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What Is Chemistry, Anyway?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students differentiate physical and chemical change. In this chemistry lesson, students list examples of those changes. They apply what they learned in a Jeopardy style team game.
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Empirical Formulas

For Students 9th - 12th
For this empirical formulas worksheet, students read about determining empirical formulas from chemical formulas. They determine the empirical formula given ten molecular formulas. They also find the molecular formulas given the mass and...
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Six Types of Reactions

For Students 9th - 12th
In this types of chemical reactions worksheet, high schoolers fill in 5 blanks with the proper type of chemical reaction described in the sentence. Students balance 5 equations and identify the type of chemical reaction for each equation.
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Catering Middle-School Science: Monomers, Polymers, and Macromolecules

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate foods. For this biology lesson plan, students will conduct testing on different types of foods as they learn about different molecules that make them up. Students will also learn about the shapes of the molecules.
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Advanced Lewis Structures

For Students Higher Ed
For this Lewis structures worksheet, students are given molecules that they must draw Lewis structures for and identify the total number of electrons. They also calculate charges on molecules, determine stability and draw the Lewis...
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Working with Moles

For Students 9th - 12th
In this moles worksheet, students read about mass, formula mass and moles. They calculate the masses of given numbers of moles of compounds and they calculate the number of moles of given masses of compounds.
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Matter, Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners define vocabulary related to the parts of the atom.  In this matter instructional activity, students navigate the web to find the structure and the forces that affect atoms.  Learners complete an experiment with...
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Balancing Equations Challenge

For Students 9th - 12th
In this balancing equations worksheet, students identify the number of atoms in given molecules and compounds and they balance ten equations by placing the proper coefficients in front of the reactants and products.
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How Do Atoms Stick Together?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical bonding activity, high schoolers answer 10 questions about ionic bonding, covalent bonding, metallic bonding, Lewis structures, and intermolecular forces.
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Formula of a Hydrate Lab

For Students 10th - 12th
In this hydrate worksheet, students find the formula of an unknown salt by determining the mass of water in the heated compound. Students burn off the water and record data to establish the final mass and formula of the hydrate.
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Organic Chemistry-Understanding Organic Reactions

For Students 9th - 12th
In this organic reactions worksheet, high schoolers are given descriptions of the seven types of reaction of organic compounds. They then answer six questions about these reactions.
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Bhopal - Covalent Bonding

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Using the chemicals that leaked in the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, chemists examine covalent bonds. Provide for them the chemical reactions and have them draw Lewis diagrams for the molecules involved. That's about all there is to the...
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Kernel Power" Ethanol Fuel from Corn

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students study why corn is a biodegradable, renewable resource.  For this ethanol lesson students build models and observe a chemical reaction.
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Fun Polymer Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students add borax to a latex polymer and play with it to see the characteristics it now contains. In this polymer lesson plan, students see if it stretches, if it's durable, if the molecules break easily, and more.
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Ammonium Nitrate - Efficient Fertilizers

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students study the chemistry of ammonium nitrate and consider the advantages and disadvantages of this compound. They compare different fertilizers and calculate the molar mass and percent nitrogen in the different fertilizers.
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The Structure of Materials

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm what matter is and how they define it. They construct a water molecule with marshmallows and toothpicks. In addition, they watch videos to explore the use the idea of nanoscience to investigate the properties of...
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Molecular Models Laboratory

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students use models to visualize molecular structures. Students read about Lewis dot structures, hybridization, and formal charge. Then students build and draw the molecules and ions given. Students complete 11 pre-lab questions and 4...
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Iron Oxide Lab: Incorporating Math and Science

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment in small groups, draw conclusions about the amount heat of a compound achieves and practice their data analysis skills.
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Displacement Reactions and Acid/Base Reactions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemical reactions instructional activity, students review the solubility rules for common salts. Students determine the molecular equation, ionic equation, and net ionic equation for specific reactions. Students calculate moles...
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Oxygen

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore oxygen and its physical and chemical propeties.  In this investigative activity students complete several experiments using oxygen.
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Ammonium Nitrate- Stoichiometry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students quantify the relationship between moles and mass. They comprehend that ammonium nitrate is used as a fertilizer and an explosive. Students study the chemistry of ammonium nitrate and consider the advantages and disadvantages of...
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Carboxylic Acid and its Derivatives

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this carboxylic acid learning exercise, students are given five problems to complete. Included are to name 10 given compounds, draw four compounds given their names, and complete 6 chemical reactions.
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Acids, Bases and Solutions

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the precipitate. The presentation covers solutions, suspensions, solubility, dissociation, and acid/base reactions. This is the 19th lesson in a series of 26.
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Exam Review: Chemistry Calculations

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry calculations review worksheet, students solve 33 review problems about titrations, precipitates, pressure and volume of gases, combustion reactions, heat of combustion, molar concentrations and molecular formulas.