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American Museum of Natural History

Up Close With a Zapotec Urn

For Students 6th - 9th
If a Zapotec urn, buried for over a thousand years in a temple in the lost city of Xoxocotlan in the Valley of Oaxaca in the mountains of southern Mexico could talk image the stories it could tell. That's the set up in a clever resource...
Interactive
American Museum of Natural History

The Pre-History Proudly Presents: Face-To-Fossil

For Students 6th - 12th
An engaging interview allows scholars to get to know Proto Andy, a protoceratops fossil. Following along with the transcript, learners delve into six questions, including how he became a fossil, what he was like when he was alive, and...
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Reading Adventure Pack: Rocks

For Parents 1st - 2nd Standards
A Reading Adventure Pack focuses on rocks. Scholars participate in three activities after reading a fiction and nonfiction text—The Jade Stone, a Chinese folktale adapted by Caryn Yacowitz, and Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst....
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PBS

Reading Adventure Pack: Rivers

For Parents 3rd Standards
A Reading Adventure Pack showcases a fiction and nonfiction book followed by a series of hands-on activities. First, learners widdle sticks to build a tiny raft, conduct sensory experiments, and create a rap or folk song about rivers and...
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Learning the Blues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners take a virtual field trip to Memphis, Tennessee in their study of the blues, its characterisitics, founding fathers, and histororical influence on modern music. They compose blues lyrics that reflect present-day attitudes and...
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A Tribute to Giovanni Palatucci and Righteous Heroes of the Holocaust

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars explore the life of Giovanni Palatucci and other "Righteous Among the Nations". They consider whether the motivation to be an ally is within the reach of every human being. They create a memorial to a hero in their lives.
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Acids and Bases

For Students 9th - 12th
In this acids and bases worksheet, students list the differences between and acid and a base. Students list strong and weak acids and strong and weak bases. Students determine the properties of acids and bases. This worksheet has 1...
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Alkane Reactions

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this alkane reactions worksheet, learners define combustion and write the balanced equations for the combustion reactions. Students write the structural formulas of the products including all possible isomers and their percent...
Worksheet
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Geometric Isomers

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this isomers instructional activity, students write and label the cis-trans isomer for the given compounds. Students name the compounds shown in the bow-tie structures. This instructional activity has 2 problems to solve.
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Hess's Law

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this reactions worksheet, students use Hess's Law to calculate the heat gained or lost by different reactions. Students determine if the reaction would occur spontaneously at a given temperature. This worksheet has 9 problems to solve.
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Entropy and Free Energy

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this entropy instructional activity, learners define entropy and determine if reactions are exothermic or would occur spontaneously. This instructional activity has 10 problems to solve.
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Heat of Reaction

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this reactions worksheet, students define enthalpy, heat of formation, and Hess's Law. Students determine how many kilojoules are released during specific reactions. This worksheet has 6 short answer questions and 11 problems to solve.
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Cartesian Diver Lab

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Cartesian diver lab, students explain using text and diagrams how the Cartesian diver works. Students evaluate ways in making their lab design better. Students make predictions of how changing the variable would change the...
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Kinetics and Equilibrium

For Students 10th - 12th
For this kinetics and equilibrium worksheet, students use the diagram to answer the questions as it relates to endothermic or exothermic reactions. Students indicate the result in the reaction rate as speeding up or slowing down.
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Redox

For Students 9th - 10th
In this redox worksheet, students determine the oxidation numbers of each element for the given chemical formulas. Students write out the reactions for each example given. Students identify what part of the chemical equation is oxidized,...
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Heat of Combustion Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
In this heat of combustion lab, students measure the heat of combustion for paraffin wax, butane, and cheetos. Students will apply the 1st law of thermodynamics to calculate the heat lost by the fuel and the heat gained by the water to...
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Heat of Formation using Hess's Law Lab

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this heat of formation worksheet, students determine the heat of formation for magnesium by combining 3 given reactions and using Hess's Law. Students then complete a data calculations chart for each reaction.
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Organic Compounds

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
For this organic compounds worksheet, students write the structural formula and IUPAC names for given compounds. Students draw the line formula for the given cycloalkanes and haloalkanes. This worksheet has 4 problems to solve.
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A Watched Pot Never Boils

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils determine how long it takes to bring a specific amount of water to a rolling boil. Students conduct this experiment at home with their parent or guardian. Pupils write down observations as the water begins to boil. Students then...
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Calorimetry Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
In this calorimetry lab, students apply the information read about a calorimeter to conduct a scientific investigation. Students record their data in a chart. Students use the information from the chart to calculate specific heat of...
Organizer
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Organic Naming

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this organic compounds learning exercise, students complete a graphic organizer by writing the complete structural formula, line formula, and molecular formula for the given compounds.
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Compounds

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this compounds worksheet, students write the structural formula for a given compound. Students draw all line isomers for a given compound. Students name the compounds from their structural formula. This worksheet has 8 problems to solve.
Worksheet
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Unit 12: Enlightenment and French Revolution

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Enlightenment lesson, students respond to 34 short answer questions about John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Baron de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
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Asian America: Heritage Experience

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners of all ages read and discuss books about Asian America. In this Asian-America lesson plan, different books for every age group are listed and various teaching strategies are suggested. Great tips cover virtually every grade level!

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