Creative Chemystery

Looking for something to do in chemistry in the days leading up to Thanksgiving? This worksheet teaches students about the basic chemistry of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats. It covers simple chemistry topics and involves easy unit conversions, graph/table analysis, and even has a CER response! It's perfect to keep students' brains moving while not overwhelming them before break! No prep and answer key included!

Hit the NGSS HS-PS4-4 standard: "Evaluate the validity and reliability of claims about how different frequencies of electromagnetic radiation interact with matter" with this lesson! Students choose between two short articles (one about cell phones and one about tanning beds. Using their knowledge of the electromagnetic spectrum, students evaluate the validity and reliability of the claim using CER method. Ready to go worksheet for students or editable to make it your own!

This worksheet has chemistry students color the turkey based on the charge the elements take as ions. Students should use a periodic table to determine the charge the elements take and then use the color key on the worksheet to color the appropriate color. This is a great activity for the day before Thanksgiving Break to practice automaticity of determining ion charges.