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Let It Snow! Let It Melt!
Winter weather offers a great opportunity to teach young scientists about the states of matter. This activity-based lesson includes a range of learning experiences, from experimenting with the rate at which ice melts to singing a song...
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Salinity Experiment
In this salinity experiment worksheet, students follow the procedures to set up an experiment about how salinity affects the weight of water.
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Salinity
Learners define and discuss salinity, conduct classroom experiment to determine salinity of water sample by using hydrometer, record predictions, and demonstrate understanding of how salinity influences object's ability to float in water.
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What is a River?
Students study the various types of bodies of water: rivers, oceans, lakes and ponds. They observe models of each and then use clues to discuss how they are alike and different. They imagine they have found a new planet and draw a map...
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Does salt have an effect on the temperature of ice?
Students explore the effect that salt has on the temperature of ice. In this scientific inquiry lesson, students observe an experiment to see how cold ice can get when salt is added. Students then explore how the ice compares to the...
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Chapter 12 Review, Mixed Review: Solutions
Although there are only six questions on this chemistry handout, it makes a thorough review of solutions. Novices explain why a compound is not an electrolyte, identify types of compounds, and calculate moles, grams, and molalilties in...
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Chapter 13 Review, Mixed Review: Ions in Aqueous Solutions and Colligative Properties
Here is an attractive worksheet that walks chemistry learners through a review of aqueous solutions. There are matching, short answer, and multiple choice questions dealing with boiling and freezing points, precipitate, molality, net...
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Ice Energy
Young scholars explore how chemicals change water. In this chemical change lesson, students participate in an experiment to observe how salt effects ice and how ice cream freezes.
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Hydrolysis
In this hydrolysis worksheet, pupils write dissociation equations for the given salts and determine if the salt is acidic, basic, or neutral. This worksheet has 6 fill in the blank questions and 4 problems to solve.
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Volcanoes
Pupils make a volcano out of a soda bottle, flower, salt, oil, and more. In this volcanoes lesson plan, students also read about volcanoes.
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There's a Watershed in my Backyard!
Students explain what the term watershed is by creating a model. In this science, geography lesson, students demonstrate how the water moves in a watershed. Additionally, students learn about point source and nonpoint source pollution....
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The Effect of Temperature on Solubility
In this solubility worksheet, students conduct an experiment to see how temperature effects the solubility of salt in water. Students record their data in a chart and then graph the results. Then students complete 2 short answer questions.
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Making Mayonnaise - An Edible Emulsion
Students find a way to mix oil and water. In this emulsion lesson, students attempt to mix oil and water, then add egg yolk to the mixture to serve as an emulsifier and observe the results.
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We All Scream for Ice Cream
Young scholars investigate the freezing point depression of water while making ice cream. In this colligative properties lesson plan, students make ice cream using ice, salt and water to freeze milk and sugar. They measure the...
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Sore Throats, Variation 1
Why does Nia's water taste saltier than Trey's if she put more into her cup than he did? Math masters set up proportions in order to compare the mixtures. This task effectively has learners apply the concepts of ratio and proportion to a...
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Water Hardness- Causes and Testing
Eighth graders examine what materials cause water hardness and the relative measure of water hardness in a two part lab activity. In part one, 8th graders add an assigned soap test solution to eleven different test tube solutions in...
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Saltwater: Nifty Aqueous Colorful Layers
A classic investigation on the density of liquids is explained for you in this lesson plan. Te begin, you prepare water samples of different salinities and then add different food coloring to keep them separated and easily identified....
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Ice Energy
Students investigate how salt affects the state of ice. In this ice cream making lesson plan, students change the freezing temperature by adding salt and observing the results. Students use experimentation and comparison to see how...
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Child's Lasting Hand Print
Students make something that will last forever. In this art lesson, students make a handprint out of clay.
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Lesson Plan #3 ~ Ocean Currents
Sixth graders experiment to understand the ocean's currents. In this ocean current instructional activity, 6th graders complete an experiment with two bottles of water and an index card to discover information about the ocean current. ...
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Find the Percent of Iron in Manganate (VII)
Dilute sulphuric acid is used to oxidize manganate (VII) into manganese (II) and water. Step-by-step procedures are outlined on the learning exercise as well as calculations for junior chemists to perform in their science journals. This...
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Fun With Chemical Changes
Looking for a terrific chemistry lesson plan for your 5th graders? This one could be for you! After a teacher-led demonstration, learners are broken up into groups and perform an experiment using cabbage juice, water, window cleaner, and...
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Solubility Test
Make sure to consult the teacher's handbook, Inquiry in Action - Investigating Matter Through Inquiry, for two demonstrations that can be done to introduce solubility and measuring crystal mass before having the class conduct this...
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Solar Still
In this ocean water activity, students complete a simulation involving salt, water, string, and more to simulate what happens to salt when the salt water evaporates. Students also answer 4 questions.