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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Acids and Bases: Strong vs Weak

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this chemistry lab activity, students will study acids/bases before learning how titration data is used to determine an unknown concentration. It is an investigation of the pH curve and an assessment of student's understanding of...
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Strong Acid and Base Problems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Textbook-style strong acid and base problems that can be checked using the Virtual Lab.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Weak Acid and Base Problems

For Students 9th - 10th
Textbook-style weak acid and base problems that can be checked using the Virtual Lab.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Unknown Weak Acid Problem Bonus

For Students 9th - 10th
Perform an experiment to determine the concentrations of a mixture of two acids.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Unknown Weak Acid Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Perform an experiment to determine the pKa and concentration of an unknown acid.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Unknown Base Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Perform an experiment to determine the pKa and concentration of an unknown weak base.
Interactive
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Virtual Lab: Default Virtual Lab Stockroom

For Students 9th - 10th
Perform virtual lab experiments safely. Pour and mix specific amounts of various solutions on screen and observe changes in temperature and pH. Choose glassware and other tools (ie. bunsen burner, scale) to assist with virtual lab...
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Virtual Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Perform virtual lab experiments safely. Pour and mix specific amounts of various solutions on screen and observe changes in temperature and pH. Choose glassware and other tools (ie. bunsen burner, scale) to assist with virtual lab...
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Determine the Concentration of the Unknown Strong Acid

For Students 9th - 10th
Perform a titration using an indicator to determine the concentration of an HCl solution.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Standardization of Na Oh With a Khp Solution: Acid Base Titration

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the Virtual Laboratory to standardize an unknown NaOH solution (approximately 0.2M) to four significant figures via titration with 25.00 mL of a KHP standard solution.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Current Collection of Virtual Lab Problems

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of over 30 virtual chemistry problems with accompanying interactive activities. Each problem includes a word file for potential differentiation in your classroom.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Kitchen Chemistry

For Students 3rd - 8th
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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University of Nebraska

Do Chem: Simple Heat of Acid Base Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple lab activity that allows good data collection on heat of solution.
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Chemical Changes: Reacting an Acid and Base

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this chemistry lab, students will investigate chemical changes that occur when acids and bases react. It is meant to introduce the concepts of chemical changes, gases have mass, conservation of mass, and balancing equations. Students...
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Determining the P Ka and Concentration Ratio

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the virtual lab to determine the pKa of a protein then create a buffer solution with a specific concentration ratio of the protein in its protonated/ unprotonated form.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Designing a Buffer Solution With a Specific P H

For Students 9th - 10th
Create a buffer solution at a specific pH using a weak acid and its conjugate base.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Determination of the P H Scale

For Students 9th - 10th
This virtual lab activity where students perform the method of successive dilutions using HCl, NaOH, a pH meter, and universal indicator solution to help understand the logarithmic nature of the pH scale.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Determining the Concentration of an Unknown Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the Virtual Laboratory design, students perform an experiment to determine the concentration of the unknown HCl solution to four significant figures.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Determining Reagent Concentrations

For Students 9th - 10th
Using the Virtual Laboratory, design an experiment to quickly determine which of the two reagents, HCl or NaOH, is 10 times more concentrated than the other.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Dna Dye Binding: Equilibrium and Buffer Solutions

For Students 9th - 10th
Students examine equilibrium and buffer solutions in a biological setting.
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Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Creating a Buffer Solution

For Students 9th - 10th
An exercise to design a buffer solution with specific properties.
Handout
Science is Fun

University of Wisconsin: Home Experiments

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a collection of simple science experiments kids can do using household materials. The procedures include diagrams and are simple to follow.