App
Museum of Science

goREACT

For Students 7th - 12th
Beginning Boyles and curious Curies can safely experiment with the virtual mixing of elements using this entertaining application. 
Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Spontaneity of Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Do spontaneous reactions really occur? Activity 12 in a series of 36 focuses on spontaneity of chemical reactions. Learners read about, discuss, and answer questions pertaining to entropy, explain the third law of thermodynamics, explore...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Types of Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers understand the difference between four different types of chemical reactions: composition, synthesis, single replacement, and double replacement and identify the type of reaction and predict the products of these types of...
Lesson Plan
Chymist

Writing Chemical Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Communicate chemistry clearly with a concise guide to writing chemical equations. It covers everything from the parts of a chemical equation to the different types of reactions that budding chemists may encounter.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chemical Reactions and Balancing Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students perform various laboratory activities involving chemical reactions. They write balanced chemical equations for all reactions observed using computer software.
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Predicting Products and Writing Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A chemistry lesson plan presents 14 chemical reactions for scholars to observe, write the equation, and balance the equations. Additionally, it provides ways to extend the activity as it relates to catalysts.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Conserving Chemical Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students balance chemical equations and solve for gram to mole ratios.
Worksheet
Net Texts

Hess's Law Worksheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Challenge young scholars' understanding of thermochemistry with this skills-practice activity on Hess's Law. Given a series of five multi-step chemical reactions, students must determine the overall change in entropy...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Heat and Thermodynamics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This is actually a 10-day mini unit on thermal energy for your high school chemists. Every avenue is taken to get learners absorbed in heat: a pretest, a PowerPoint presentation, Internet exploration, demonstrations, lab activities, and...
Lesson Plan
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Activity #4 What Do Equations Mean?

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students practice with writing and balancing simple chemcial equations. they comprehend that chemical equations are a method of using a set of univeral symbols to represent what happens experimentally in chemical reactions. Pupils...
Worksheet
Cmassengale

Photosynthesis Diagrams Worksheet

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Help young botanists get to the root of photosynthesis with this series of worksheets. By completing these diagrams, students demonstrate their understanding of the biological structures and chemical reactions that make this...
Handout
National Institute of Open Schooling

Electrochemistry

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
In an electrolytic cell, electrical energy is converted into chemical energy, the exact opposite of a battery! Lesson 15 in a series of 36 explores electrochemistry. Participants begin by reading and discussing oxidation/reduction...
Lesson Plan
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...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Decomposition vs. Synthesis Reaction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define the term chemical reaction, identify the reactants and products in a chemical reaction, distinguish between decomposition and synthesis reactions and construct reactions using food items.
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination, Physical Setting, Chemistry, 2008

For Students 9th - 12th
For this chemistry instructional activity, students complete a series of multiple-choice and short-answer questions on elements, chemical reactions, and balancing equations.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physical or Chemical- That Is the Question!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students differentiate physical and chemical changes. In this chemistry lesson, students give examples of each type of change. They take the review quiz at the end of the lesson.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chemistry: Balancing Chemical Equations

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice balancing chemical equations. For this chemistry lesson, 8th graders explain why it is necessary to balance equations. They complete practice worksheets individually.
Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Born-Haber Cycle: NaCl

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Max Born and Fritz Haber developed the Born-Haber cycle in 1916, which is used for measuring enthalpy that otherwise couldn't be measured. Young scientists solve four matching puzzles using their knowledge of the stages, standard...
Organizer
CPO Science

Physics Skill and Practice Worksheets

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Stop wasting energy searching for physics resources, this comprehensive collection of worksheets has you covered. Starting with introductions to the scientific method, dimensional analysis, and graphing data, these skills practice...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Balancing Equations

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students work in pairs to complete a worksheet that asks them to balance several chemical equations. They partner with other students to correct the equations and then follow online instructions to create a table in Word.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Composition of Fuels -- Chemical Models Investigation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct models of alternative fuel molecules and record their molecular formulas. They participate in a lab activity in which they demonstrate the chemical reactions that take place. They balance chemical equations.
Assessment
New York State Education Department

Regents High School Examination, Physical Setting, Chemistry 2005

For Students 9th - 12th
In this general chemistry assessment, students complete a series of multiple-choice and short-answer questions on elements, chemical properties, and various chemical reactions.
Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Noble Gases

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
It is best to avoid jokes about noble gases; they get no reaction. Scholars match the noble gases to their symbols and uses. Then they solve three gridlock puzzles reviewing the material while applying some simple logic.