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Reading in the Science Content Area
Help your students internalize scientific ideas by teaching strategies for reading in the content area.
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Covalent Bonds
After a short introduction, chemistry aces get right into drawing electron dot diagrams for covalent bonds. There are only three questions to answer, so this is not a comprehensive worksheet. It can be used when introducing your class to...
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Chemistry: Balancing Chemical Equations
Eighth graders practice balancing chemical equations. In this chemistry lesson plan, 8th graders explain why it is necessary to balance equations. They complete practice worksheets individually.
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Exploring Atoms
In this chemistry worksheet, students complete 29 fill in the bank questions about atoms based on the movie Exploring Atoms from the website www.brainpop.com .
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Using the Stock System
In this compounds worksheet, students learn the rules for naming compounds, the stock system. Students apply these rules by writing the names or formulas for the 20 given compounds.
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Determining the Charge on a Metal Ion
In this metal ion activity, students follow the steps to determine the oxidation states of the metals in each of the given compounds. Students complete 10 problems.
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The Rates of Chemical Reactions
In this chemistry worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle with 25 questions on chemical reactions. They identify common terminologies used in describing chemical reactions.
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Bouncing Balls
Students create a polymer ball in the lab. In this chemistry lesson plan, students identify the different properties of the polymer they created. They explain what type of chemical reaction took place.
Other
Los Alamos National Laboratory: Periodic Table of Elements
An up-to-date periodic table of elements. Click on each element to see properties, history, sources, and uses. Very comprehensive.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: It's Elemental Periodic Table of Elements
This page displays the Periodic Table of Elements and allows you to click each individual element for a page that displays in-depth information about that particular element. There are also links to many different games and learning...
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Chapter 4: The Periodic Table and Bonding
Six middle school chemistry lessons about the periodic table and bonding complete with handouts and animations.
Other
Lenntech: Multilingual Periodic Table
An interactive periodic table of elements. Click an element to view a detailed description. Click the flags at the top to choose your language: English, French, Spanish, Dutch, and German.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: History of the Periodic Table
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students explore the history of the periodic table, and explain how the periodic table was originally organized, compared to the arrangement of the modern periodic...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Periodic Table of the Elements Essay
This essay, written for Teachers' Domain, describes the foresight and pattern recognition that Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleyev used to develop the modern periodic table of elements.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Periodic Table and Energy Level Models
Students interpret the information given in the periodic table to describe the arrangement of electrons on the energy levels around an atom.
Other
American Elements: Periodic Table of Elements
An interactive periodic table of elements allows users to click on elements and discover the details of each one.
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility
Jefferson Lab: The Periodic Table of Elements
Click an element on the Periodic Table of Elements to learn more information such as the history and uses, origin of the name, isotope data, and more essential facts!
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: The Arrangement of Elements: The Periodic Table
In this tutorial, students will investigate the arrangement of the Periodic Table by watching videos, completing interactive activities, and quizzes.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Genius of Mendeleevs Periodic Table
Video explains why the periodic table devised by Dmitri Mendeleev has endured and how it has predicted the existence of elements. [4:25] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
Soft Schools
Soft Schools: Periodic Table
This interactive periodic table of elements allows students to click on each element, and read essential information about that element. Chemical elements are also listed alphabetically for quick reference.
Royal Society of Chemistry
Royal Society of Chemistry: The Periodic Table of Data
An interactive Periodic Table of Elements which also serves as a visual database of each element's physical and thermochemical properties. Online activities include virtual graphing, tables of data, energy level diagrams, games, and more.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: The Illustrated Periodic Table
Interactive concept animation shows the atomic number, weight, and structure of the first eleven elements of the Periodic Table of Elements.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Periodic Table
Students explore the periodic table and learn the basic information given for elements: the name, symbol, atomic number, and atomic mass for each element.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Engineering and the Periodic Table
Students learn about the periodic table and how pervasive the elements are in our daily lives. After reviewing the table organization and facts about the first 20 elements, they play an element identification game. They also learn that...