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Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning

Forensic Sciences: A Crime Scene Investigation Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Mr. Bergman has been murdered and we need you to solve the crime! The cross-curricular unit covers 11 different types of forensic science and includes 17 activities. Scholars perform blood type analysis, blood spatter analysis,...
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Curated OER

Properties of Matter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore forms of matter through reading, hands-on science activities, and research using the Internet. Students create a booklet, directions given, that they title and decorate, to later serve as a review visualization...
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Curated OER

Physical and Chemical Properties of Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students experiment with water as a component of suspensions, solutions, and heat conduction contributing to the use of food and the health and wellness of human beings.
Lab Resource
Creative Chemistry

Haloalkanes: Physical Properties

For Students Higher Ed
For this gas activity, students use data tables to compare the density and boiling points of given haloalkanes to complete three short-answer questions.
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Curated OER

Chemistry: Balancing Chemical Equations

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice balancing chemical equations. In this chemistry lesson, 8th graders explain why it is necessary to balance equations. They complete practice worksheets individually.
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Curated OER

States of Matter and Chemical/Physical Changes Stations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students break into four groups, starting at different stations. Each station should take about 10 minutes depending on prior knowledge of the topic. They then rotate when everyone is finished to the next station and discuss answers of...
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Kenan Fellows

Industrial Knowledge of Acids and Bases

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Over a 10-year period, EPA regulations cost businesses less than $30 billion, while businesses saved over $82 billion. Scholars experiment with acids and bases to better understand the pH scale. Then they debate environmental regulation...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Practice Final

For Students 9th - 12th
A full-fledged practice final prepares pupils for their general chemistry final exam. If they complete these 57 multiple-choice questions correctly, they will be well-prepared. Note: even though the questions are multiple-choice, there...
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Curated OER

Chemical Resistance and Synthetic Polymers

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students participate in lab activities in which they examine immersion, stain resistance, and stress cracking of synthetic polymers. Students use their collected data to discuss service applications and possible performance of materials.
Interactive
Curated OER

Petro Products

For Students 5th - 12th
In this petroleum products activity, students are given the components of crude oil and they graph the various products found in a 50 gallon barrel. Students complete an activity to determine if they have collected cards that represent...
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American Chemical Society

Joseph Priestley, Discoverer of Oxygen

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Do you want to hear a joke about nitrogen and oxygen? NO. We all know there is oxygen in the air and that plants produce oxygen, but how was it discovered? Scholars read a handout, answer questions, and analyze material in the...
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Cornell University

Exploring Rocks and Minerals

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Investigate the properties of rocks and minerals through a rockin' hands-on activity. Learners test rocks for various properties and, using a guide, attempt to identify different samples. They use various properties including hardness,...
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Teach Engineering

Red Cabbage Chemistry

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Using the natural pH indicator of red cabbage juice, groups determine the pH of different everyday liquids. As they work, pupils gain an understanding of pH that may help deal with contaminants in the water supply. 
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Curated OER

Acids and Bases: Cabbage Juice Indicator

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders perform tests to identify acids and bases.  In this chemistry lesson, 5th graders identify common household substances as acids or bases using cabbage juice indicator strips.
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NOAA

Ocean Zones

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
How can organisms light up in water? Bioluminescence is light produced in a chemical reaction that can occur in an organism's body. First, learners determine what happens to light/color as you move into the deep ocean. In groups, they...
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Beyond Benign

Solvent Snapshot

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Discover the properties and purpose of chemical solvents. Continuing with the theme of shampoo ingredients, the 10th lesson of this 24-part series investigates the choice of solvents in shampoos. Through their exploration, they learn how...
Lab Resource
Pingry School

The Gelation of Guar Gum with Borax

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Some of kids' favorite toys are the products of science experiments. Scholars follow precise measurements to mix and create their own slime and Play-Doh. They observe the changing textures and the chemical reactions throughout the...
PPT
Curated OER

Biology Jeopardy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Play Jeopardy as you review what might possibly be an entire year's high school biology course! The vast variety of questions requires that you read through the slides to make sure that they all relate to your curriculum. You could make...
Assessment
Curated OER

2005 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad - Local Section Exam

For Students 9th - 12th
National Chemistry Olympiad tests are released after their use each year, since they cannot use them again for this event. The result: outstanding comprehensive assessment resources for general chemistry classes! This 2005 version covers...
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Exploring Hydrophobic Core

For Students 9th - 12th
How do the hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions of a protein affect its shape? Science scholars explore the molecular properties of protein molecules using a detailed interactive. The resource allows the user to rotate the protein, view...
Interactive
Royal Society of Chemistry

Tests for Anions

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
The anode, the positive electrode, attracts negative charges, which is why we call negatively charged atoms anions. The interactive allows pupils to match six different anions to the associated properties when testing. Offering four...
Lab Resource
Pingry School

An Introduction to Qualitative Analysis

For Students 9th - 12th
Compounds take on different properties than their elemental components. How can scientists determine those elements? A lab-based activity has learners explore several double replacement reactions to analyze compounds qualitatively. They...
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American Chemical Society

Forming a Precipitate

For Teachers 5th
Things are getting a little slippery in an inquiry-based activity studying precipitates. Learners use soap and Alka-Seltzer tablets to create different mixtures with water. They then study the properties of the mixtures including their...
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Curated OER

Matters of Milk and Marshmallows

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars observe a teacher demonstration o classifying matter by its physical properties of shape and size. After discussing the definition of matter, students describe the state of matter. They sing a song to the tune of "Bingo."...

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