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What is Plastic?
Students experiment with plastics. In this what is plastic lesson, students make a simple polymer and discuss recycling. Students identify various types of plastics.
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Jeopardy 8th Grade (Science)
There are so many topics touched upon in this Jeopardy-style science game, that it is difficult to classify! The categories include electricity, matter, ecology, earth and space, and scientific investigation. This would best be used at...
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GCSE Module 6 Revision Guide-Chemistry-Oil, Fossil Fuels and Earth's Atmosphere
In this oil, fossil fuels and Earth's atmosphere worksheet, students answer 3 questions about the origin of oil and its uses, the effects of burning oil and fossil fuels on the Earth's atmosphere and the origin and maintenance of the...
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The Effects of Temperature on Chemical Mixtures
Students explore chemical cahnges and the effect of temperature on chemical mixturees, They make observations of the behavior and appearance of certain chemical mixtures and reactions.
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Curds and Whey
In this chemical reaction worksheet, students investigate the reaction that makes curds and whey. They mix milk and vinegar and run it through cheesecloth to collect the solid. Students make observations, read about curds and whey, and...
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Solubility and Intermolecular Forces
In this solubility and intermolecular force instructional activity, students are given 26 clues about forces between molecules such as hydrogen bonds and London forces and about solubility of solutions.
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Chemistry
In this chemistry instructional activity, students describe an atom, its parts, the charges of these parts, and atoms life functions. Then they explain what the octet rule states for the placements of electrons around the nucleus of an...
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Studying with Chemical Compounds
Students create a foldable to help them remember topics on chemical compounds. In this physical science instructional activity, students differentiate ionic and covalent compounds. Given certain compounds, they identify whether it's...
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Earth and Beyond
In this earth and beyond worksheet, students answer short answer questions about the atmosphere, the chemical compounds in Earth's atmosphere. Students visit different websites to conduct research of the discoveries of the scientist who...
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Esters: An Introduction to Organic Chemistry Reactions
Scratch and sniff an introduction to organic chemical reactions. A creative lesson has individuals study the esters commonly used in scratch-and-sniff stickers and advertisements. Following the lab procedure, scholars create the organic...
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Chromatography of Plant Pigments
Through a hands-on activity, an acetone-spinach solution is pre-made and learners use this solution to separate the pigments found in spinach using chromatography. The comprehensive resource includes an analysis and conclusion...
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Chapter 16 Review- General Science
In this review of general science learning exercise, students classify examples of matter as mixtures or substances, homogeneous or heterogeneous mixtures, or elements or compounds. Students also convert several examples using the...
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Solubility
In this solubility worksheet, students calculate the final concentrations of the ions involved in a chemical mixture. Students calculate the solubility of different compounds. This worksheet has 13 problems to solve.
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Chemical Reactions at Equilibrium
In this chemical reactions learning exercise, students calculate the value for the equilibrium constant and the equilibrium concentrations for specific reactions. This learning exercise has 6 word problems.
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It's a Mixed Up World!
Students examine the importance of applying the scientific knowledge of elements, mixtures, and compounds to manufacture consumer goods and conduct civil operations, such as water purification. They also practice categorizing examples...
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Elements and the Periodic Table
Students are introduced to the elements on the Periodic Table and what is meant by element. Using the Table, they identify the name, atomic mass, number and symbol of each element. To end the lesson, they discover the characteristics...
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Elements And Atoms
High schoolers investigate the concept of elements and atoms. They conduct research using a variety of resources and use the information in order to create a class presentation. The lesson includes specific dialogue and steps for the...
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Atoms and molecules
In this chemistry instructional activity, students find the words that are related to atoms and molecules. The answers are found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
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Are Fruits And Vegetables Really Made of Cells?
High schoolers design and carry out an exercise to determine if a given fruit or vegetable is composed of cells. They dissect out sections of the fruit or vegetable, prepare stained slides, and make observations under a compound microscope.
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Dimensional Analysis Worksheet
In this dimensional analysis worksheet, students solve six word problems using dimensional analysis to solve for an unknown. These include finding density, and converting from one unit to another. They also categorize samples as...
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Extracting Oxygen from Moon Rocks
In this extracting oxygen from moon rocks worksheet, students read about the need for oxygen for lunar colonists. Students solve 2 problems about the lunar mineral ilmenite which contains oxygen and other elements. They find the molar...
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What's in Wetland Soil?
Students examine the organic and inorganic components of soil. For this environmental science lesson, students identify the factors that influence soil formation. They collect soil samples, conduct tests, and analyze the results.
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Lab: Percent of Composition of KClO3
Students find the percent of oxygen in potassium chlorate. In this percent composition lesson plan, students heat a solution of potassium chlorate using a catalyst, manganese dioxide, to decompose the potassium chlorate and release...
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What Are Elements?
Learners investigate elements by by defining scientific terms. In this Periodic Table of Elements lesson, students utilize a glass of water, and powdered fruit drink to perform a lab activity demonstrating properties of certain...