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Properties of Useful Carbon Compounds

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Nine action-packed organic chemistry exercises are contained in this mini-unit on carbon containing compounds. Examples include constructing models of alkanes, producing aromatic esters, and preparing pigments for paint and dyes....
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The Molecular Evidence for Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine molecular evidence, discover the structure of DNA and gain understanding of genetics.  In this molecular lesson students compare anatomical evidence with molecular evidence.
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The Molecular Evidence for Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the structure of DNA, and determine how genetics have supported rather than refuted Darwin's ideas.
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Molecular Evidence for Evolutionary Relationship

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the relationship between humans and yeast. In this evolution lesson plan, students compare amino acids in a variety of life forms.  High schoolers will watch films on similarities of the genetic code that...
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The Evidence for Evolution

For Students 9th - 12th
Summarize a unit on evolutionary evidence. Learners recount information about the fossil record, molecular record, homologous structures, convergent evolution. This worksheet provides plenty of room for learners to write out responses,...
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Chemical Context of Life & Water

For Students 9th - 12th
Some basic chemistry concepts are fundamental to understanding biology. Learners explore how molecular structure plays a role in biological processes, especially the structure of the water molecule. The final page focuses on water's...
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The Same Parts Can Make Many Objects

For Teachers 2nd
Snap to it! Young experimenters use Snap Cubes to model how a larger object is created from a smaller parts. Using a guide, they rearrange their cubes to create all possible arrangements of four and five cubes.
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Carbohydrates: Disaccharides & Polysaccharides

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Feed your young chemists a carbohydrate feast with this presentation. Partakers will ingest molecules of maltose, lactose, sucrose, cellulose, and more! This concise lesson introduces viewers to the molecular structure of different...
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Biochemical Structures

For Students 11th - Higher Ed Standards
It's truly amazing how life is sustained through the complicated interactions of different organic compounds. As young biochemists complete this worksheet, they demonstrate their ability to identify these essential molecules as well as...
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Thermodynamics—Teacher Guide

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
I'm so cool! No, you're exothermic. This thermodynamics lab unit includes an introduction, teacher demonstrations, six labs that students rotate through each class day, homework assignments, application of knowledge, and...
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Properties of Matter

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the molecular structure of matter and how it can affect the physical characteristics of a specific material. They demonstrate that isotopes of an element have different masses. Students demonstrate that the rates of...
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Molecular Polarity

For Students 9th - 12th
In this science learning exercise, high schoolers solve problems that are related to the concept of molecular polarity. The answers to the problems are included.
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Molecular Recognition and the Immune Response

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners explore the importance of molecular shape and charge in molecular-recognition. They examine the interaction between antigens and antibodies. Students design and build 3-D visual models to represent molecular-recognition...
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Molecular Models

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this molecules worksheet, students use a molecular model kit to build a molecule, draw a 3-D structure and describe its shape. This worksheet has 2 graphic organizers.
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Molecular Medicine Comes of Age

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students simulate the roles of employees of two fictional pharmaceutical companies to analyze how human genetic variation at a molecular level helps scientist better understand and treat disease. They explain the molecular structure of...
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Carbon: Structure Matters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the molecular structure of matter and how it can affect the physical characteristics of a specific material. They investigate the role carbon plays in the chemistry of life.
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WS 10.1 Organic Chemistry

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this organic chemistry worksheet, students compare inorganic and organic compounds. They write structural and molecular formulas for given molecules.
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Organic Molecules Quiz

For Students Higher Ed
In this organic molecules worksheet, students solve four problems. They draw Lewis structures, they identify functional groups in a molecule, they draw resonance structures and they provide details of bonding within a molecule.
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What do Chemists See When they Look at Chemicals?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this naming chemicals instructional activity, students indicate the prefixes for naming compounds. They fill in a chart with the chemical names and formulas for alkanes. They draw the structural and molecular formula for propane and...
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WS 10.4 Organic Naming

For Students Higher Ed
In this organic molecules worksheet, students are given fifteen organic molecules to name, write the structural formula, write the line formula, write the condensed structural formula and write the molecular formula.
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Organic Chemistry

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this organic chemistry worksheet, students fill in two charts with prefixes used for alkanes and the names and chemical formulas for different alkanes. They draw structural and chemical formulas for given organic compounds.
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Bioinformatics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students conduct a series of scientific investigation using bioinformatics. In this molecular biology lesson, students collect experimental data using different educational softwares. They calculate and analyze relationships using...
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Worksheet-Bonding

For Students 9th - 12th
In this bonding and electron configuration worksheet, learners answer 9 multi-part questions including identifying the differences between bond types, drawing Lewis structures for atoms and identifying types of bonds in molecules.
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The Periodic Table

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read and interpret the Periodic Table. They also make decisions on how to group and arrange different kinds of matter and draw the structure of atoms of pure elements. Finally, 8th graders contrast and compare basic...

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