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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Molecules to the Max!—Teacher's Discovery Guide

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Molecules to the Max! refers to a movie released in 2009 about the world of atoms and molecules. A helpful discovery guide provides five posters on science topics typically covered at the middle school level. It also explains the...
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Museum of Science

goREACT

For Students 7th - 12th
Beginning Boyles and curious Curies can safely experiment with the virtual mixing of elements using this entertaining application. 
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2001 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part I

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Sixty multiple-choice questions test on a variety of first year chemistry subjects. In order to succeed, exam takers must be competent with properties of elements, stoichiometry problems, gas laws, bond dissociation, and types of...
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Element Research Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research elements on interactive Internet periodic tables, take notes using Inspiration software, and write descriptive paragraphs with graphics. They create presentations.
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An Alien Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers construct a periodic table based on the physical and chemical properties of elements. In this chemistry instructional activity, students share their work with the class and explain why they classified the elements that way.
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The Big Bang

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders relate the elements in the human body to those produced during a supernova. In this space science and chemistry activity, 5th graders listen to a lecture and view visuals about the big bang. They relate the production of...
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Using several learning modalities to teach about the Periodic Table.

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students identify how to relate the position of an element in the periodic table to its atomic number and atomic mass. They identify how to use the periodic table to identify metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and halogens, and also,...
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Element Scavenger Hunt

For Students 6th - 12th
In this elements, worksheet, students use the periodical table to determine the origin of the element names such as elements named after countries, people, colors and towns. This worksheet has 71 fill in the blank questions and 1 short...
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The Atom

For Students 6th - 12th
For this atom worksheet, students read about the parts of the atom and how atoms combine into molecules and compounds. Students learn how to read a periodic table. This worksheet has 20 fill in the blank and 10 matching questions.
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Chemical Elements: Student Story2

For Students 8th - 9th
In this chemical elements: student story worksheet, students complete the written story by filling in the blanks with the names of the elements in brackets.
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Chemical Elements: Student Story 3

For Students 7th - 9th
In this chemical elements: student story 3 worksheet, students complete the written story by filling in the blanks with the names of the elements in brackets.
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Chemical Elements: Student Story

For Students 8th - 10th
In this chemical elements: student story activity, students complete the given story by filling in the blanks with the names of the elements in brackets.
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Elements

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this elements worksheet, students write in the symbol of the chemical element that matches its description. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank questions.
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The Periodic Table

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this periodic table worksheet, students review the elements and how they are organized in the periodic table. This worksheet has 10 fill in the blank, 6 multiple choice, and 5 short answer questions.
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Science Quiz: Chemical Elements

For Students 7th - 8th
In this science quiz:  chemical elements instructional activity, students name the correct symbol for the first 110 chemical elements in the periodic table,  with the answers given at the bottom of the page.
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The Periodic Table

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the history and development of the periodic table and properties of elements. They complete worksheets, take notes during a teacher-led discussion, and produce their own periodic table.
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Periodic Trends

For Students 9th - 12th
Thorough explanations of the trends in the periodic table of elements make up the majority of this handout. Atomic and ionic size, ionization energy, electron affinity, and electronegativity are presented before giving chemistry...
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Are You a Trend Setter?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars are introduced to the periodic table of elements. They devise and perform and experiment in which they determine the density of specific elements. They use their results to predict the density of other elements in the same...
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Periodic Table Chart Problem

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry activity, high schoolers fill in the correct elements with the help of the 25 questions. The end result is supposed to be a filled in and complete periodic table of elements.
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Amazing Carbon

For Students 9th - 12th
Explore carbon and bonding with this worksheet. First, class members read a short excerpt about carbon and its characteristics. In response to the reading, they draw an electron dot diagram of carbon as well as diagrams of compounds...
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Periodic Table Basics 2

For Students 7th - 10th
In this periodic table worksheet, students create cards for a annotated periodic table then use it to answer 16 short answer and fill in the blank questions.
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Electron Arrangement and Ion Formation

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
In this elements worksheet, pupils determine how electrons fill up the energy levels for the first 18 elements of the periodic table. Students determine if elements gain or lose electrons to form a stable ion. This worksheet has 4...
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A Date With Chemistry

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research certain elements and then analyze their potential bonds with other elements in a dating game where the dating pool is comprised of the elements featured on the Periodic Table.
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Periodic Table Families

For Students 7th - 9th
In this families of the periodic table worksheet, students complete a table with the characteristics of elements in the 10 families of the periodic table. Students fill in the blank sections using their text book as a resource. They must...

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