PPT
Glynn County School System

Light, History, Gravity, Distance, Relativity, and Space-Time

For Students 6th - 12th
Let the star's color be the guide! The color of a star indicates its temperature and its mass and distance affect the gravitational force. The lesson presentations address these concepts as well as how the theory of special relativity...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Midnight Dumpers

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars explain how pollution affects ground water. They participate in a simulation to discover the location of an illegal dump. Students explore the monetary benefits, risk and environmental concerns are factors in business...
PPT
Curated OER

Atoms, Molecules and Ions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Atomic theory, experiments that contributed to our knowledge of matter, atomic structure, isotopes, and ions are covered in these 33 slides. Quality diagrams and labeled charts will help activate understanding. The presentation concludes...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Isotopes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Lead your class through the amazing world of isotopes as they investigate the various properties they contain and further understand their respective location on the periodic table. They explore half-lives and radioactivity as each...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Average Atomic Masses

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Facilitate learning by using small objects to teach the principles of atomic mass in your science class. Pupils determine the average mass of varying beans as they perform a series of competitive experiments. They gather data and...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Solution Concentrations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What happens when you combine 6.022 times 10 to the 23 piles of dirt into one? You make a mountain out of a mole hill. Scholars use dehydration to obtain percent composition and then calculate the molarity of the original...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Nature of Salt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students record information from the periodic table for sodium and chloride. They determine whether salts are molecular or ionic compounds, along with sodium chloride's molecular weight, and relative weights
Interactive
Curated OER

All About Circuits ~ Atomic Structure

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this interactive Internet  assignment, physical science investigators answer 11 questions about the atom, the subatomic particles, and atomic structure. They can click on "Reveal Answer" to discover if they are correct. They also...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Science Meets Artistry: the Work of Cai Guo-Qiang

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss and examine the work of artist Cai Guo-Qiang.  In this art lesson, students analyze how cultural and historical factors impact the visual arts. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Water Cycle

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore ways water moves through various reservoirs on Earth, examine how human activities change water cycle, investigate substances present in water that indicate human activity, and discuss how understanding water cycle...
Worksheet
Curated OER

The Atom

For Students 6th - 12th
In this atom worksheet, learners read about the parts of the atom and how atoms combine into molecules and compounds. Students learn how to read a periodic table. This worksheet has 20 fill in the blank and 10 matching questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hydrogen Powered Cars

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners apply the principles of chemistry to investigate the concept of how a hydrogen powered car works. They study the electrochemical reactions that provide the energy source. Students also record observations in the functioning of a...
Writing
Curated OER

Inside an Atom

For Students 9th - 12th
In this atom worksheet, students read about the history of the discovery of the atom. Students write a story, poem, song or other creative project in which they shrink to an incredibly small size and are trapped in a carbon atom.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Matter, Matter

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define vocabulary related to the parts of the atom.  In this matter lesson, students navigate the web to find the structure and the forces that affect atoms.  Students complete an experiment with positive and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Carbon Cycle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the carbon cycle, periodic table, and photosynthesis and respiration. They analyze the periodic table and how it is organized, then complete the "Elementary, Dear Watson" worksheet. Students then examine a carbon...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Why Do Atoms Combine?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this atom worksheet, students will complete 8 fill in the blank statements based on the different parts of an atom. Then students will explain how the arrangement of electrons in an atom is related to the periodic table.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Outcomes Science 4: Earth & Beyond

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this earth and beyond science worksheet, young scholars read through an 18 page packet containing information and questions pertaining to global carbon cycles. There are website links available on the pages where additional...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Classifying Matter Game

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the different states of matter. In this chemistry lesson plan, students differentiate the physical properties of the three states. They apply what they learned by playing a team game at the end of the lesson plan.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ecology: Effects of Land Use on Natural Streams

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine how humans affect various ecosystems. In this ecology instructional activity, 8th graders discuss different ways that contaminants enter the stream. They explain the consequences of eutrophication in lakes.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ions in the Environment

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explain the importance of the five main biogeochemical cycles. In this chemistry instructional activity, students discuss how ions are transported in the environment. They design an experiment to collect data on eutrophication.
Handout
Other

Chemical Element: Periodic Table: Gadolinium

For Students 9th - 10th
Basic properties of the element Gadolinium Includes Bohr model.
Handout
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental Periodic Table of Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
This page displays the Periodic Table of Elements and allows you to click each individual element for a page that displays in-depth information about that particular element. There are also links to many different games and learning...
Graphic
Curated OER

[Bohr Model of Vanadium]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chemical Elemnts provides a good deal of infromation on the transition metal vanadium on this web site.
Activity
Museum of Science

The Atom's Family: Mighty Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students construct models of molecules using marshmallows and gum drops.