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American Chemical Society

American Chemical Society: Explore Chemistry: Water and Chemistry

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore water's unique properties in the activities here. Includes ideas for starting a chemistry club, ideas for Earth Day, articles, and videos.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Changing State: Evaporation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students build a model of a water molecule and design an experiment to see if adding energy affects the rate of evaporation.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Evaporation

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of evaporation, how it occurs, what affects its rate and evaporative cooling.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Evaporation: Determine the Variables That Affect the Rate of Evaporation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson, young scholars will be able to explain and demonstrate the process of evaporation while discovering the variables that affect the rate of evaporation.
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University of Nebraska

University of Nebraska: Transpiration Water Movement Through Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial examines how water moves through a plant. Follow the pathway that water takes through plants from the roots to evaporation from cells in the leaves. Learn what controls rates of transpiration, how environmental conditions...
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American Chemical Society

Inquiry in Action: Evaporation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab experiment where students try to increase the rate of evaporation by adding heat to the water. Students will experience the process the evaporation with this activity.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Changing State: Condensation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate water cycle processes by testing how cooling affects the rate of condensation of water vapor.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers:dimming the Sun

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Conduct an experiment and investigate how air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, solar radiation and precipitation affect evaporation. Graph the data collected during the experiment.
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University of Oregon

University of Oregon: Global Climate Animations

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this site for global climate animations. "Get a feel for why we have seasonal weather changes or why other regions have different weather than you do."