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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Set Your Table for a Sweet and Sticky Earthquake Shake

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Earthquakes can have different affects depending on their location. This week long exercise asks you to build a model house and a special table to shake it on, and see how different soil types can amplify shaking.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Gel Well: Which Additives Make the Strongest Gelatin?

For Students 9th - 10th
Gelatin. It's hard to think of another food that is used as frequently on the dinner table as off. You can find it in all sorts of sweet foods, from ice cream, yogurt, and gummy bears, to marshmallows and yellow colorings for sodas. Off...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Saturated Solutions: Measuring Solubility

For Students 9th - 10th
Many essential chemical reactions and natural biochemical processes occur in liquid solutions, so understanding the chemical properties of liquid solutions is fundamentally important. This project will challenge you to discover how much...
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Periodic Table and Energy Level Models

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students interpret the information given in the periodic table to describe the arrangement of electrons on the energy levels around an atom.
Interactive
Museum of Science

Museum of Science and Industry: Go React

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience chemical reactions with this virtual drag-and-drop laboratory. This site allows you to create chemical reactions by combining elements from the Periodic Table.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: Science Fair Central: Investigation Set Up and Collect Data

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief overview of how to gather both quantitative and qualitative data, complete with a sample data table.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Electron Configuration Chart for the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the theoretical basis of electron configuration and presents a table of all 118 elements with their symbols, number of electrons, and electron configurations.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Periodic Table of Poetic Elements

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Each student will create a poem about an element on the periodic table. The poems will be placed in the appropriate "square" to create a large periodic table wall hanging. This project will require the collaborative work of several...
Graphic
Other

Teen Analyst: Salary Tables by Career Field

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore a table of average salaries for the various career fields. However, these aren't representative of everyone in that field. For example, some television reporters make millions of dollars a year. The salaries listed are a little...
Article
Other

Inside Science: Building an Earthquake Resistant Home

For Students 9th - 10th
Engineers at Stanford University have designed a building that sits on a seismic isolator and is earthquake-resistant. When an actual house was tested on a shake table with a powerful earthquake simulation, the structure itself was...
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: History of the Periodic Table

For Students 9th - 10th
The modern periodic table has evolved over a long period of time as new discoveries have been made. Learn about the contributions made by different scientists to its development.
Graphic
Science Struck

Science Struck: Labeled Periodic Table of Elements With Names

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the organization of the periodic table of elements and the different groups in it.
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Science Struck

Science Struck: Electronegativity Chart of Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what electronegativity bonding is and presents a periodic table of elements that is color-coded to show electronegativity trends.
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Color Table

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that different-colored backgrounds cause colored objects to look different? In this investigation, students will experience this phenomenon.
eBook
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 2.1 Elements and Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how basic elements form molecules to support life.
Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: Heaviest Named Element Is Official

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the discovery and naming of copernicum, the heaviest element on the Periodic Table, named after the 16th century scientist Nicolaus Copernicus.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Meaning and Examples of Converse Statements

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the how a converse statement differs from an inverse statement, how to write a converse statement, and gives some examples of converse statements.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Halogen Family

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the non-metallic elements in the halogen family, what their chemical and physical properties are, their uses, and some interesting facts about them.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Survive That Tsunami!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use a table-top-sized tsunami generator to observe the formation and devastation of a tsunami. They see how a tsunami moves across the ocean and what happens when it reaches the continental shelf. Students make villages of model...
Handout
Wyzant

Wyzant: About the Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
This website focuses on the common elements. It provides an alphabetical listing of each common element with its symbol, attributes, and location on the periodic table.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: List of European Capital Cities With Countries

For Students 4th - 6th
Discusses the geography of Europe and presents a table of 51 European countries and their capitals and a second table of 12 autonomous regions and their capitals.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Wavelength of Light

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the characteristics of light, presents two formulas for calculating its wavelength, and provides a table of the different wavelength ranges across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Barometer Units

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the different measurement units that are used in barometers and provides conversion tables.
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Liquid Measurement Conversion

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Provides tables showing how to convert liquid measurements used for cooking between different customary units and metric units. Covers teaspoons up to gallons, as well as conversions to milliliters.

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