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CK-12 Foundation

Sedimentary Rock Classification: How Old is That Layer?

For Students 9th - 12th
A timely resource illustrates the effects of the passing years on sedimentary rock formation! Young geologists discover just how long it takes to create shale, slate, and other sedimentary rocks. The interactive also shows...
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CK-12 Foundation

Cellular Respiration: Can Photosynthesis Be Reversed?

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Cellular respiration and photosynthesis relate closely, but many don't realize how. Scholars drag and drop the reactants and products to the chemical reactions for both processes. Then they answer three multiple-choice questions.
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Nuffield Foundation

Assessing Human Hearing

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Young scientists explore hearing through multiple experiments, demonstrations, and activities. They focus on the changes in hearing over a lifetime, how we can determine where a sound is coming from, and the ability to filter noises.
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Nuffield Foundation

Going up in Smoke

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Don't let all your hard work go up in smoke. Pupils conduct an experiment to see the harmful effects of cigarette smoke. They observe how smoke changes the color of white wool and an indicator solution.
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Serendip

How Do We Sense the Flavors of Food?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
We taste with our taste buds, so why do flavors change when we have a stuffy nose? Scholars experiment with taste testing while holding their noses and then while smelling. They record their observations in pairs and come together to...
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Syracuse University

American Industrial Revolution

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
While the Industrial Revolution may have fueled America's rise to the top of world markets, the child laborers often faced dangerous conditions. Using primary source images and other information, scholars consider what these children...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Winogradsky Columns: Microbial Ecology in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Winogradsky columns are ideal for observing the role of bacteria and other microorganisms in an ecosystem. This student activity guide is complete with data tables for observations and analysis questions for processing what was observed....
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Curated OER

Studying with Chemical Compounds

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a foldable to help them remember topics on chemical compounds. In this physical science lesson, students differentiate ionic and covalent compounds. Given certain compounds, they identify whether it's ionic or covalent.
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Curated OER

Baggie Science

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work in groups and observe chemical reactions inside zip-lock bags. They use all of their senses, except taste, to observe the reactions.
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Curated OER

Time For A Change: Illustrated Plates

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students create illustrated plastic plate designs depicting a physical, chemical, or biological change of some kind after investigating the artwork of porcelain artist Kataro Shirayamadani.
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Curated OER

Ammonium Nitrate - Heat of Solution

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students quantify the relationship between temperature, energy and heat and define an endothermic reaction. They measure the energy change caused by dissolving one mole of ammonium nitrate in water.
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Curated OER

From Granite to Paper

For Students 6th - 9th
In this weathering learning exercise, students read about physical and chemical weathering and how kaolin in used in paper. Then students complete 4 short answer questions.
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Curated OER

pH Potential

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners experiment to determine the positive and negative impacts of human activities on environmental change. They examine how physical and biological processes such as decomposition affect soil characteristics while looking at the pH...
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Curated OER

Determination of a Rate Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the rate law for a chemical reaction. They use graphical techniques in the analysis of experimental data.
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Curated OER

Outcomes Science 4: Earth & Beyond

For Teachers 7th - 10th
In this earth and beyond science worksheet, students read through 11 pages of information on weather, global warming, climate change and other related topics. There are many website links on the pages that provide additional information...
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Curated OER

Thermometric Titration of an Unknown Acid

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the number of ionizable hydrogen's in an unknown acid and determine the equivalent weight of an unknown acid. They determine the enthalpy change for the ionization of an unknown acid.
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Curated OER

Your Digestive System

For Students 9th
For this digestive system worksheet, 9th graders identify and explain any difference found in color of the mixtures in two glasses. Then they determine what enzyme was produced by glands in the mouth changing the starch in a chewed cracker.
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Curated OER

Soda Bottle Boat

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners explore chemical reactions. In this chemical reaction lesson, students conduct an experiment observing chemical reactions.
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Curated OER

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the difference between chemical and physical weathering. They explore the effects of climate on the weathering process.
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Curated OER

Blue

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students follow directions for a simple chemical experiment. They use the appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data. Students identify a substance that has characteristic properties, such as density, a...
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Curated OER

AP Chemistry-Chemical Kinetics

For Students 10th - 12th
In this kinetics activity, students find rate laws of reactions, they determine rate constants, they find rate-determining steps of reactions, they find half-life's of reactions and they determine the overall order of reactions.
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Curated OER

Chemical Calculations and Chemical Formulas

For Students 11th - 12th
In this stoichiometry worksheet, students calculate molar masses, empirical and molecular formulas to solve 105 problems and short answer questions.
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Curated OER

Chemical Equilibria

For Students Higher Ed
In this equilibria instructional activity, students are given detailed information about LeChatelier's principle and how to solve equilibrium problems. They then calculate concentrations of compounds in solutions.
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Curated OER

Alchemy and Chemical Symbols

For Students 7th - 11th
In this alchemy learning exercise, learners read about how alchemists kept their experiment notes in secret code. Students design their own secret code for the given elements. This learning exercise has 2 problems to solve.

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