It introduces the concept of electron exchange and briefly explains exothermic and endothermic reactions. This is the first in a series of modules on chemical reactions.
Material Type: Interactive, Unit of Study
In this activity, students explore reactions in which chemical bonds are formed and broken. Students experiment with changing the temperature and the concentration of the atoms in order to see how these affect reaction rates. They also learn how to communicate what happens during a chemical reaction by writing the ratios of reactants and products, known as stoichiometry.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
This kit is a historical overview of American representations of chemicals from the three sisters to the Love Canal. It compares conflicting constructions about nuclear reactor safety, depleted uranium, Rachel Carson and DDT. Through analyzing diverse historic and contemporary media messages, students understand changing public knowledge, impressions and attitudes about chemicals in the environment.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Case Study, Diagram/Illustration, Full Course, Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy, Unit of Study
A work in progress, CK-12 Chemistry Teacher's Edition supports its Chemistry book covering: Matter; Atomic Structure; The Elements; Stoichiometry; Chemical Kinetics; Physical States of Matter; Thermodynamics; Nuclear and Organic Chemistry.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Textbook
Series of videos that can be used in a Chemistry class created by Paul Anderson- Bozeman Science
Material Type: Lecture
These animated GIF images will demonstrate the effects of the various gas laws with a colorful model and graph.
Material Type: Diagram/Illustration
This is a step by step animation of a redox reaction.
Material Type: Simulation
This game has students match a picture of laboratory equipment with the correct name. The equipment mentioned in this game includes test tube holder, graduated cylinder, flask, beaker, watch glass, wash bottle, funnel, medicine dropper, evaporating dish, utility clamp, ring stand, beaker tongs, stir rod, crucible, collection bottle, test tube.
Material Type: Game
This game is like classic battle ship, but in order to successfully "hit" a target the player must correctly answer a question about lab safety.
Material Type: Game
This game presents moderately challenging metric calculations in a format similar to "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?".
Material Type: Game
This animation allows students to explore the elements and various periodic trends.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Diagram/Illustration
This simulator expands on the PhET Gas Laws simulator. In addition to controlling the pressure, volume, temperature, and number of particles, students can now control balloons and other objects and balance pressures inside and outside of the object.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive
This simulator enables students to study the microscopic interactions of gas particles and the effects of volume, pressure, temperature, and the number of particles.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive
This quiz lets students receive immediate feedback on their understanding of metric prefixes and mixes in a little scientific trivia that utilizes prefixes.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment
This tutorial introduces basic laboratory equipment. It has a matching activity at the end that provides feedback on the student's recognition and naming of various equipment.
Material Type: Assessment
This exercise gives students immediate feedback on their scientific notation conversion skills. Students may do practice problems and/or take quizzes.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lecture Notes
This quiz on significant figures and rounding provides the students with immediate feedback.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lecture Notes
The purpose of this resource is to have students observe their lilac plants and identify the five phenophases (first leaf, full or 95% leafed, first bloom, full bloom and end of bloom) for each lilac plant. During the growing season, students will observe their lilac plants and identify the five phenophases (first leaf, full or 95% leafed, first bloom, full bloom and end of bloom) for each lilac plant.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Homework/Assignment, Interactive, Lesson Plan, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Polymers are a vital part of our everyday lives and nearly all consumer products have a plastic component of some variation. Students explore the basic characteristics of polymers through the introduction of two polymer categories: thermoplastics and thermosets. During teacher demos, students observe the unique behaviors of thermoplastics. The fundamentals of thermoset polymers are discussed, preparing them to conduct the associated activity in which they create their own thermoset materials and mechanically test them. At the conclusion of this lesson-activity pair, students understand the basics of thermoplastics and thermosets, which may entice their interest in polymer engineering.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Climographs, graphic plots of monthly temperature and precipitation, allow students to see how differences in insolation at various locations affect rates of heating and cooling. In this activity, students use climographs to plot locations using latitude and longitude, calculate annual temperature ranges, and relate unequal rates of heating and cooling to climate variations. They will also construct climographs for two locations in New York, analyze them, and answer questions about their observations.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Interactive
