Students burn a magnesium strip to reinforce the concepts of chemical vs. physical changes, reaction types, conservation of mass, formulas and equations, stoichiometry, Lewis structures, and to explore the concept of oxidation/reduction...

This Homewood City Schools site has an outline form and contains lots of information about the classification and composition of matter. Some of the topics covered are matter and temperature, changes in state, composition of matter, and...

The class will go back over the Power Point presentation on chemical and physical properties. The teacher will then conduct numerous liquid nitrogen demos. This lesson is used early in the Chemistry course. The young scholars love it....

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Definition of cellular respiration and its overall chemical equation. The energy changes that occur during cellular respiration, including in photosynthesis.

In this experiment, students will observe that the weight of the product of combustion is greater than that of the starting material. Teacher's notes address the key concepts of this experiment.

Thermodynamics is a very important branch of both physics and chemistry. It deals with the study of energy, the conversion of energy between different forms and the ability of energy to do work. Through this article, you will begin to...

A virtual experiment bringing you to the center of combustion! Understand how fire ignites, what makes a flame, and how molecules rearrange themselves in chemical reactions. This interactive activity gives students four different...

An individual organism's genes determine its physical and behavioral traits. When individuals reproduce, they pass along unique combinations of genes to their offspring. Different environments favor individuals with different physical...

Provides fun ideas for exploring how to transform ice using shapes, light, and color.

This lesson plan is an introduction to Earth's climate and covers key principles regarding Earth's unique climate, atmosphere, and regional and temporal climate differences. Students will gain an understanding of how the weather and...

Read and fill in the blanks of this passage properties and changes. Each blank has a dropdown menu with choices. When you finish, click CHECK MY ANSWERS. If you pick a wrong answer, the right answer will be displayed along with your choice.

Two experiments where students investigate with uncooked eggs. In the first investigation, they explore how to remove the eggs outer shell while keeping the rest of the egg intact. In the second, students attempt to shrink the egg...

Students learn that fats found in the foods we eat are not all the same; they discover that physical properties of materials are related to their chemical structures. Provided with several samples of commonly used fats with different...

Hold onto your hats. In this science fair project, you will make a device that sends a film canister across the room with a small chemical explosion. The energy for the explosion is derived from the combustion of ethanol. You will...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] After identifying the two driving forces behind all chemical reactions and physical processes, students investigate entropy, and predict whether the entropy change...

Students will observe the non-mixing of colored solutions by using M&M's in this lab activity. Lab activity includes both student and teacher instruction sheets.

Demonstrate how calories are measured by building a calorimeter to measure the transfer of heat energy during a chemical or physical change. Test and record data on the calories in a peanut.

While diamonds are extremely hard and strong, they are not indestructible. Learn how diamonds can be burned, melted, or dissolved.