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CEEMaST/FEDCO
Cal Poly Pomona
3801 W. Temple Ave.
Pomona, CA 91768
Phone:
(909) 869-4743
Fax:
(909) 869-4616
nizwickler@csupomona.edu
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| I+E
Lesson Plans for Grade 6-8 |
| Periodic
Table |
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Concept: The periodic
table is organized so elements are arranged in columns
based on the number of valence (outer) electrons available
for chemical reactions. Therefore, the elements in the
columns have similar behavior.
Lesson begins with empty, huge periodic table on the
wall. The s (left two columns), p (right had 6 columns),
d (10 columns across the middle), and f (14 columns
at the bottom) blocks are separate sheets that have
5.5” squares printed on butcher paper that is
laminated...
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Lesson Plans:
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Elementary,
Middle School,
High School
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Periodic
Table Templates ZIP (PDF Format)
Periodic
Table Templates ZIP (MS Word Format)
Periodic
Table Templates ZIP (Corel Draw Format)
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| Origami
Grasshoppers |
| Create three grasshoppers
from different sized paper squares. Make a hypothesis
as to which grasshopper will "hop" the best.
Practice hopping the grasshoppers and then hop each
one 5 times. Record the data and figure out which hopped
the best. Discuss how you measured "best"
i.e., which variables were you measuring to evaluate
the hops? List as many variables (things that were different
or that changed) as you can...
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Origami Grasshoppers |
| Sticky
Foods |
Beware! This experiment, although
fun, is really messy.
The question I want to know the answer to is,
"Which food is stickier?"
After gathering the needed equipment, the lesson begins
by placing a spoonful of sticky food on the bottom of
a cup, and then sticking the cup to a plate. While moving
the cup/plate in different orientations, I explain that
the students need to figure out how to unstick the plate
from the cup using washers (or other weight0 without
pushing, pulling, twisting etc, or by shoving the washers
between the cup and plate. They are to use the washers
as passive weights to unstick the cup from the plate...
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Sticky Foods
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| Super
Market Chemical Reactions in Zip Lock Bags |
This Experiment has students designing their own experiments
with chemicals obtained from supermarkets. Reactions are done
in sandwich sized zip lock bags for safety. The experiment is
expressly designed to allow students to generate their own testable
questions, test their questions, and discover the various indicators
of chemical reactions. Appropriate for grades 4 - college.
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Chemical Reactions in Zip Lock Bags
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