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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Jupiter's "Monstrous" Magnetosphere

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore Jupiter's magnetosphere. In this Jupiter instructional activity, students examine a diagram of the magnetic field that surrounds Jupiter.
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Activity
American Museum of Natural History

Light Quest

For Students 6th - 12th
Grab a partner and shed some light on light. A remote learning resource has scholars play a board game to answer trivia questions about light. They also read about how Einstein contributed to the understanding of light as both a wave and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Solar Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research the solar cycle. In this Science lesson, students use the internet to investigate the solar cycle. Students produce a spreadsheet and graph from the information collected.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Crystal Field Theory

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this crystal field theory worksheet, students practice using the theory to calculate high and low spin octahedral complexes. This worksheet has 10 problems to solve.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tracking and Tracing Sunspots

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine sunspots. In this sunspot instructional activity, students use applets to investigate the movement of sunspots. Students research sunspots and evaluate the rotation of the sun. Lesson references outside resources not...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Space: The Final Frontier

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders construct a graph to demonstration information that they've learned about the solary system. They also write or illustrate a sonar or lunar eclipse.
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eBook
Crescent Public Schools

The Internet Science Room: Electron Configuration and Orbital Diagrams

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use this chemistry tutorial to guide their understand of electron configuration and orbital diagrams.
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eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Multi Electron Atoms: Audio Book

For Students 9th - 10th
This audio book, narrated by author Mark Bishop, describes how to write regular and abbreviated electron configurations, and how to draw orbital diagrams. Also find links to animations, tutorials, power points, and chapter maps about...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Paired and Unpaired Electrons: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will point out the difference between electron pairs and unpaired electrons in an atom using orbital diagrams. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Paired and Unpaired Electrons."
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Interactive
Davidson College

Davidson College: Visualization of Atomic Orbitals: Hybrid Orbitals

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the creation of hybrid orbitals and presents their electron density plots and energy diagrams. Requires Java.
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Handout
Michael Blaber, PhD

Fsu: Basic Concepts of Chemical Bonding: Exceptions to the Octet Rule

For Students 9th - 10th
Lists the exceptions to the octet rule and provides a discussion and diagrams explaining each one. Includes clear diagrams illustrating this concept.
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Atoms From a to Easy!

For Students 9th - 10th
Electron orbitals. Diagonal rule. Dot diagrams. The periodic table. There's so much to know about the tiniest building blocks of life- atoms. [4:41]
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Hund's Rules

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent overview of Hund's Rules. Discusses all three rules thoroughly with provided diagrams.
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PPT
Other

Organic Chemistry: Octet Rule

For Students 9th - 10th
This slide presentation contains a description of the octet rule, as well as many related topics.
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eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Modern Atomic Theory [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The modern atomic theory chapter from "An Introduction to Chemistry", describes electrons, electron orbitals, and how to draw orbital diagrams. Many pictures and examples help to explain the information. Also find a detailed chapter...
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eBook
Chiral Publishing

Chiral Publishing: An Introduction to Chemistry: Modern Atomic Theory: Power Point [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This power point highlights the main ideas about modern atomic theory from the online textbook "An Introduction to Chemistry". Step by step instructions are given to write electron configurations and draw orbital diagrams. Also includes...
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eBook
Crescent Public Schools

The Internet Science Room: Quantum Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th
Using diagrams, illustrated examples, and student practice this chemistry class tutorial explains quantum numbers.