Curated OER
Everything about Equations
In this chemical reactions instructional activity, students are given fifteen unbalanced equations and they must identify the reaction types, the phases of the products, the signs that a chemical change occurred and the sum of the...
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Understanding Chemical Equations
In this chemical equations learning exercise, students identify the reactants and the products, state what phase each is in, and state the mole ratios of all the products and reactants. Students complete 10 problems.
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Esters: The Secret of Natural and Synthetic Fragrances
Students investigate esters, make an ester and detect esters in natural foods and plants. In this esters lesson plan, students detect smells of hidden objects, produce an ester using peas, brown sugar and apple and demonstrate how to...
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The Bio-fuel Project: Creating Bio-diesel
Students investigate bio-fuel. In this investigative lesson, students create bio-fuel from vegetable oil waste. Students will analyze, predict, collect and synthesize data from their experiments with bio-fuel.
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Role of Energy in Reactions
In this energy worksheet, students determine the enthalpy of exothermic and endothermic reactions. This worksheet has 1 fill in the blank and 4 short answer questions.
Curated OER
Speed me up, Scotty!
Students describe and define chemical reactions. They design a laboratory experiment, collect data and analyze data.
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Le Chatelier's Principle
In this chemical equilibrium worksheet, students read about how additions to a system can shift the equilibrium. Students then apply the Le Chatelier's Principle to solve 5 problems.
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Le Chatelier's Principle
For this chemical equilibrium worksheet, pupils review Le Chatelier's Principle and predict the direction of equilibrium shift for different changes to a chemical reactions. Students also review enthalpy and entropy. This worksheet has...
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Nanaotechnology: Small Science, BIG DEAL!
Pupils read an article that introduces them to the science and applications of nanotechnology. They discuss the the everyday examples of how nanotechnology is and can be used. In small groups, they observe and make inferences about...
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A Self Directed Inquiry into the Identification of Unknowns
Learners gain experience in designing an experiment and use logic in selecting specific tests for unknowns. Students recognize the use of spreadsheets in helping one to make clear comparisons.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Catalytic Converters: Chemistry of Air Pollution
In this cooperative worksheet young scholars will see how catalysts inside catalytic converters speed up the oxidation of fuel and lessen the air pollution from cars.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physical Science: Catalysts
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How catalysts work and their role in living things.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Types of Catalysts
What is a catalyst? This Khan Academy resource includes examples of enzymes, acid-base catalysis, and heterogeneous (or surface) catalysis.
Other
The Catalyst Chemistry Resources for Teachers
This site directs teachers to relevant information for use in the teaching of chemistry. The site's content includes projects, demos, labs and activities, and more.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Physics & Chemistry: Catalysis
Gives definition of catalysis, an explanation of how it works, different kinds of catalysis and examples, substances that impact on the catalytic process, the many applications of catalysis, and a history of catalyst technology.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Chemistry: Kinetics and Equilibrium
Through interactive activities in a module format, students learn about kinetics, collision theory, reaction rates, and rate laws. They will calculate rate laws from experimental data, concentration and time, and half-life of a reaction....
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: A Catalyst and the Rate of Reaction
Students observe and investigate how a catalyst increases the rate of a chemical reaction while not becoming part of the products of the reaction.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 6: Chemical Change
Twelve interactive chemistry lessons about chemical changes complete with handouts and animations.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: A Catalyst and the Rate of Reaction
Watch and learn about two hydrogen peroxide reactions in which potassium permanganate is the catalyst.
US National Archives
Nara: A New Chemistry for Carbon
This National Archives and Records Administration site describes the discovery of fullerenes, a new allotrope of carbon. The chemical properties of fullerenes, their uses, and possible potential as catalysts or superconductors is mentioned.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Chemistry for Kids: Chemical Reactions
A site discussing chemical reactions in chemistry including reaction rate, types of reactions, reagents, reactants, catalysts, and inhibitors.
Simon Fraser University
Chem1 Virtual Textbook: Dynamics of Chemical Change
Dynamics of chemical change is a section of a larger overview on Chemistry, which covers a variety of aspects. This particular section focuses on kinetics and mechanism, kinetics, and catalysts. Examples, formulas, and pictures are...
Biology Pages
Kimball's Biology Pages: Enzymes
This is a good page for explaining the development and function of enzymes. It includes links to help with the chemistry and the biology that comes up.
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Hompage
ChemCenter, available from the American Chemical Society, provides chemistry news, reference sources and other public services.