In this lab exercise, students practice correctly using measurement tools, recording data, calculating density, using significant figures, and exploring the concepts of accuracy and precision.

This activity is acid-base titration lab where students determine the percent of calcium carbonate in an eggshell.

The students will analyze the pH of four citrus fruits: lime, lemon, orange, and a grapefruit, and then they will analyze the pH of four different types of stain removers:
Shout Advanced, Spray 'n Wash Max, Oxi Clean Laundry, and Clorox Oxi Magic. Using their learned information, they will predict and then analyze the pH of a final cleaning solution Bathroom Lime & Scale Remover, which is a Green product.

Students will use two methods of determining the pH for comparison. This will be done utilizing pH litmus paper and creating a cabbage indicator solution.

Students will also read labels, list the first few ingredients, and identify sales tactics used for their products such as eye-catching phrases. (Language Arts)

Finally, students will discuss and share their results as a class. Students need to answer what do citrus fruits have to do with cleaning? What product is most effective? Students need to support their answer with data from their experiment.

How do you know if a chemical equation is balanced? What can you change to balance an equation? Play a game to test your ideas!

A 90 minute laboratory experiment utilizing observations and reasoning regarding the Law of Conservation of Matter and Energy.

This guided inquiry activity, in which ice is used to boil water in a Florence flask, works well in the introductory class to a chemistry or physical science course. The students will learn the difference between observation and inference and apply this understanding to various other situations in which observations and inferences must be made. The students will also use outside sources to try to explain why the activity worked.

The foamy fun of "Elephant's Toothpaste," also known as the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, helped Camille Schrier win her job as Miss America 2020! In this episode, Camille re-creates this winning chemical reaction and teaches us all about the science of catalysts and decomposition. Explore questions such as: What is a catalyst? What does a catalyst do? Why do we need a catalyst to make "Elephant's Toothpaste"? It’s a HUGE, wonderful, foamy mess that's all powered by science! Developed for students in grades 6 - 10.

Starting from atoms, see how many molecules you can build. Collect your molecules and see them in 3D!

This is a lab activity where the students group the given elements as metals, nonmetals or metalloids.

Do you think we can blow up a balloon using only ingredients from the pantry? Using simple, safe, at-home materials, we will explore the concepts of pH and acid-base chemistry and have some fizzy fun! With their signature gas-producing fizz, the acid-base reactions in this episode are both fun and functional. Not only will the reaction blow up a balloon, it also makes your bath bomb fizz in the tub. Join Miss America 2020 to cook up some science in your kitchen, and learn more about the chemistry of fizzy fun! Developed for students in grades 6- 10.

This activity is a guided inquiry activity where students take simple measurements and use unit analysis to determine the thickness of a sheet of aluminum foil, the volume of an aluminum atom, and the radius of an aluminum atom.

Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates the process of synthesizing nylon.

Polymer, forceps, nylon.

VA SOL CH.6

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates the equipment students need to know when taking Chemistry I.

Survey of standard lab equipment, including: lab burner, striker, beakers, iron ring stand, iron ring, ceramic gauze, beaker tongs, test tubes, test tube tongs, test tube rack, Florence flask, Erlenmeyer flask, volumetric flask, meniscus, graduated cylinder, beaker and test tube brush, crucible and cover, crucible tongs, clay triangle, burette, glass stirring rod, evaporating dish, spatula/scoopula, mortar and pestle, watch glass, forceps

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. Through the burning of snack foods, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates the principles of food calorimetry. VA SOL CH.5

This video is a very simple demonstration of how to build a battery. Meets VA SOL CH.3

Hands on Chemistry is a resource produced by Blue Ridge PBS designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates types of graduated cylinders that students will become familiar with.

Keywords: How to use a graduated cylinder, meniscus, estimating volume, different sizes of graduated cylinder

Meets VA SOL CH.1 a-f

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates measurement, estimation, prediction, scale, and the metric system.

Keywords: using whole numbers, principles of estimation, meters, decimeters, centimeters, millimeters

Meets VA SOL CH.1 a-f

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates the flame test, which shows the various colors of the flames of chemicals.

Keywords: electrons, ground state, excited state, sodium, calcium, potassium, strontium, copper, lithium, orbitals, electron configuration

Meets VA SOL CH.2

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates the structure of atoms using simple models.

Keywords: shapes of atoms, electrons, elements, linear structure, sulfur dioxide, H2O, Hydrogen, Oxygen, lone pair, Ammonia, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Sulfur Trioxide, trigonal planar, Methane, Carbon, tetrahedral, Phosphorous Pentachloride, trigonal bipyramidal

Meets VA SOL CH.3