Classroom Resources: Chemistry Basics
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Polyatomic Ions, Review, Ions | High School
Activity: Trade Ions Mark as Favorite (13 Favorites)
In this activity, students will learn common ions by creating notecards and quizzing each other.
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Introduction, Interdisciplinary, Scientific Method | High School
Activity: Write the Methods Section Mark as Favorite (8 Favorites)
In this activity, students will learn how to write and think like a scientist when they complete their lab write ups.
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Periodic Table, Elements, Introduction, History, Atoms, Electrons, Subatomic Particles | Middle School, Elementary School, High School
Activity: Writing Your Name using Chemical Element Symbols Mark as Favorite (27 Favorites)
In this activity, students will use their creativity to spell their name (first or middle name and their last name) using chemical symbols of elements on the periodic table. For example, you can spell Yvonne using the symbols for yttrium (Y), vanadium (V), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), and neon (Ne).
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Matter, Physical Properties, Observations | Elementary School
Activity: Is Air Matter? Mark as Favorite (10 Favorites)
In this activity, students will conduct an investigation to discover whether or not air is a form of matter. Students will first gather data, and then make a claim. They will communicate their claim in writing, using their data to support their claim.
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Physical Properties, Density, Observations, Mixtures | Elementary School
Activity: Discovery Tubes Mark as Favorite (1 Favorite)
This is a fun, visual activity for young students. It allows for understanding of fundamental chemistry topics, including mixtures, miscibility, density and viscosity while analyzing a handheld colorful toy.
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Measurements, SI Units, Accuracy, Introduction | High School
Activity: Mysteriously Melodramatic & Maniacal Metric Measurements Mark as Favorite (54 Favorites)
In this activity, students predict the measurements of objects using metric units. They then take the actual measurements and compare them to their predictions.
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Physical Change, Mixtures, Observations | High School, Middle School
Activity: Magic Bubble Mark as Favorite (7 Favorites)
In this lesson, students will create and interpret particle diagrams that represent elements and compounds at the molecular level. They will also describe the process of dissolving and create particle diagrams that represent mixtures at the molecular level.
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Interdisciplinary, Culminating Project | High School
Activity: Chemistry Close Read Mark as Favorite (78 Favorites)
In this activity, students will learn through actively reading real-world chemistry articles. The close-read strategy is used as a way of enhancing student understanding and engagement by slowing down the reading process without detracting from the current curriculum.
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Lab Safety | High School, Elementary School, Middle School
Activity: What Not to do in the Chemistry Lab Mark as Favorite (103 Favorites)
In this activity, students will examine a cartoon of a chaotic chemistry laboratory and note the specific behaviors that are dangerous and unsafe in a chemistry laboratory setting. This activity provides an opportunity for teachers to introduce laboratory safety and best laboratory practices and discuss them with their students.