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BBC

Bbc: Schools: Chemistry (Single Science)

For Students 9th - 10th
Chemistry is the study of the composition, behavior and properties of matter, and of the elements of the Earth and its atmosphere. This site provides links to chemistry exams over courses in BBC: AQA, Edexcel, Eduqas, OCR 21st Century,...
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American Chemical Society

Middle School Chemistry: What Is Density?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Calculate the density of cubes made of different materials to determine what type of material it contains. Using this information explain that the size, mass, and arrangement of the atoms or molecules of a substance determines its density.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
Handout
New York University

New York University: States of Water

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this resource to learn about the three different phases of water; solid, liquid, and gas. What happens to water as it changes into a solid or gas? Includes short and easy to do activity.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Plastic Polymers: Investigating Their Flexibility

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter to develop a hypothesis to test the physical properties of materials such as plastic (polymers) and how its chemical properties allow it to have unique physical properties.
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Other

Science Alive: Melting Point Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Percy Julian and Josef Pikl used the fact that melting point-the temperature at which a substance changes from a solid to a liquid-is a characteristic property of a substance to prove that the British chemist Robert Robinson could not...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Making Bath Salts for Mother's Day, a Primary Chemistry Lesson

For Teachers K - 1st
What do you know about salt? In this chemistry lesson, learners will learn different things about salt: the chemical name, it's periodic table number, it's shape under the microscope, how it dissolves in water, and how to make a mixture...
Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Make Some Zlime

For Students 1st - 5th
Explore properties of matter by making a slimy substance out of cornstarch and water then noticing how it reacts to pressure.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Plastic Polymers: Building a Model

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will use their prior knowledge about changes of matter including physical and chemical changes from the Houghton Mifflin science curriculum. Students will create a hypothesis to test the physical properties of materials such as...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion

For Students 9th - 10th
Why does the shape of a molecule matter? Learn about how the shape of the molecule not only determines the molecule's properties but also whether it reacts or not. This tutorial reviews of VSEPR and molecular geometry.
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Other

Virtual Chembook: Density Applications With Gases

For Students 9th - 10th
DENSITY is a physical property of matter, as each element and compound has a unique density associated with it. Density defined in a qualitative manner as the measure of the relative "heaviness" of objects with a constant volume. For...
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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Spectroscope

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson guides students to build a spectroscope, use it as a tool, and interpret their observations by applying concepts of conservation of energy and properties of matter.