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Density and Mass

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students experiment to find which liquids are more dense.  In this density and mass instructional activity, students predict and then test objects to observe and measure their density. students observe which items sink and float....
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Atomic Structure and Quantum Theory

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils are introduced to the structure of an atom and Dalton's atomic theory through a short video and mini-lecture. They also take a look at the weight of mass and become familiar with the idea of quantum theory
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Atomic Theory

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this atomic theory worksheet, students use Planck's constant, Rydberg constant, and Avogadro's number to complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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Atomic Mobile

For Students 6th - 12th
Structure an activity around atoms. Learners use their knowledge of the parts of atoms—the protons, neutrons, and electrons—to build a model of a carbon atom. Scholars create a nucleus by using clay balls to represent the protons and...
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Pingry School

The Periodic Law

For Students 9th - 12th
Time to put the knowledge to the test! Young scholars take what they know about the periodic table and build their own from scratch. Using clues from 26 different elements, they place elements in a blank periodic table. The clues include...
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Concord Consortium

Exploring Electron Properties

For Students 9th - 12th
Bring a historic chemistry experiment to life in your classroom! Introduce pupils to Thompson's ground-breaking discovery of the electron through a cathode ray simulation. The resource allows users to study the behavior of both electrons...
PPT
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Atoms and the Periodic Table

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Familiarize your new chemists with the periodic table of elements by contemplating this collection of slides. Element groups are identified, atoms are defined, and nuclide notation is explained. Isotopes are also mentioned. The topics...
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Periodic Table of Elements

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Beginning chemists examine a collection of elements and compounds as they are introduced to the periodic table. The lesson plan is not cohesive and does not provide detailed instructions on how to teach it. However, it does includes a...
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Atomic Structure

For Students 10th - 12th
In this atomic structure worksheet, students select answers to 8 fill in the blank questions on subatomic particles from the drop down box.
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Chemistry Jeopardy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In preparation for an introduction to chemistry exam, play Chemistry Jeopardy with your class. The categories include molar relationships, phases of matter, atomic structure, chemical nomenclature, and scientific investigation. If the...
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Organization of the Elements and 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 also identify and interpret how to use the periodic table to identify metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and...
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Atoms, Ions and Formula Basics Make-up Test

For Students 7th - 12th
Using a copy of the periodic table, chemistry test takers fill in a chart with element name, chemical symbol, atomic number, atomic mass, and numbers of subatomic particles. They define subatomic particles, draw atom models, explain...
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Elements Commercials

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Student teams use a digital camcorder and iMovie to create a commercial about an element. They also use the Internet and their textbook to gather the following information about their element: the name, the symbol, the atomic number, the...
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Elements of Chemistry: The Periodic Table

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the atomic structure of elements.  In this chemistry lesson students organize elements of the periodic table according to their atomic mass, and compare their order within the periodic table. 
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Making Molecules

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this making molecules worksheet, students complete a table of elements with their symbol, atomic number, atomic mass, number of protons, number of electrons, period and group. Students then make models using pipe cleaners and beads of...
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Periodic Table of Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use reference skills to locate information about the periodic table. They identify elements by name, atomic number, atomic mass, symbol and properties. Students use mathematical processes to find the number of protons,electrons...
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Periodic Table Trends

For Students Higher Ed
In this periodic trends worksheet, students solve ten problems related to elements in the periodic table. Students write electron configurations for atoms and they compare elements and their periodic trends.
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Atom Review

For Students 6th - 12th
In this atom activity, students review the subatomic particles, the scientists associated with the atomic theory, and the periodic table. This activity has 15 matching, 24 fill in the blank, and 11 short answer questions.
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History of the Atom Quiz Review

For Students 9th - 12th
In this history of the atom activity, high schoolers answer questions about Thomson's cathode ray apparatus, Rutherford's gold foil experiment and Dalton's beliefs about the atom. Students identify the number of protons, neutrons and...
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Mining an Ore

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate how to determine the percent composition of a mineral in an ore. In this mining an ore lesson plan, students use chocolate chips cookies to represent an ore and they remove precious minerals (the chocolate chips)...
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Element Advertisement!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the Periodic Table of Elements. In this chemistry lesson, students use a post of the Periodic Table to identify the mass number, atomic number, and atomic symbol. Students create a Podcast to "advertise" a specific...
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Analyzing the Bohr Atom

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Bohr atom worksheet, students complete a table with the number of electrons of the element, the electron configuration, the mass number, the number of protons, the number of neutrons, the element, the symbol and the isotope...
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Composition of the Atom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the structure of the atom and its composition. In this atom structure lesson, students find the area of cut out circles and drop pens into the circles. They count the number of marks in the circles and relate...
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Working with Moles

For Students 9th - 12th
In this moles worksheet, students read about mass, formula mass and moles. They calculate the masses of given numbers of moles of compounds and they calculate the number of moles of given masses of compounds.

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