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Your Physics Pacing Guide for 3-Dimensional Teaching
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Your Chemistry Pacing Guide for 3-Dimensional Teaching
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Student Physics Laboratory Safety Agreement
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Law of Conservation of Mass
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Nomenclature and Bonding Basics of Ionic Compounds
Here are two simple activities that can help students identify and name compound types. These activities are designed for high schoolers and address several National Science Education Standards. View »
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Density: An Intensive Property of Matter
In this investigation, students collect mass and volume data for different samples of the same audience and develop a formula for density based on slope calculations. View »
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Electron Configuration and Periodic Trends
In this activity, students analyze data patterns to identify trends found on the periodic table. They then relate the trends to atomic structure and electron arrangement. View »
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Borax Snowflakes
This lab activity will guarantee a snow day! Teach solutions and crystallization while making snowflake decorations for your classroom. View »
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Teaching the Scientific Method with Effervescent Tablets
In this activity, students learn the scientific method by practicing it. After a thorough introduction to the topic, students participate in an endothermic reaction experiment illustrating each step in the scientific method. View »
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Kool-Aid® Chromatography
Students encounter mixtures every day though they may not realize it. Use this chromatography activity to teach an important lab technique and introduce or reinforce key science terms and concepts. View »
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What's so Unusual About Nanomaterial Melting Points?
Nanotechnology is concerned with development and utilization of structures and devices with organizational features at the intermediate scale between individual molecules. View »
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Chemistry Solutions Practice Problems
Refresh your students' knowledge of molarity with these practice problems. View »
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AP® Chemistry: Graphing Titration Curves
Students graph titration data and determine if an acid is monoprotic, diprotic, or triprotic. View »
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The Lost Volume Demonstration
If you mix 250 mL of water with 250 mL of ethyl alcohol, only about 480 mL of solution results. What caused the volume reduction, and what happened to the lost volume? View »
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Petri Dish Electrolysis Activity
Introduce your students to reduction-oxidation reactions and some of the basic terms of electrochemistry (such as electrode potential, anode, and cathode) with this activity—creating electrolysis in a petri dish. View »
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Freezing Point Depression Activity: Ice Cream
Spring brings showers, sunshine, and the prospect of summer break. Celebrate with this cool, fun activity. It requires just a few inexpensive materials and can be the basis of an engaging lesson on colligative properties. View »
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