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Salinity of water affects the buoyancy of ice when the water is frozen. (6-8)
Find alkali metals on the periodic table and review their key properties. (6-8)
Understand that when Mendeleyev arranged the 60 elements known at that time into the periodic table, there were gaps and therefore he was able to predict the properties of the “missing,” yet-to-be-discovered elements. (6-8)
Basic facts about diamonds - what they are, where they come from, and their basic properties (6-8)
Discuss the definition of chemistry and the different careers related to chemistry (6-8)
How organisms use bioluminescence (8)
Show how pH affects our lives. (6-8)
Teaching the Periodic Table with Database Software (6-7)
Identify an Unknown Mixture - Experiment with Chemical Reactions (5-7)
Create a PowerPoint slide show on a specific element from the periodic table. (8)
Matter and Type of Substances Worksheet (7-8)
Does frozen water take up more space than liquid water? (6-8)
Physical vs. chemical reactions and how to increase their rate. (5-8)
What kinds of garbage breakdown fastest (6-8)
How does temperature affect the speed of molecules in water? (6-8)
How does the temperature of chocolate change the melting time? (6-8)
Does water get denser when you add salt or sugar? (6-8)
How does detergent change the way water acts? (6-8)
The changes of matter that occur when chocolate is processed from the bean to the bar. (5-7)
What happens when aluminum foil meets a solution of copper chloride and water? (5-7)
Read and interpret the Periodic Table. (8)
The Relationship Between Salinity and the Density of Water (6-8)
Reading The Periodic Table (8)
The Conservation Of Mass (6-8)
Discovering Cohesion, Adhesion and Surface Tension (6-8)
Does a bubble always form a sphere? (6-8)
Learn about the chemical pigments of some plant-based dyes. (6-8)
Compare conductors and insulators and explain how they are used. (6-8)
Determine the physical and chemical properties of a variety of common substances. (6)
Understand why bioluminescence is important. (5-8)
Find the volume of given objects using the water displacement method. (6-8)
Find the mass of a given object by using a balance. (6)
The difference between mass and weight (6-8)
Fossil Fuels-Importance and Formation (6-8)
Techniques and calculations for determining volume and density of a substance. (6-12)
Using Density to Identify Metals (6-8)
Make the students aware of the need for eye safety during lab activity. (6-8-)
Demonstrate forces of adhesion and cohesion and equilibrium density. (6-8)
Show that plant extracts are indicators for acids and bases. (6-8)
Understanding electrolysis (6-8)
Evaluating electrolysis in industry (6-8)
Water is one of the few substances that expands as it freezes. (6-8)
Distinguish the various crystals that make up rocks and realize that gem stones are usually made from minerals and sometimes from rocks. (6-8)
State that everything is made of atoms and that radiation energy is all around us and that it can be measured even though it cannot be seen. (8)
Weather: cloud formation, moisture, reading a thermometer, freezing and boiling points, air pressure. (6-8)
The concept of the molecule and create a model of a water molecule. (5-8)
The meaning of a polymer, properties of polymers, common uses of polymers. (6-12)
Atomic Structure and Ionic Bonding (A Visual Approach) (8)
Structure of the Atom - A Case for Indirect Evidence (8)
Demonstrate that gases are a state of matter (6-8)
Demonstrate freezing point depression, one of the colligative properties. (6-8)
See that crystals form naturally but realize that they can be manufactured (5-9)
Demonstrate that water molecules are strongly attracted to one another and thus create surface tension. (6-8)
Distinguish between acids and bases and demonstrate how to test for acids and bases (6-8)
Introduce the student to pH levels using household materials and make them aware of the importance of pH levels in their day to day lives. (6-8)
The process of combustion (6-8)
Show that ions are present during titration and that acids and bases are electrolytes. (6-8)
How temperature is related to evaporation. (6-8)
Students will learn how to count calories and will be able to plan a balanced meal for a day including breakfast, lunch and dinner. (6-8)
Distinguish between mixtures and compounds; separate mixtures by using solubility differences in water, filtration and evaporation; decompose various compounds either by heating or electrolysis. (6-12)
Students will identify and define the concepts of acid, base, indicator and neutralization. (7)
Construct an electroplating device and describe the procedures used and the reactions occurring during the electroplating of a metal. (8)
Learn to identify and define acid and base and indicator and universal indicator. (6-8)
Determine what cleans a particular metal and understand why? (6-8)
Identify the three types of biodegradables and semonstrate the uses of the three types of biodegradables (6-8)
Practice filtration and observe a precipitation reaction and a neutralization reaction. (6-8)
Paper Chromatography (6-8)
Describe the relationship between the cross-linking of molecules to make a polymer. (6-8)
Understand the devastating effects of acid rains and other possible factors that are contrary to the pH balance of nature. (6-8)
What is an ester in chemistry and learn how an ester is synthesized in the laboratory. (6-8)
What is Soap? (6-8)
Determine the chemical changes made in the process of fermentation. (7)
Properties of Soaps (6-8)
Discover Archimedes' Principle (6-8)
Read and interpret the Periodic Table. (8)
Renewable Energy Plants in Your Gas Tank: From Photosynthesis to Ethanol (4 Activities) (5-12)
Energy interacts with matter and that energy may be changed in form. (6-8)
Students will learn to make careful observations involving chemical reactions. (6-8)
Illustrate a chemical change involving chemiluminescence. (6-12)
Compare and contrast chemiluminescence, bioluminescence, fluores-cence, and phosphorescence. (7-8)
Define chemiluminescence and bioluminescence and observe the effect of temperature on reactions. (5-8)
Lighting Up the Sea - Bioluminescence (8)
Investigate absorption, reflection, and scattering of light in the deep sea and discover the concept of bioluminescence. (6-8)
Introduces students to plant dyes and their history (part 1). (5-8)
Introduces students to plant dyes and their history (part 2). (5-8)
Fuel Cell Technology (6-12)
Distinguish between electrolytes and non-electrolytes and explain movement of ions during electrolysis. (6-8)
Differences between electrolytic cell and voltaic cell (6-8)
Electrochemistry and electroplating by coating a penny with zinc sulfate, and coating a nickel with copper sulfate (lesson and worksheet). (6-12)
Electrochemistry and electron transfer and its role in chemical changes. (6)
Students will distinguish good fabric choices for making a quilt. (6-12)
The formation of coal through fossilizing plant materials (5-8)
The pollution caused by using chlorine compounds to bleach wood pulp and paper products. (5-8)
The development of the periodic table of elements and be able to find information about specific elements (6-12)