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Chemical Changes in Matter
In this matter and chemical changes activity, students write symbols and formulas for 2 chemical reactions. They write words for 1 chemical reaction given in symbols and formulas. They draw a diagram representing a chemical reaction and...
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Introduction to the Periodic Table of Elements
Learners explain how the elements are arranged in the periodic table. In this chemistry lesson plan, students determine the subatomic particles for certain elements. They research the physical and chemical properties of an element they...
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How Stuff Is Put Together (Chemical Bonding)
Fourth graders participate in a simple experiment that shows the ratio of elements that make up water.
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Dust in the Wind; Chemicals in the Water
Students explore mechanical and chemical weathering at stations. They articulate some mechanisms of chemical and mechanical weathering through exploration in a lab. Students stations describe how chemical weathering differs from...
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Chemical Equations and Symbols
In this chemical equations and symbols worksheet, students are given two written equations and they translate each into chemical symbols. They are given two equations with chemical symbols and they translate them into written equations.
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Naming III-Identifying Problems Chemical Compound Names
In this naming chemical compounds activity, students are given 9 lettered statements that they use to match with 10 statements about compounds. Students also review the rules for naming compounds by filling in 25 blanks to complete...
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The Periodic Table of the Elements
Students research the elements used to create fireworks. For this periodic table lesson, students discuss common metals, their characteristics, and their places on the periodic table. They work in small groups to research the elements...
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6260 Atoms Test
In these chapter test worksheets students will multiple choice questions on atoms. Students will complete 77 questions on atoms to complete the chapter test.
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The Mathematics of Chemical Formulas
Wow! This is one of the most exhaustive presentations on finding chemical formulas that you will come across! Beginning with the basics, and leaving junior chemists with procedures and concrete examples, this PowerPoint certainly...
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Atoms
Eighth graders explain what makes up matter. In this atoms lesson students define an atom and what its components are and identify properties of elements.
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The Chemistry of Life
High schoolers study atoms and chemical compounds. They identify certain elements essential to human health, describe physical and chemical properties of water, and name four types of polymers unique to all life forms. They explain how...
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Atom Basics Test
Simple in format and standard in content, this resource is an assessment of your beginning chemists' grasp of the atom. Using a periodic table of elements, they fill in a chart of missing chemical formulas, atomic masses, and numbers of...
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Defining the Atom
Words, words, words! This presentation uses plenty of them to define the atom, outline the history of what we know about atoms, and explain atomic and mass numbers. That's all! Informative, but not interesting, this slide show would be...
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Counting Atoms
In this atoms worksheet, students write the number of atoms there are of each element in the given compounds. This worksheet has 20 problems to solve.
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Classification of Matter
Thirty-seven slides thoroughly shed light upon the four classes of matter: elements, compounds, mixtures, and solutions. Also covered are chemical symbols, molecules, and chemical equations. The colors and fonts chosen for the...
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Chemistry: elements
In this chemistry worksheet students complete a set of multiple choice and short answer questions on protons, electrons, ionization and chemical equations.
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Chemistry: Atoms
In this chemistry worksheet students complete a series of multiple choice and short answer questions on elements, chemical reactions and balancing equations.
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Some Basic Chemical Ideas
In this chemistry worksheet, high schoolers fill in the blanks with the correct word from the word list. They examine the arrangement of elements in the periodic table.
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Balancing Act
In this chemistry worksheet, students determine the number of atoms in each element and select one that is not equal on both sides of the equation. Then they add a coefficient in front of the formula with that element and adjust their...
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The Periodic Table
Eighth graders read and interpret the Periodic Table. They also make decisions on how to group and arrange different kinds of matter and draw the structure of atoms of pure elements. Finally, 8th graders contrast and compare basic...
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Chemistry 1 Practice Exam
Thirty multiple-choice questions and their answers are provided in this resource. It was written for a general chemistry course and queries test takers on scientific notation, mixtures, chemical symbols, electric charges, Dalton's atomic...
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The Building Blocks
This PowerPoint is a comprehensive review of all the facts related to an atom's basic structure and function. What makes this unique is that it is geared toward an audience of junior geologists. After introducing the periodic table of...
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Chemical Arithmetics
Substances with the same empirical and molecular formula must be differentiated by their structural formula. Part two in a series of 36 has pupils using chemical formulas to calculate how much of a compound is present in a given...
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Atomic Theory
An extremely thorough presentation walks new chemists through the basics of matter. There really isn't a unifying theme, however So many topics are covered: forces, elements, atomic structure, chemical properties, compounds, quarks,...