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Mentos Geyser! What's the Fizz Factor?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
What is it that makes Mentos candy and cola such an explosive combination? Find out through scientific inquiry and experimentation. This presentation walks learners through the scientific process and allows them to speculate whether it...
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Chemistry Crossword

For Students 9th - 12th
Scholars complete a crossword puzzle in this chemistry worksheet with 20 questions about chemistry concepts like atoms and chemical reactions.
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5 Types of Chemical Reactions and a Lab on Mole

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students recognize the concepts of the five general types of chemical reaction: combination, decomposition, single replacement, double replacement and combustion. They practice classifying chemical equations and determine the moles in a...
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Tie Dye

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice writing research proposals to test the color fastness of a dye once it has been exposed to a t-shirt. Each proposal needs details of experimental design, length of treatment, and means of cleaning the shirt. All...
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Types of Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the different types of reactions and write the chemical equations for them.  In this chemical lesson students identify different reactions and predict the product outcome. 
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Baking Soda and Vinegar Chemical Reaction

For Teachers Pre-K
Students conduct experiments by mixing baking soda and vinegar.  In this chemistry lesson, students complete three different experiments involving these two substances. They find that the chemical reaction does not change and will...
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Shaving Cream Art

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Students participate in paper marbling. In this paper art instructional activity, students use shaving cream and paint to create unique patterns on paper. Students mix shaving cream and paint together then lay paper down in the...
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Reactions of Metals with Water, Acid and Air

For Students 9th - 12th
In this chemical reactions worksheet, high schoolers experiment with reactions between 4 different metals with water, acid and air. Students make observations of copper, iron, zinc and magnesium with water, acid and air. They write an...
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Balancing Worksheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemical reaction worksheet, students practice balancing equations. This worksheet has 60 chemical equations to balance.
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Balancing Worksheet

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemical reactions worksheet, students practice balancing chemical reactions. This worksheet has 50 equations to balance.
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Balancing Chemical Equations

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this chemical equations worksheet, students practice balancing chemical equations by completing 21 equations. This worksheet includes an answer key.
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Speeding up the Fizz

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate temperature and chemical reactions. They explore the effect of temperature and particle size has on the rate of a simple chemical reaction. In addition, they graph their results and answer assessment questions.
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Stoichiometry

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discover stoichiometric relationships in chemical equations. They review mole to mole conversions. They understand mass/particle conversions. They perform a lab to reinforce stoichiometry.
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Alka-Seltzer Rockets: How to Build Your Own Rocket

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a rocket using Alka-seltzer of baking soda and vinegar. In this physics lesson plan, students identify the factors affecting the length of time the rocket is propelled. They relate this activity to actual rocket launched...
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Oxidation and Combustion: Chemical Reactions in Fire

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the art and science of pyrotechnics.  In this chemistry and computer lesson, students learn about the chemical basis of fire and structure of fireworks.  Students then apply their knowledge in...
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Equilibrium Equations

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
In this equilibrium worksheet, young scholars calculate the equilibrium constant for reactions and the equilibrium concentrations. This worksheet has 10 problems to solve.
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Heat Transfer Problems

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this heat transfer worksheet, students calculate the final temperature of specific reactions. This worksheet has 6 problems to solve.
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Type of Chemical Reactions: Single and double displacements

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners are taught that combustion of carbon in charcoal briquetts produces heat and light. They are shown how to find single displacement and double displacement. Students solve problem set of single and double displacement.
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Acids, Copper, and Zinc

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers observe chemical reactions using post-1982 pennies. They observe the reaction of an acid with zinc but not copper under the same conditions over a two week period.
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Speed me up, Scotty!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students describe and define chemical reactions. They design a laboratory experiment, collect data and analyze data.
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Types of Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct labs to gain an overview of chemical reactions. They observe examples of synthesis, decomposition, single displacement and double displacement reactions. They identify certain products by the use of litmus and splint tests.
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Physical and Chemical Changes

For Students 8th - 12th
In this physical and chemical changes worksheet, students will read 4 different examples of a physical or chemical change and will write in the effect of each of these changes.
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Lactose Intolerance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students are taught how enzymes enable chemical reactions to occur a body temperature and how the lack of enzymes in the body can cause problems in the break-down and absorpion of nutrients. They match up different enzymes with the...
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Coal Moisture Analysis

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students investigate coal samples and analyze its drying loss under controlled conditions. They establish the loss in mass of a sample when heated under controlled conditions of temperature.