Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Finding the Formula and Percent Composition

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Do you have mole problems? If so, call Avogadro at 602-2140. The activity starts with pupils working independently to solve for molar mass of ionic compounds. Then they learn to solve for percent composition and later perform an...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Effects of Photosynthesis on Plant Growth

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the process of photosynthesis; its products and reactants, and the sequence of the process. They diagram the light reactions, record observations of plants, and discuss how difficult it is to measure plant growth as it...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Limiting Reagent Practice Problems

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this limiting reagents worksheet, students solve 10 problems. They calculate limiting reagents, they calculate percent yield of particular compounds and they determine how much of products can be produced based on the limiting reagents.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Activit #2 Matter: Is It Conserved?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students support the law of conservation of matter with evidence. They discuss the changes observed from the burning of the candle, and the differences in mass which are observed when the same reaction is carried out in an open or...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Chemistry Activity 29

For Students 10th - 11th
For this chemistry worksheet, students write the balanced chemical equation for each. Then they calculate the mass of nitrogen dioxide created with specific amounts of nitrogen and oxygen. Students also identify how many grams of the...
Lesson Plan
Chymist

Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
One of the most recognizable commercial melodies was written in 1977, and led to gastronomical relief around the world. Scholars use Alka Seltzer tablets to measure reactants and calculate the chemical equation for the reaction of NaHCO3...
PPT
Mr. E. Science

Chemical Reactions

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Once I told a chemistry joke, but there was no reaction. Get young chemists involved in changes and reactions with a presentation that begins with physical and chemical changes and chemical reactions. It moves on to chemical...
Assessment
Curated OER

2001 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad - Local Section Exam

For Students 9th - 12th
Sixty multiple-choice chemistry questions make up this comprehensive exam used for the 2001 US National Chemistry Olympiad. Every topic that you would expect to approach in a general chemistry class is queried on. You could easily use...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Everything about Equations

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students are given fifteen unbalanced equations and they must identify the reaction types, the phases of the products, the signs that a chemical change occurred and the sum of the coefficients of the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Polymers Lab: Bouncy Ball and Slime

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate chemical reactions to produce polymers. In this polymers lesson plan, 8th graders experiment with sodium silicate and ethyl alcohol to make a polymer. They also experiment with borax and glue to make a polymer....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Nuclear Decay

For Students 9th - 12th
In this nuclear decay worksheet, students read about alpha and beta decay and the isotopes formed by the reactions. Students solve nine problems including writing the equations for the decay of radioactive isotopes, identifying the...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Stoichiometry Lessons

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students are introduced to stoichiometric relationships in chemical equations with a Trail Mix activity before performing a lab to reinforce stoichiometry. Students complete the unit with a lab about limiting reactants in chemical...
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American Chemical Society

What is a Chemical Reaction?

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
When a candle burns down, what happens to the mass that appears to be shrinking? Lesson begins with a demonstration of the chemical reaction of a candle burning. Then scholars use atom models to observe conservation of mass...
Lesson Plan
Beyond Benign

Green"er" Precipitation Reaction

For Students 9th - 12th
All sodium carbonate may not have the same amount of carbonate, but it should have the same percent. Learners write and balance an equation to predict the chemical reaction between sodium carbonate and zinc acetate. Through the lab...
PPT
Normal Community High School

Chemical Equations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Viewers learn how to identify the substances in a chemical reaction, how to balance it, and the different types of chemical reactions by watching a presentation that also includes a review of monomers and polymers. The presentation...
Lesson Plan
Cornell University

Radical Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The radical reactions of polymers seems abstract to many pupils, but this lesson turns them into a fun building game. Scholars use dice and building pieces to build polymers. Then, they determine the theoretical and experimental weight...
Lesson Plan
Kenan Fellows

Balancing Equations Using Matrices

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Matrices help solve systems of equations in chemistry, computer graphics, circuitry, probability, and more. The second lesson in a seven-part series focuses on using matrices to balance chemical equations. Pupils rely on the Law of...
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Beyond Benign

Packed Up Properties

For Students 6th - 8th
Determine physical properties of potential packaging materials. Continuing from previous lessons in the series, the resource asks groups to identify physical properties of the substances. They test for conductivity, solubility, water...
Worksheet
Curated OER

General Chemistry

For Teachers 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, students identify the name and abbreviation of the SI unit for mass, length, time, electric current, and temperature. Then they give the abbreviation for each of the units listed and describe what they are...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Stoichiometry

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this stoichiometry worksheet, students balance equations and name the reactants and products. This worksheet has 2 problems to solve.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Uranium On a Diet

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils examine how nuclear reactions differ from other chemical reactions they have studied. They add up atomic masses of both the product and reactant side of an example of uranium decomposition, demonstrating mass loss involved.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Balancing Equations

For Students 8th - 10th
For this balancing equations worksheet, students balance ten equations by placing the proper coefficients in front of reactants and products to balance the number of atoms.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Gas Stoichiometry

For Students 9th - 12th
In this gas stoichiometry worksheet, learners use the ideal gas law and balanced chemical equations to solve for unknown values such as volume and mass of gases.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Enthalpy and Thermochemistry Problem Set

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this thermochemistry worksheet, students answer questions based on the reaction of charcoal and liquid oxygen. Students write a balanced chemical equation, determine the limiting reagent, calculate the mass of each product, and amount...