Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Is Chemistry, Anyway?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students differentiate physical and chemical change. In this chemistry lesson plan, students list examples of those changes. They apply what they learned in a Jeopardy style team game.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

SLIME!

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars learn the effects of friction and examine how certain lubricants can only be used with certain materials.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making Paper

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore how natural earth materials are processed into a human-made product. They simulate a manufacturing process by making paper. Students review the importance of recycling in preserving our natural earth resources.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

T-Shirt Chromatography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study about chromatography, a process used to separate mixtures. They see that chromatography is used to detect, separate or purify different substances. This nice lesson results in a beautiful t-shirt for each student!
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Periodic Trends

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners identify the different periodic trends. In this chemistry lesson, students discuss how elements are arranged in the periodic table. They apply what they have learned in a Jeopardy team game.
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Chromatography

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars study about chromatography, a process used to separate mixtures.
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Paper Structures

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students demonstrate that material strength varies with shape and arrangement.
Lesson Plan
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Oxidation And Corrosion

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students sort tarnished metals by type and experiment with different cleaning solutions and techniques to restore them to their natural color and shine.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ideal Gas Law

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain and use ideal gas law and use the law to solve problems. They use conversion factors to convert mass to mol. Also students use stoichiometry skills previously learned.
eBook
University of Notre Dame

Und: Properties of a Pure Substance [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
Often we find that different phases of pure substances can exist in equilibrium with one another. Let us consider an important gedankenexperiment (Latin-German for "thought experiment") in which we boil water. Ordinary water boiling is...
Handout
University of Florida

Chem. 2041 Lecture Notes: The Forces Between Molecules

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the variety of forces which hold molecules together. The relative strengths of these forces for the various states of matter is discussed. The effect of such forces on the boiling points and other phase change...
Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Henri Becquerel Nobel Lecture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel eMuseum of the Nobel Foundation provides a series of links to information on Antoine Henri. Everything from the presentation speech for the Nobel Prize to his biography, the lecture, and other resources.