Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Need Room to Breathe

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore how exercise affects carbon dioxide levels in exhaled air.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Infectious Disease Case Study Part I

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders work together to complete a simulation on infectious diseases. They determine which concepts affect a disease more. They complete discussion questions as well.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mixtures

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders experiment with mixtures. In this chemistry lesson, 6th graders determine which mixtures are considered heterogeneous, a suspension, a solution or a colloid. Students create a data sheet of what they discover.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Separating a Starch-Glucose Mixture Using Gel Filtration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils experiment using the basic principles of gel filtration. They use the gel filtration technique for testing for the presence of specific substances. Students discover that starch is a larger molecule than glucose.
Activity
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.
Activity
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.
Activity
American Chemical Society

Inquiry in Action: Color Changes With Acids and Bases

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lab activity, students will learn how red cabbage can be used as an indicator of an acid or base by looking at its color changes.
Activity
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...
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Dirtmeister's Science Lab: Egg Citing Science: Acids and Bases

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An simple experiment that will allow students to observe the effects of acids and bases on an egg and to then discuss what these observations tells us about larger issues, like acid rain.
Activity
American Chemical Society

Inquiry in Action: Neutralizing Acids and Bases

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lab activity where students will neutralize and acidic solution with a base and a basic solution with an acid by using their knowledge of a red cabbage indicator. This site includes teacher and student instruction for the lab activity...
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...
Unit Plan
University of Alberta

The University of Alberta: Separation of Acids, Bases and Neutral Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
As a chemist, you will learn to deal with complex mixtures of many compounds. In this interactive activity, you will learn the basis of separations using acid-base extraction. In the virtual lab you will simulate an actual experiment and...
Activity
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.
Activity
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.
Activity
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.
Activity
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.
Activity
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.
Interactive
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Acid Base Solutions

For Students 9th - 10th
How do strong and weak acids differ? Use lab tools on your computer to find out! Dip the paper or the probe into solution to measure the pH, or put in the electrodes to measure the conductivity. Then see how concentration and strength...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Acids and Bases Lesson/lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This instructional activity will allow middle schoolers to perform pH tests that determine if various solutions are acids or bases (cognitive). Students will test common household solutions such as water, vinegar, milk, and orange juice...
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...
Activity
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...
Interactive
Other

Usda: Virtual Labs: The P H Scale & Meter Calibration

For Students 9th - 10th
In this virtual science lab, students learn how a pH scale works and how to calibrate a pH meter.
Activity
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.
Activity
Smithsonian Institution

Lemelson Center: Spark!lab: Polishing Pennies

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about acids and bases during this penny-polishing experiment. Students will hypothesize what substances will polish pennies and then test their hypothesis.