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Water, Solutions, pH, and Buffers
What common chemical includes safety warnings for being harmful if swallowed or inhaled, causes serious eye damage, and needs to be cleaned up immediately if spilled on the floor? Surprisingly, the dangerous chemical turns out to be...
Curated OER
WS 10.10 Salts and Buffers
In this salts and buffers worksheet, students answer five questions about the acids and bases that form salts as well as the equations for a buffer system.
Curated OER
Acids/Bases and Buffers
For this acids, bases and buffers worksheet, students define terms, solve problems such as calculating the pH of solutions and the molarity of solutions and they write balanced equations of neutralization reactions.
National Institute of Open Schooling
Ionic Equilibrium
Scientific studies show the older we get, the more acidic we become. The activity extensively teaches high schoolers about acids and bases. By the end of the 14th installment of 36, they can define and explain three concepts of...
Kenan Fellows
Absorbance Curves: Using Spectrophotometers to Quantize the Effects of a Strong Acid on a Buffer
The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation combined logarithmic terms with the application of carbonic acid as a buffer solution. Scholars learn investigate equation and its applications through hands-on experiments. They collect data and...
Curated OER
Teaching about the Effect of pH on Aquatic Organisms
Young scholars perform experiments to determine the PH, acidity, and buffering qualities of a lake that make them sensitive to acid deposition.
Chemistry Collective
Virtual Lab: Creating a Buffer Solution
Buffers don't just magically appear in the stockroom when you need them! Give learners a crash course in buffer basics using an interactive lab assignment. Individuals are tasked with creating a buffer with a certain pH that will react...
Curated OER
Acids and Bases Worksheet
In this acid and base instructional activity, students solve three problems. They calculate pH and equilibrium concentrations, they determine what is needed to prepare a proper buffer solution and they answer questions about a titration.
Curated OER
Vocabulary - Acids and Bases
In this acids and bases worksheet, students write in the definitions for 20 terms associated with acids and bases, including buffer, pH, and equilibrium.
Curated OER
Acids, Bases, and Buffers
In this acids and bases worksheet, students test the pH of different solutions to determine if it is basic or acidic. Students complete 7 short answer questions based on their results.
LABScI
Acids and Bases: Cabbage Juice pH Indicator
Explore the range of pH using an assortment of household liquids. Scholars create their own pH indicators from cabbage and determine the pH of several liquids. To further their exploration, individuals use the same liquids to create...
Chemistry Collective
Virtual Lab: Weak Acid and Base Problems
You'll feel strongly about this weak acid and base virtual lab! Scholars experiment with the wonders of dissociation constants in a simulated lab environment. The accompanying written work includes buffer preparation, titration curves,...
Curated OER
pH
Learners use a Colorimetric test to measure pH and gain the importance to life in an aquatic ecosystem pH is. They explore the dramatic effect pH level can have on a water body. Learners test the pH level of many water samples.
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Investigating Buffers
Students investigate buffers and their behaviors when used with acids and bases. In this buffers lesson plan, students use a pH meter and create buffered acidic and basic solutions. To each of the buffered solutions students add strong...
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Acids and Bases
In this acids and bases worksheet, students complete 32 fill in the blank and short answer questions on acidity or alkalinity. They color molecular diagram according to the key.
Curated OER
pH Basics
At some point, all science learners experiment with pH. In this brief lesson, they simply use pH strips or a meter to find the pH of six different solutions. A useful worksheet that displays a data chart is included for your students.
Curated OER
2007 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Local Section Exam
Sixty multiple choice questions cover the entire gamut of chemistry concepts. This is the local section of the U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad, where your chemistry candidates take a shot at entering the national competition. They...
Curated OER
Buffers
In this buffers learning exercise, learners calculate the pH of buffer solutions and compare the pH after solutions are added together. This learning exercise has 6 problems to solve.
Kenan Fellows
Qualitative Kinetics: Examining the Effect of an Enzyme on a Reaction
Scholars learn about kinetics and buffers as they use qualitative and quantitative methods to understand enzyme rates and buffer capacity. The application of Beer's Law and spectrophotometry solidifies pupils' knowledge in the first of...
Curated OER
The Action of A Buffer Solution
For this buffer solution worksheet, high schoolers experiment with the addition of different solutions to a buffer solution and observe the changes in pH using a pH probe. Students describe the differences between adding pure water and...
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Chemistry Quiz 3-Acids and Bases
For this acid and base worksheet, students solve eight multiple choice questions including determining the pH of solutions, finding equilibrium concentrations and answering questions about buffers.
Curated OER
Acids and Bases Spring Worksheet
In this acids and bases activity, students answer 20 questions about acids, bases, neutralization reactions, buffers and molar solutions.
Curated OER
Understanding Scientific and Social Implications: Acid Rain
Students examine the social and scientific implications of acid rain. In this acid rain lesson plan, students read an article about acid rain, the causes of acid rain, the effects of acid rain on the environment and the proposals to...
Curated OER
Towers of the Lost City
Middle school marine scientists compare the pH change in distilled and saltwater as acetic acid is added one drop at a time. Then they compare the pH change in both when sodium hydroxide is added. This experiment demonstrates the...