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This is a visual naming compound flow chart that students construct to help them name binary type I, II and III compounds. Students use simple yes or know questions to organize the decision making in naming compounds in Chemistry. The Map also works in polyatomic ions in the naming compounds decision making process.

This lesson includes a minilab for chemistry. It uses the magnetic water kit from "3-D Molecular Designs." These manipulatives are a fantastic way for students to observe the behavior of water and how compounds dissociate into ions when dissolved in water. There is also a classwork/homework sheet for individual practice. Both parts have a key.

This is a bundle includes a unit plan for articles and movies as well as a nuclear decay minilab, practice worksheets for nuclear decay equations and much more.

This lesson is a set of student questions that corresponds to part 1 of the PBS movie "Twisting the Dragon's Tail"

This assignment corresponds to the article "Tale of the Radioactive Boy Scout" published in Reader's Digest. See the Nuclear Chemistry Article and Movie Unit lesson plan for a link to all article and movies used in the Nuclear Chemistry Unit.

This lesson has a short introductory reading for nuclear decay equations. There are some practice for students to write balanced nuclear equations. Students are also challenged to research and find everyday uses for the radioisotopes in select examples.

This handout provides a brief summary of Electromagnetic radiadtion, waves and the speed of light. Includes a handout for student to practice calculations with speed of light, frequency, wavelength, Energy of a photon and its relationship to frequency and color of visible light. There is an answer key for the practice calculations.

The kitchen can be a fun way for students to see that they use chemistry concepts in everyday life!. This is a great way to relate ratios in the kitchen to ratios in chemistry! One ratio will be a comparison of two ingredients from the "recipe." The other ratio will represent the smaller or larger batch of cookies that you are trying to make in the kitchen with an unknown variable x! Ratios are just comparisons and often use a ":" to compare the components. Ratios can also be expressed as fract