Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Molecular Workbench Database: Chemical Reactions and Stoichiometry

For Students 9th - 10th
This simulation helps students investigate the basics of chemical equations. Students will review stoichiometry and what effects their reaction rates.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: How Do You Know When a Chemical Reaction Has Occurred?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
With this simple Inquiry lab students will be introduced to chemical reactions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Types of Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, studnets will classify a chemical reaction as a combination, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement, or combustion reaction....
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Controlling Amount of Products in a Chemical Reaction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students analyze the chemical equation for the reaction between vinegar and baking soda. They observe that the gas produced in the reaction is also part of the products of the written chemical equation.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Temperature and Rate of a Chemical Reaction

For Students 9th - 10th
Watch molecules collide with enough energy that bonds break and form new bonds in a chemical reaction.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Introduction to Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
The objective of this article is to explain the concept of chemical reactions and the types of chemical reactions.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Recognizing Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will add 4 chemicals to a beaker and observe the changes that take place. They will classify them as physical or chemical changes.
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Wyzant

Wyzant: Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
A good resource on chemical reactions, organized by topic: "Examples of chemical changes," "Chemical equations of chemical reactions," "Balancing equations," "Synthesis reactions," "Decomposition reactions," "Single replacement...
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Chemical Reactions

For Students 1st - 6th
What is a chemical reaction? Learn about chemical equations, the four types of chemical reactions, and other fun facts.
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Chem Tutor

Chem Tutor: Chemistry: Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on chemical reactions including what they are and an explanation of each part of a chemical equation.
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Measuring Reaction Rates

For Students 9th - 10th
There are a variety of rates scientists measure when studying chemical reactions. This resource highlights five rates often measured.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: Trb 5:1 Activity 6: Chemical Change

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this fifth grade activity, students explore how matter changes during a chemical reaction.
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The Wonder of Science

The Wonder of Science: Ms Ps1 2: Chemical Properties and Reactions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-PS1-2: chemical properties and reactions.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Chemical Properties of Matter

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of chemical property and examples of the chemical properties of matter.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: On Fire

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the chemical reactions that take place when things burn in this interactive activity from the NOVA Web site.
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: Carbon Dioxide Can Make a Solution Acidic

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners explain that carbon dioxide from any source reacts chemically with water to form carbonic acid. They will also be able to use the color changes of universal indicator to monitor the changing pH of a solution during a chemical...
Website
Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Ten Signs of Chemical Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides the ten signs that tell when a chemical change has occured. Each sign has a detailed explanation.
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Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: Introduction to Balancing Redox Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
The objective of this article is to introduce how to balance redox reaction chemical equations in neutral solution.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Crime Scene Chemistry: The Light of Luminol

For Students 9th - 10th
Experiment with the chemical called luminol, which emits a blue light when it reacts with other chemicals. This science fair project explores whether temperature affects the amount of light emitted. The Science Buddies project ideas are...
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Chem4kids

Chem4 Kids: Chemical vs. Physical Changes

For Students 5th - 8th
Identify chemical and physical changes and the differences between the two.
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Chem Tutor

Chem Tutor: Single Replacement Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
Information and examples on single and double replacement reactions, also called single displacement, single substitution, or activity replacement and double displacement, or metathesis. Practice problems with answers are available.
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Chem Tutor

Chem Tutor: Types of Common Ionic Reaction: Synthesis Reactions

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief description of synthesis reactions with a couple of examples. Scroll up or down to see this page's other content related to ionic reactions.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Chemical Properties of Matter

For Students 9th - 10th
Definition of chemical property and examples of the chemical properties of matter. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Copper Caper

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A nice little activity where students make dull pennies shiny again using vinegar and salt.