Classroom Resources: Chemistry Basics

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  • Observations, Scientific Method, Experimental Design, Error Analysis | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Airplanes Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will design a procedure to test for the intended outcome of a longest flight.

  • Culminating Project | High School, Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: 24-7 Lecture Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this activity, students must demonstrate their understanding of a topic by making a 24 second video and summarizing the concept in seven words.

  • Polarity, Intermolecular Forces, Intermolecular Forces, Physical Change, Matter | Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lesson Plan: Sandy Beaches—A Foray into ‘Magic’ Sand Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this lesson, students will investigate the properties of magic sand and learn about the concept of hydrophobic and hydrophilic molecules. It also introduced students to the field of nanotechnology.

  • Density, Identifying an Unknown, Measurements | Elementary School, Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Demonstration: Household Densities Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this demonstration, students will make predictions about various household materials and whether or not each will sink or float when placed in water. Data will be collected and then used to calculate the density value of each item. Finally students will analyze the relationship between the density value and the observed outcome, and use their knowledge to identify unknown materials.

  • Elements, Periodic Table | Elementary School, Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Element Matching Puzzle Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this activity, students will become more familiar with select elements from the periodic table. They will use the periodic table to determine the symbol for given elements, and recall any prior knowledge about each element. Then students will be challenged to solve a puzzle by organizing a set of cards that contain jumbled information about these elements. After all of the cards have been correctly organized, a secret message can be found.

  • Elements, Periodic Table | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Chemistry Kakuro Puzzle Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this activity, students will use both math and logic to solve a chemistry themed kakuro puzzle. This puzzle differs slightly from a traditional kakuro by first requiring students to use a periodic table to find the atomic number for each element symbol appearing in the puzzle. Using the atomic numbers as starting clues, students then fill-in the empty squares with numbers 1-9 that sum to the value of the clue, but without reusing any digits. This activity is a fun challenge for students, and provides the opportunity to strengthen logic and reasoning skills.

  • Chemical Change, History, Identifying an Unknown, Molecular Structure | High School

    Lesson Plan: Development of Diagnostic Test Strips Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this lesson, students will learn about diagnostic test strips by reading an article and engaging in related activities. The activities help promote literacy in the science classroom. Parts of this lesson could be used as plans for a substitute teacher.

  • Conservation of Mass, Chemical Change, Chemical Change, Observations | High School, Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Conservation of Mass Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this lab, students perform three simple experiments, recording the mass of a substance before and after a reaction. They then explain how the law of conservation of mass was not violated, even if the mass changed.

  • Indicators, Chemical Properties, Observations, Acid Base Reactions | Elementary School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Can a Cabbage Distinguish an Acid from a Base? Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will first determine what colors the cabbage indicator turns in acidic, neutral, and basic solutions.

  • Chemical Change, Chemical Change, Observations | High School, Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: Corrosion in Motion Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will expose metal samples to various solutions and observe the amount of corrosion of a period of time.

  • Solubility, Solute & Solvent, Physical Change | Elementary School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Demonstration: Crystallization of Sugar Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this demonstration, students will observe how to make rock candy in order to understand how sugar crystals form. They will be able to explain what a supersaturated solution is and how it is relevant to sugar crystallization.

  • Mixtures, Separating Mixtures, Solubility, Physical Change, Phase Changes | Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lab: A Solution to Your Mix-up Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this lab, students will perform a step by step process of mixing and separating substances based on their states and solubility in order to solve a problem.

  • Periodic Table, History | Elementary School, Middle School, High School

    Video: Manganese Video Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this video, Sam Kean tells stories about manganese.

  • History, Interdisciplinary, Chemical Change | Middle School, High School

    Video: Spellbound Episode 1—A Sign on the Door: Ahmed Zewail, Ph.D. Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    Produced for the 2011 International Year of Chemistry, the video series Spellbound, tells the story of scientists whose childhood curiosity about everyday things helped them launch careers in the lab, win Nobel Prizes and make other achievements. Their early childhood experiences may encourage young people into careers in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. This episode features Ahmed Zewail, Ph.D.

  • Density, Density, Observations, Inferences | High School, Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Demonstration: Qualitative Look at Gas Density Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this demo, students witness three types of gases and observe their relative densities to air.

  • Polarity, Polymers, Molecular Structure, Monomer, Intermolecular Forces, Scientific Method, Chemical Change, Intermolecular Forces | Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lesson Plan: Watch the Baby! Superabsorbent Polymer Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this lesson, students will learn about how polymers, specifically superabsorbent polymers, work. Through lab activities, students will investigate polymer properties.

  • Heat, Physical Properties, Physical Change, Molecular Structure, Monomer, Polymers | High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Ingenious: The World Has a Receipt Problem Video Questions Mark as Favorite (6 Favorites)

    In this activity, students will answer questions while watching the video The World has a Receipt Problem from the Ingenious series produced by the American Chemical Society. Each episode investigates a different topic related to how leading-edge chemistry is taking on the world’s most urgent issues to advance everyone’s quality of life and secure our shared future. This episode investigates the process of thermal printing on receipts, and the limitations related to the paper that currently prints using leuco dyes. This heat-sensitive ink appears when it reacts with an acid developer embedded in the paper. Scientists are working to develop a new kind of thermal receipt paper, that can use the same printers, however it offers many additional benefits and potential uses.

  • Observations, Inferences, Scientific Method | High School

    Demonstration: Observations vs. Inferences Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

    In this demonstration, students will learn the the difference between observation and inferences.

  • Periodic Table, Elements, Atomic Structure, Subatomic Particles, Ions | High School

    Game: Guess What: Periodic Table Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

    In this game, students will apply their knowledge of the periodic table and its structure in order to guess the opponent’s secret element.

  • Density, Measurements | Elementary School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Demonstration: Sinking Soda Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

    In this teacher led demonstration, students will compare their observations when unopened cans of diet and regular soda are placed in a large container of water. They will use their observations to help differentiate between several fundamental chemistry concepts: mass, volume, and density.

  • Lab Safety, Experimental Design, Introduction | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Lab Equipment Card Sort & Scavenger Hunt Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

    In this activity, students will match clues to the glassware, tool, or equipment that is best designed to be used in the described manner. They will also identify the selected items by name.

  • Electromagnetic Spectrum, Identifying an Unknown | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Color Matching Paint Video Questions Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

    In this activity, students will watch a video and answer related questions about how technology, specifically focusing on spectrophotometry, can be used for paint matching. During the video, students will learn how the spectrophotometer interacts with the spectrum of visible light in order to match or reproduce specific paint colors.

  • Chemical Change, Phase Changes, Combustion, Observations | Elementary School, Middle School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Demonstration: The Jumping Flame Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

    In this demonstration, students will observe that the vapor of an extinguished candle flame is ignitable.

  • Lab Safety, Chemical Properties, Physical Properties | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Lesson Plan: Lab Safety and Safety Data Sheets (SDS) Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

    In this lesson, students will identify various safe lab practices with a focus on the importance of labeling and knowing the background safety information for all reagents used in a lab. Students will design a series of tests to determine the identity of an unknown substance using properties found on safety data sheets.

  • Conservation of Mass, Balancing Equations, Limiting Reactant, Introduction, Conservation of Mass | Middle School, High School

    Access is an AACT member benefit. Activity: Kinesthetic Reactions Mark as Favorite (5 Favorites)

    In this lesson students, through their physical movement, will model the law of conservation of mass during a chemical reaction. Students will also explore the concepts of limiting and excess reactants as well as balancing a chemical equation. Through this activity they also develop a means of representing particles at the molecular level.

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