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Determining the Age of Fossils
Students examine the concept of radioactive dating. In this radioactive dating lesson, students investigate how to determine the ages of fossils and rocks as they learn about half-life radioactive decay.
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Density
Students explore the meaning of density. For this density lesson, students use interactive whiteboards to review definitions regarding density and compare the density of selected objects.
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Basic Chemistry Review
Students experiment to show their knowledge of molecules and atomic structures. In this chemistry review lesson students participate in an activity and then fill out a worksheet.
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Atomic Structure
In this atomic structure worksheet, learners select answers to 8 fill in the blank questions on subatomic particles from the drop down box.
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Isotope Notation
In this chemistry worksheet, students calculate protons, electrons and neutrons in ions and neutral atoms to complete 2 charts.
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Causal Patterns in Density Phenomena
Students consider the causes of density at a microscopic level. They then discover that one cause of density has to do with how many protons and neutrons the material contains.
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Polymers
Students explore online tutorial on polymers. In this chemistry lesson, they create two polymers in the lab and compare their properties. They write a sales letter about their new and improved polymer product.
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Static Electricity
In this static electricity worksheet, students read through 3 pages of text about static electricity and its components to learn about how electricity works.
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Transformation of Energy
Sixth graders explore and discuss how several electrical devices work and what energy conversions occur in each device. They connect a zinc strip to a copper strip with alligator clips and wire, immersing each strip in lemon and check...
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Periodic Table & Its Trends
Students review atomic structure and then participate in a activity in which they categorize several "elements" into some form of order based on their properties. They discuss the trends they see. They also practice several electron...
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Periodic Table & Its Trends-Day 1
Students are introduced to the periodic table. They find the common trends among the electron configurations and the names of certain groups of the table. Students explore the atomic mass, atomic number, mass number, mass and charge...
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Oxidation Numbers
In this oxidation numbers worksheet, students determine the oxidation number for given elements and draw Lewis Dot Diagrams. This worksheet has 6 fill in the blank and 11 short answer questions.
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A Guided Tour of the Periodic Table
In this periodic table activity, students write the chemical symbols for the given elements, compare atomic number and mass number, and describe the importance of valence electrons in the organization of the periodic table. This activity...
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The Magic of Static
Students investigate static electricity. In this physics lesson, students participate in an experiment with balloons to demonstrate how static electricity works.
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Finding Oxidation States
For this chemistry worksheet, students examine the oxidation state in order to apply it in the laboratory setting. The sheet includes in depth background information.
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Organic Chemistry II
In this chemistry worksheet, students write the structures for the compounds illustrated on the sheet. Then they name the compounds whose structures are illustrated in part two. Students also fill in the blanks to complete the paragraph...
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AM Radio Ionosphere Station
Tune in! Young scientists use an AM radio at home to monitor solar output. The long-term project would be ideal in a flipped classroom or as an out-of-class project.
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Magnetism
Pupils study magnetism. In this science instructional activity, students participate in an activity to discover how electrons in a magnet move. Pupils identify items around the classroom that are magnetic.
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Grade 6 Science Quiz
In this grade 6 science quiz, 6th graders complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 6 concepts.
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Space: The Universe As We Know It!
Students simulate the Big Bang. In this lesson on the origin of our universe, students role play to show how the Big Bang explosion may have created our universe.
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Alkali Metals
Students explore the unique properties of alkali metals. In this chemistry lesson, students create a mural of fireworks display after researching its different element components. They write a brief description about an alkali metal used...
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The Many Faces of Energy
In this energy learning exercise, students are given a table of the many measurements of energy. They solve 6 problems converting from one measurement of energy to another using the conversion factors given.
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Covalent Bonds
After a short introduction, chemistry aces get right into drawing electron dot diagrams for covalent bonds. There are only three questions to answer, so this is not a comprehensive worksheet. It can be used when introducing your class to...
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Introduction to the Periodic Table
Eighth graders investigate the different elements of the Periodic Table. In this chemistry lesson, 8th graders pick an element to research, then present to the class using a powerpoint presentation or a poster.