Chemistry
Ideas and inspiration for your chemistry classroom.
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1:22Watch VideoDemonstrate oxidation states of manganese with this colorful free activity download
Introduce students to this consequential transition element with our colorful lab activity that demonstrates the various oxidation states of manganese.
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Explore the building blocks of everything, with the periodic table, plus a free student handout from McGraw Hill’s AccessScience
This free resource helps students learn how the elements make up everything on the earth, in the solar system, and in the universe.
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15 hands-on chemistry activities to do at home or school – with FREE downloads
Check out 15 of our most popular chemistry activity downloads in one convenient place. Covers classroom or distance-learning lessons.
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It's easy to gauge science fun with this free Under Pressure activity
This activity helps students investigate Boyle's law and the behavior of colloid particles when exposed to pressure changes.
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3:24Watch VideoHalloween fun with chemical reactions: Jack-o-lantern tube of toothpaste demo
Beware! This demonstration is dramatic (and we know students love drama!). Here’s a spooky Halloween demonstration to teach on exothermic processes, catalysis, and more.
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A battery of hands-on science fun with this free Orange Clock activity
Give students a boost from using fruit to demonstrate how batteries convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy.
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Cross-link science and fun with this free Joke Juice activity
A quick and easy activity illustrating the effect of cross-linking on a polymer
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Delayed reactions in action with this free iodine clock activity
A quick and easy activity illustrating the effect of concentration, temperature, and a catalyst on the rate of reaction.
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Chill out in the lab with this free endothermic freezer flask activity
A hands-on way to help the students in your class investigate endothermic reactions.
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Soak up this free disappearing water activity
Use this free activity to whet your students’ appetite for exploring superabsorbent, hydrophilic polymers and their real-world applications.
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Eureka! A free density column activity
Students discover the basics about the relative densities of solid objects and the intriguing ways “density matters” in real-world applications.
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Heat up your chemistry class with this free exothermic crystallization activity
A hands-on way to help the students in your class investigate exothermic crystallization and supersaturated solutions.
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Read ArticleRed, white and boom! How fireworks work.
The budding pyrotechnic engineers in your science class will be excited to learn how chemistry is behind the beautiful colors and thunderous sounds of fireworks.
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Crush it in your chemistry class with this free crushing can activity
A hands-on way to help the students in your class investigate how gases behave when exposed to temperature, pressure, and volume changes.
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Read ArticleChemicals in the classroom – a quick guide to safety and purity.
Keep this printable chart of safer chemical substitutions on hand for ways to minimize risk to students and staff during chemistry activities.
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Dig up the facts on Soil Chemistry with McGraw Hill’s AccessScience
Unearth the science behind soil to introduce students to various STEM concepts, including soil formation, classification, and mapping; and physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties.
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Read ArticleHave no fear; your hydrophobic effect activity is here!
Demonstrate the hydrophobic effect, surface tension, and hydrogen bonding with this fascinating underwater activity.
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Read ArticleShed light on chemiluminescence with this simple activity
Help students discover the science behind cool things like glow sticks, fireflies, jellyfish, and even crime scene investigations.
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Get the facts about bacteriology and a free student handout from McGraw Hill's AccessScience
Inspire students to explore the bacteriology tools used by geneticists, epidemiologists, doctors, archeologists, historians, forensic scientists, and farmers.
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