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Chemical Composition of American Coins

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the chemical composition of pennies dated 1983 or later. In this chemical composition of American coins lesson plan, students scratch the surface of the penny to expose the zinc core. They put the penny in...
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More Thermochemistry Problems

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
This two-page assignment covers basic thermochemistry concepts. Chemistry learners identify exothermic and endothermic processes, explain a phase change graph, and draw an energy level diagram. There are no problems to solve, just...
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Balancing Chemical Equations

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Balancing equations means conserving mass; use the presentation to help learners practice this concept. The resource includes 56 equations for your class to practice balancing. Scholars focus on one reaction type at a time. Groups of...
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Conserving Chemical Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students balance chemical equations and solve for gram to mole ratios.
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Equilibrium Problems

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this equilibrium worksheet, students determine the equilibrium concentrations and the equilibrium constant for the given reactions. This worksheet has 5 problems to solve.
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Acids and Bases

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this acids and bases worksheet, learners review the characteristics of acids and bases, pK values, factors that change the rate of reactions, and catalysts. This worksheet has 17 multiple choice questions.
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Chemistry Worksheet 6

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry worksheet, students calculate specific changes that take place with different chemical reactions. Students indicate whether the reactions are endothermic or exothermic and spontaneous or nonspontaneous.
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Hot Gas Or Cold Gas Lab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lab project to study chemical reactions. They use guided questions to help facilitate the lab experience and come to the correct outcomes. The lesson plan does not contain a true understandable objective. The lesson...
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Chemical Equilibrium Worksheet #1

For Students 11th - 12th
In this chemical equilibrium instructional activity, students list 4 ways to increase the concentration of the product. They answer 9 multiple choice questions about equilibrium reactions.
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Reaction Reversibility

For Students 9th - 12th
In this reaction reversibility activity, students find the equilibrium equation for a reaction of two gases and plot their concentrations over time. They answer 12 questions about the chemical reaction.
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An Experiment in Alchemy: Copper to Silver to Gold

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How exciting would it be for your chemistry class to produce their own "gold"? This experiment allows pupils to witness the chemical reaction of copper pennies as they react with zinc and sodium hydroxide to produce "gold" tokens. It is...
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Lab 2: Nanocatalysts Clean Your Car Emissions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Surface area certainly surfaces as a variable for chemical reaction rates. Scholars perform an experiment to discover how the size of catalysts affect the rate of a chemical reaction. They record their results in tables and graphs to...
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Adsorption and Catalysis

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Adsorption, not absorption, is when atoms stick to the surface of an object, like water sticking to a grain of sand. An informative lesson delves into adsorption, teaching physical and chemisorption and the factors that affect them....
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Tie Dye

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers practice writing research proposals to test the color fastness of a dye once it has been exposed to a t-shirt. Each proposal needs details of experimental design, length of treatment, and means of cleaning the shirt. All...
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Moles and Stoichiometry Practice Problems

For Students 9th - 12th
Five practice stoichiometry problems plus their answers fill this chemistry worksheet. Because the answers are spread across the bottom of the page, this would best be used as your class is just learning how to perform mole and mass...
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Types of Chemical Reactions

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students fill in 12 blanks, determine if 5 statements are true or false, match 4 types of reactions with their description and solve 2 problems related to balancing equations and chemical reactions.
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Chemical Reactions

For Students Higher Ed
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students determine the order of a reaction based on experimental results. This worksheet has 5 problems to solve.
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Chemical Reactions

For Students Higher Ed
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students write chemical equations, draw and label isomers, and predict products of chemical reactions. This worksheet has 5 drawings, 1 short answer, and 7 fill in the blank questions.
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Chemical Reactions at Equilibrium

For Students Higher Ed
In this chemical reactions instructional activity, students calculate the value for the equilibrium constant and the equilibrium concentrations for specific reactions. This instructional activity has 6 word problems.
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Chemical Reactions

For Students Higher Ed
For this chemical reactions worksheet, students write the structures or names from molecular formulas. Then students predict the products from reactions given. This worksheet has 9 fill in the blank questions.
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Heat Loss and Gain in Physical Changes and Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students compare and contrast exothermic and endothermic reactions. In this chemistry lesson, students perform experiments to determine whether heat was released or absorbed in a reaction. They share their observations in class.
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Quite a Reaction

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this chemical reaction worksheet, students experiment with soda and Mentos candy to observe a chemical reaction. Students describe the reaction, identify the investigation as descriptive or qualitative and make a prediction if the...
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Using Chemical Change to Identify an Unknown

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
If you discover an unknown powder, how do you determine if it is safe? Lesson uses four different tests to identify the properties of various powders that appear the same. Then scholars get an unknown powder and have to determine which...
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Finding the Formula of Magnesium Oxide

For Students 9th - 12th
Rather than simply matching up the ionic charges on paper, this exercise gets chemists into the lab to determine the chemical formula for magnesium oxide! If a known amount of magnesium is used, an oxidation reaction results in this...