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Absolute Dating/Radioactive Dating

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore radioactive decay.  In this radioactive atoms lesson students complete a lab to help them understand the relationship between radioactive atoms vs stable atoms. 
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What is Everything Made of?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students observe a demonstration on how we see space between water molecules.  In this experimental instructional activity students discover what elements make up the things around them and discuss what they learned. 
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Doing Lewis Dot Diagrams

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students observe the periodic table and draw the Lewis Dot Diagram.  In this investigative lesson students construct information on several elements including the Lewis Dot Formation and take a quiz on the information they...
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Atoms: The Building Block of Matter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how scientific theories are developed. In this matter lesson, students explore the basic idea of quantum theory. They create a timeline of scientists, their contributions, and discoveries.
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Clay Atoms-Taming Our Fear Of The Invisible

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create atoms with clay by using different colors to represent the protons, neutrons and nucleus. In this creative lesson plan students use clay to learn about atoms and see how they apply to the periodic table.
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Atoms

For Students 4th - 6th
In this atoms worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about atoms. Students complete 3 multiple choice questions about atoms.
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The Day the Atom Died (Grade K-1)

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate what is wrong with the Rutherford atomic model. In this chemistry instructional activity, students answer questions about the atomic model after watching a video. They draw conclusions from the video and discuss how...
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Science: Atom Quiz

For Students 5th - 6th
In this science:  atom quiz learning exercise, students answer 10 true or false questions, not interactively, then scroll down to check their answers.
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Building Blocks of Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view videos and worksheets and construct a model of a water molecule. In this atomic structure lesson plan, students view video clips and handouts about matter and nanoscience. They construct a model of a water molecule with...
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Science Multiple Choice Definitions Worksheets

For Students 4th - 6th
For this science worksheet, students choose the multiple choice answer that best defines each of 15 science related vocabulary words.
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Changing and Atom

For Students 6th - 9th
In this atom worksheet, students are given a diagram of the changes that occur in atoms. Students complete the diagram given a list of 4 terms that indicate the resulting product.
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Matter: Atoms and Molecules

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate how information about the atom has been determined. In this atomic structure instructional activity, students draw what they think an atom looks like. They conduct Internet research about the types of atomic models...
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Matter: Build a Word

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine matter and the periodic table of elements. In this matter lesson, 4th graders discuss atoms and their composition. Students explore the periodic table of elements and use it to spell words out of the elements.
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Seeing Is Believing: Atoms

For Students 4th - 8th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, students follow the provided procedures to examine 4 mystery objects and then respond to 2 short answer questions.
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Atoms or Molecules?

For Students 5th - 8th
In this scientific investigation worksheet, learners follow the provided procedures to examine the chemical reactions of hydrogen and oxygen atoms and then respond to 1 short answer question.
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Atomic Structure

For Students 10th - 11th
In this atomic structure worksheet, students use the periodic table to complete a chart for 11 elements/ions in terms of atomic number, number of protons, neutrons and electrons.
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Changing an atom

For Students 5th - 10th
In this atoms worksheet, students add or subtract an electron, neutron, or proton from the given atom and then fill in what kind of element it is. Students fill in 4 blanks.
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Chemical Reactions

For Students 7th - 8th
In this chemical reactions learning exercise, students rearrange the definitions to match the type of reaction and find an example of each reaction. They write the word equation for it and write the type of reaction for three...
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Atoms-How Sweet They Are!

For Students 8th - 10th
In this atoms and sugar molecules worksheet, students are given the structural composition of the sugar molecule maltose. They determine the number of each type of atom in the molecule, they find the ratio of hydrogen to oxygen atoms and...
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Guess What?!

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students explore how scientists work. In this scientific method lesson, students use their senses to identify objects they cannot see. Students are asked to think like scientists and make observations, comparisons, and interferences, as...
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Elements

For Students 7th - 12th
In this elements learning exercise, students match the 12 terms with the appropriate definition. Students review vocabulary such as proton, electron, atomic number, and atomic mass.
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Atomic Bonding

For Students 9th - 12th
In this bonding worksheet, high schoolers combine the given atoms to make new neutral compounds. This worksheet has 22 problems to solve.
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Balancing Equations

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical equations instructional activity, high schoolers review the rules in balancing equations and then balance 11 chemical reactions.
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Balancing Equations

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemical equations worksheet, students review the steps to balancing equations and then complete a graphic organizer by balancing 10 chemical reactions.