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BioEd Online

Bio Ed Online: Finding the Carbon in Sugar

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn that fossil fuels release energy when they are burned, and this takes the forms of light, heat, gases, etc. For this lesson they explore combustion with a candle and with sugar. The lesson and accompanying PowerPoint can...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Carbon Dioxide

For Students 3rd - 8th
PBS site offers an experiment kids can do at home to see how carbon dioxide can put out burning candles.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: What Is a Chemical Reaction?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After observing a demonstration of a chemical reaction between a burning candle and the oxygen in the air, students use atom model cut-outs to model the reaction and see that all the atoms in the reactants show up in the products.
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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Color of Stars

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students observe colors in the flame of a burning candle to explore connections between matter, light, color, and temperature, the basic concepts of matter and energy.

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