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Integrated Physics and Chemistry

Law of Conservation of Matter

For Students 9th - 12th
Does mass change during a chemical reaction? Demonstrate the Law of Conservation of Matter while encouraging class members to be creative with a two-part lesson. First, learners use Alka-Seltzer® tablets and water to demonstrate the...
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Space Awareness

The Intertropical Convergence Zone

For Teachers 3rd - 11th Standards
Young scientists know it is hotter along the equator, but why is it also rainier? Through the process of completing two experiments and a worksheet, scholars discover the answer is the intertropical convergence zone. First, they...
Assessment
Curated OER

2007 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part II

For Students 9th - 12th
Eight multi-step chemistry problems, including analyzing a titration, writing equations, predicting products and limiting reagents, calculating concentrations of ions, and using stoichiometry to solve for unknowns in reactions make up...
Assessment
Curated OER

2008 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part III

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemistry olympiad lab worksheet, chemists are required to design two experiments. In one, they design an experiment to identify seven solutions given to them in pipettes. In the other, they design an experiment to determine the...
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Curated OER

2000 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part II

For Students 9th - 12th
For this chemistry olympiad problem solving worksheet, chemistry pupils solve eight problems on a variety of topics including periodic trends, phase changes, ionization reactions, catalysts and titrations.
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Curated OER

1999 U.S. National Chemistry Olympiad Part II

For Students 9th - 12th
A variety of topics including reaction rates, combustion reactions, periodic trends, and ionization reactions are included in this exam. Test takers also practice calculating empirical and molecular formulas of compounds.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Issues of Asylum in the U.S.

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Who gets to come to the United States? Examine cases of individuals seeking asylum with an informative reading passage that includes examples, statistics, and representations of public opinion regarding asylum. Groups then go on to...
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Curated OER

Plant Processes

For Students 6th - 8th
In this science worksheet, students explore why plants grow in a certain direction by asking a question and using the scientific method to perform the lab.
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Predicting Products of Reactions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
This two-part Chemistry worksheet first prompts students to predict the products of reactions of two different chemicals in 15 questions. Students are then asked to provide the balanced equation and type of reaction for two chemicals...
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Acid in the Water

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders learn about the effect pollution has on water and how this affects their community. In this environmental awareness lesson, 9th graders expand their vocabulary and create a flowchart that demonstrates the...
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Solids and Liquids

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars complete activities to study the properties of solids and liquids. In this states of matter instructional activity, students investigate the melting and freezing of a range of materials in a virtual experiment. Young...
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Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the task sheet and information on SQ3R reading strategy. They choose a text for reading then apply SQ3R to the text to preview and ask questions about the content, organizational structure and author's prupose for writing.
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Curated OER

Threats to Validity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners review the components of the scientific habits of mind. In groups, they use this information and relate it to scientific investigations. They develop strategies to evaluate information and evidence and how to question sources...
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Curated OER

Friction

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners review what force. In this science activity, students determine which surfaces are rough and which are smooth by observing how an object moves on each surface.
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Curated OER

Distance Makes a Difference

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create a clay model of the Sun and Earth. In this space science lesson, students explain how distance affects the appearance of objects. They write a poem or riddle about the Sun in their journal.
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Curated OER

Using Source Material Online Lesson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders critically examine photographs. They ask questions leading to relevant research about photographs. They complete online research to gather information about photographs.
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Curated OER

Bubble Tube Experimental Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars study what an experiment is comprised of and how to be successful when doing an experiment.  In this experimental lesson students design their own experimental investigation and answer questions.
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Curated OER

Clouds

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore various cloud types. In this earth science lesson, students use pictures of the four types of clouds and identify them by name. Students construct pictures of clouds using chalk and blue paper.
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Curated OER

Breaking the Food Chain

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the food chain. They brainstorm questions about the human food chain and explain what would happen to living things in the food chain if organisms or resources were removed. They role-play situations in which the...
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Microscopes, Telescopes, and Cameras

For Students 7th - 12th
In this lenses worksheet, students will explain how microscopes work by completing 4 short answer questions. Students will compare refracting telescopes with reflecting telescopes by writing the terms given under the correct column. Then...
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Virginia Department of Education

Weather Patterns and Seasonal Changes

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Get your class outside to observe their surroundings with a lesson highlighting weather patterns and seasonal changes. First, learners take a weather walk to survey how the weather affects animals, people, plants, and trees during...
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University of North Carolina

Evaluating Print Sources

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Not all sources are created equal, so how do you evaluate them? Writers learn how to evaluate print sources based on elements such as audience, tone, and argument in the sixth handout of 24 in the Writing the Paper series from the...
Activity
Education Development Center

Making Sense of Unusual Results

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Collaboration is the key for this equation-solving lesson. Learners solve a multi-step linear equation that requires using the distributive property. Within collaborative groups, scholars discuss multiple methods and troubleshoot mistakes.
Worksheet
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Five Colors Bar Graph-Make a Bar Graph

For Students 3rd - 5th
Two worksheets are provided here that contain the same information but ask different questions. The first activity has the learner draw the graph themselves before answering the questions that follow, and the second activity has the...

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