 7 are acidic, those with a pH...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Want to Be an Activist? Start With Your Toys
McKenna Pope's younger brother loved to cook, but he worried about using an Easy-Bake Oven- because it was a toy for girls. So at age 13, Pope started an online petition for the American toy company Hasbro to change the pink-and-purple...
Other
Virtual Chembook: Characteristics and Properties of Amino Acids
Each amino acid has at least one amine and one acid functional group as the name implies. The different properties result from variations in the structures of different R groups. The R group is often referred to as the amino acid side...
A&E Television
History.com: Latino, Hispanic, Latinx, Chicano: The History Behind the Terms
The effort to coin a term to describe a wildly diverse group of Americans has long stirred controversy. The terms Latino, Hispanic and Latinx are often used interchangeably to describe a group that makes up about 19 percent of the U.S....
Other
Clemson University: Soil Acidity and Liming
Covers the composition and uses of liming materials in agriculture, as well as the lime codes of several states. Good definitions of terms: lime, calcitic limestone, calcite, dolomite, dolomitic limestone, aragonite, hi-cal lime, and more.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Greenewables
Students form expert engineering teams working for the (fictional) alternative energy consulting firm, Greenewables, Inc. Each team specializes in a form of renewable energy used to generate electrical power: passive solar, solar...
Chem4kids
Chem4 Kids: Acids & Bases
This Chem4Kids site provides a general overview of acids and bases, and their use in chemistry. Content focuses on "names to know" and how acids and bases work.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Panama Canal Treaty Signed
The Panama Canal was a short-cut through the tip of South America. Use this site to find out who built it and why.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Measuring P H Experiment
This is an activity that deals with acid rain. "This experiment will illustrate how to measure the approximate pH of chemicals in water using a pH indicator." It is easy to follow the comprehensive set of directions.
University of Maryland
Howard County History Labs: United States Have Entered World War I? [Pdf]
In this activity, students will analyze excerpts from two speeches in order to understand and evaluate the reasons why the United States joined the war. They will then write a letter in which they argue for or against U.S. entry into the...
Other
University of Central Florida: Avoiding Sexist Writing [Pdf]
One-pager that focuses on avoiding stereotypes of gender in writing. Offers suggestions on how to correct stereotypical writing including: using plural nouns, using second person nouns, and using no pronouns.