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Poster Assignment: Sports Chemistry
Tenth graders distinguish between chemical and physical properties and changes in matter when given specific examples. They view a video of sports activities. Students chose their favorite sport and design an experiment to improve sports...
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Alkaline-Earth Metals
Learners study the importance of alkaline earth metals. In this metals lesson students research the minerals that are essential for human health.
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Anhydrides, Acid Rain and Titrations
In this chemical compounds worksheet, students determine is compounds will act as acids or bases when added to water. Students compare basic, acidic, and amphoteric anhydrides. This worksheet has 15 fill in the blank, 2 short answer...
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AP Chemistry Chapter 9
In this AP Chemistry worksheet, students apply concepts of electron configuration to accurately answer the questions provided. Students also draw Lewis structures of the given elements. Students estimate the enthalpy of formation as well...
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Help Wanted: A Lighting Engineer For Popular Rock Group
Students are assigned to groups, and determine each member's role in the group. They will design an experiment to determine a way to produce the three primary and five secondary colors. Students discuss color and mood. They listen to a...
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The Rates of Chemical Reactions
In this chemistry worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 25 questions on chemical reactions. They identify common terminologies used in describing chemical reactions.
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Bouncing Balls
Students create a polymer ball in the lab. For this chemistry lesson, students identify the different properties of the polymer they created. They explain what type of chemical reaction took place.
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Scientific Graphs
Students organize data collected from their experiments using graphs. In this statistics and biology lesson, students organize their scientific data from an article into readable graphs. They define the usefulness of their graph and...
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Furniture at Blakesley Hall
In this Blakesley Hall worksheet, students read about the furniture at Blakesley Hall in Yardley. This is all furniture from the 1600s and drawing are included with the descriptions.
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Oxyanions
In this oxyanions activity, students identify the common polyatomic ions. They write formulas and name polyatomic ions based on IUPAC rules.
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Structure of the Atom
Students practice drawing the atomic structure of several different elements. They complete critical thinking questions about atomic structure and compare the atomic mass units for different ions and isotopes of an element.
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Physical Science Project-Atom
Fifth graders investigate atoms. In this atom lesson, 5th graders investigate the parts of an atom. Students explore atom numbers and determine the number of electrons is in each atom.
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Chemistry: Balancing Chemical Equations
Eighth graders practice balancing chemical equations. For this chemistry lesson, 8th graders explain why it is necessary to balance equations. They complete practice worksheets individually.
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Alkalis and Salts
Gamification is an educational sensation! Young scientists build their acid-base vocabulary skills through a series of puzzles focused on bases and the salts they form. The challenging activity comes complete with a printable version and...
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Physical and Chemical Changes
Eighth graders view a PowerPoint presentation that assist them in distinguishing between physical and chemical changes. They compare their observations of demonstrations to a list of clues recognizing types of changes.
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One for the Money
Eighth graders sort items as they are shown one at a time by the teacher. They attempt to identify the one physical trait the teacher is looking for (metal and not metal). After several objects have been shown and placed in groups, the...
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Flame Test
Students conduct a flame test on different substances. In this chemistry lesson, students predict the element present based on the color emitted during the flame test. They explain how different elements produce different colors.
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Gopher, Part 2: Gopherin'
Students explore how to access a gopher site using a root menu. Several options are presented with their definitions and the fastest routes examined in this lesson plan. The lesson plan is designed for librarians with little or no net...
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Matter and Chemical Bonding
For this chemical bonding worksheet, students read about the invisible killer, dihydrogen monoxide. Students read about the products it is used in and the problems it causes to the environment. Then students complete 19 short answer...
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Pounds of Pollution
Students examine pollutants and investigate air pollution emitted by a car in a year. In this air pollution lesson plan students complete an activity and make calculations.
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Properties of Compounds and Chemical Formulas
Young chemists have unknown compounds they need to sort. Performing three different tests on each, the chemical behaviors they observe become the basis for data analysis.
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Solution Concentrations
What happens when you combine 6.022 times 10 to the 23 piles of dirt into one? You make a mountain out of a mole hill. Scholars use dehydration to obtain percent composition and then calculate the molarity of the original...
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Chemical Names and Formulas
Abracadabra! Provide your class with the tools to perform a chemical "magic show" as they predict the charges of various ions, determine ionic compound formulas, and make observations to determine when a chemical reaction between...
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Chemical Bonds
How are chemical bonds similar and how are they different? Provide your young chemists with the resources to more thoroughly understand the concepts of ionic and covalent bonds. Pupils research these topics, diagram examples of each...