Classroom Resources: Chemistry Basics
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Model of the Atom, Electrons, Electron Configuration, Quantum Numbers, Subatomic Particles, Periodic Table | High School
Animation: Orbitals Animation Mark as Favorite (137 Favorites)
This animation explores the shapes of the 1s, 2s, 2p, 3s, 3p, 4s, and 3d orbitals and how they build up and overlap as each successive orbital is added. **This video has no audio**
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Periodic Table, History | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Mercury Video Mark as Favorite (12 Favorites)
In this video, Sam Kean tells stories about Mercury.
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Radioactive Isotopes, Radiation, Half Lives, History | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Marie Curie Video Mark as Favorite (27 Favorites)
This video tells the story about Marie Curie, including her Nobel Prizes, radiation experiments, and discovery of new elements. Irene Curie is also mentioned.
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Periodic Table, History | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Manganese Video Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)
In this video, Sam Kean tells stories about manganese.
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Periodic Table, History, Physical Properties | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Gallium Video Mark as Favorite (8 Favorites)
In this video, Sam Kean tells stories about gallium.
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Radioactive Isotopes, History, Subatomic Particles, Model of the Atom, Atomic Theory | Middle School, High School
Video: Ernest Rutherford Video Mark as Favorite (68 Favorites)
Rutherford's initial research was studying alpha particles, which he hypothesized were helium nuclei. With the help of Hans Geiger, Rutherford conducted the gold foil experiment, which justifies that the nucleus of an atom is a dense collection of protons and contains the majority of an atom’s mass. It also inferred that most of the atom is empty space and electrons are not located in the nucleus. He won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1908 for his studies on radioactive substances.
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Atomic Mass, Atomic Theory, Model of the Atom, Subatomic Particles, Periodic Table, History | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Dimitri Mendeleev Video Mark as Favorite (66 Favorites)
This video tells the story of how Dimitri Mendeleev organized the periodic table, even leaving gaps to be filled in with elements that weren't yet discovered.
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Density, Matter, Physical Properties, Measurements | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Animation: Density Animation Mark as Favorite (43 Favorites)
This animation explores density on the particulate level. There are opportunities to make qualitative and quantitative comparisons between substances. **This video has no audio**
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Periodic Table, History, Identifying an Unknown | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Cadmium Video Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)
In this video, Sam Kean tells stories about cadmium.
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Periodic Table, History | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Hydrogen Video Mark as Favorite (9 Favorites)
In this video, Sam Kean tells stories about hydrogen.
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Periodic Table, History, Radioactive Isotopes | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Astatine Video Mark as Favorite (11 Favorites)
In this video, Sam Kean tells stories about astatine, the rarest element in the universe.
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Periodic Table, History, Identifying an Unknown | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Arsenic Video Mark as Favorite (36 Favorites)
In this video, Sam Kean tells stories about arsenic, a deadly element that was once referred to as the "Inheritance Powder".
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Periodic Table, History, Radioactive Isotopes, Alpha/Beta/Gamma Decay | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Helium Video Mark as Favorite (11 Favorites)
In this video, Sam Kean tells stories about helium.
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Periodic Table, History, Physical Change | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Gold Video Mark as Favorite (10 Favorites)
In this video, Sam Kean tells stories about gold.
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Conservation of Mass, History, Observations, Measurements, SI Units | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Antoine Lavoisier Video Mark as Favorite (18 Favorites)
This video tells the story of Antoine Lavoisier who many consider to be the father or modern chemistry. Lavoisier discovered oxygen and hydrogen and first proposed the Law of Conservation of Mass.
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History, Physical Properties, Observations, Model of the Atom | Elementary School, Middle School, High School
Video: Ancient Chemistry Video Mark as Favorite (70 Favorites)
This video traces the history of chemistry from the discovery of fire, through the various metal ages, and finally to the great philosophers.
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Mole Concept, Measurements, History, Ideal Gas, Gas Laws | High School
Video: Amedeo Avogadro Video Mark as Favorite (43 Favorites)
This video tells the story of Amedeo Avogadro, the scientist given credit for the mole concept, but who discovered other things in chemistry too.
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Acid & Base Theories, Strong vs Weak, History | Middle School, High School
Video: Acid & Base Guys Video Mark as Favorite (56 Favorites)
This video tells the story of how the definition of acids and bases has evolved from Lavoisier, to Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry, and Lewis.
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Combustion, Chemical Change, Chemical Change, Density, Kinetic Molecular Theory, Density | High School
Demonstration: Liquid and Gas Burning Comparison Mark as Favorite (7 Favorites)
In this demo, students will witness the burning of a substance in its gas and in its liquid states. They will carry out the demonstrations themselves, and compare the results of the two reactions.
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Limiting Reactant, Stoichiometry, Dimensional Analysis, Mole Concept, Scientific Method | High School
Lab: Limiting Reactants in Brownies Mark as Favorite (23 Favorites)
In this lesson, students will investigate the idea of limiting reactant using a brownie recipe.
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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 (26 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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Limiting Reactant, Percent Yield, Stoichiometry, Balancing Equations, Measurements, Observations, Error Analysis, Separating Mixtures, Error Analysis, Dimensional Analysis, Mole Concept | High School
Lab: Limiting Reactant Lab Mark as Favorite (71 Favorites)
In this lab, students react copper(II) chloride with aluminum to determine the limiting reactant. They then isolate one product to determine their percent yield.
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Introduction, Interdisciplinary, Scientific Method | High School
Activity: Write the Methods Section Mark as Favorite (6 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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Chemical Change, Strong vs Weak, Salts, Acid & Base Theories, Ions, Conductivity, Mixtures | Middle School
Lesson Plan: Why Drink Gatorade? Mark as Favorite (1 Favorite)
In this lesson, students will test different flavors of Gatorade and other liquids to investigate acids and bases. This will take several days unless students already know about acids and bases.
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Limiting Reactant, Percent Yield, Stoichiometry, Balancing Equations, Net Ionic Equation, Concentration, Molarity, Precipitate, Solubility, Dimensional Analysis, Mole Concept, Observations, Graphing, Separating Mixtures, Identifying an Unknown | High School
Lab: White Lab Mark as Favorite (50 Favorites)
In this lab, students use molarity concepts to review limiting reactant concepts mathematically, conceptually, and graphically. They can then carry out a follow up investigation to identify an unknown using concepts learned in the first investigation.