Interactive Periodic Table (Powerpoint)

Grades: 7-12
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Learn about the elements from the periodic table.

Periodic Posters (Projects)

Grades: 8-12
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Fun project with rubric.

Radioactivity And Half-life Study Sheet (Worksheets)

Grades: 7-12
Rating: 5 (1)
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Practice problems for half-life - It has a pizza on the top because I always preface this ws by discussing half-life using a pizza as an example.

Inquiry With Acids And Bases (Lesson Plans)

Grades: 6-12
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Inquiry with anything is modified for use with indicators. This still allows the student to define the question, set the procedure, collect and report on results. Included is a reflective piece and how student work is tied to the nature of science. See http://www.wetheteachers.com/plan.php?id=...

Chemical Elements And Their Symbols (Lesson Plans)

Grades: 6-12
Rating: 4.2 (3)
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Use a pop quiz approach to teaching the most common elements and their symbols. This is a first day activity that allows almost all students to succeed. At the end of two days about 90 percent of the students will know the common elements and their symbols. A link to the research that supports ...

Atom Project (Projects)

Grades: 8
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Students are to create an atom out of a paper plate. Some hand-drawn pictures are missing from the bottom of the page.

Matter Travel Brochure (Projects)

Grades: 8
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Create a themed travel brochure that tempts people to go to the various states of matter: solid, liquid, gas and plasma. It needs to be modified. For some reason I totaled the points to 60 instead of 50. Hmmmm....

Density Blocks (Projects)

Grades: 8
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Cut 9 square blocks of equal size out of different materials. Mine were purchased out of the Ward Catalog OR Science Kit & Boreal Lab 1-800-828-7777. The blocks are made out of oak, pine, acrylic, aluminum, copper, steel, brass, PVC and polypropylene. Students experiment and realize that j...

Inquiry With Egg Shells (Lesson Plans)

Grades: 6-12
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A activity on surface area that leads student to identify variables and graph the results of their own investigations. Illustrates the effects of surface area on a chemical reaction. You can use water displacement of the balloon to make the results more quantitative. See http://www.wetheteache...

Polymers (Powerpoint)

Grades: 7-12
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An introduction to Polymers and their history

Balancing Chemical Equations (Worksheets)

Grades: 9-12
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This worksheet helps physical science students understand the balancing of chemical equations.

Gas Laws (Powerpoint)

Grades: 11-12
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This is a PowerPoint on the gas laws. It has great video cliparts and websites to help demonstrate the laws.

Balancing Chemical Equations (Worksheets)

Grades: 8-12
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This worksheet is from physical science teacher Bill Braun. Most high school science students will likely not have to balance chemical equations for a living. They still need to learn and apply the basic skill to other areas. This worksheet has the students balance numbers- for example as if t...

Introduction To Calories And Energy In Food. (Lesson Plans)

Grades: 4-10
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Quick demo for introducing the idea that food has calories.

Soda Fountain (Lesson Plan)

Grades: K-12

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Introduce students to chemical reactions

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Introducing the States of Matter (Lesson Plan)

Grades: 8

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Describe the structure of matter in terms of particles that are in constant...

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Polymers (Lesson Plan)

Grades: 6-12

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What is a Polymer? What is the chemistry of a simple polymer? How lon...

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