Activities

ChemEd X activities are student-centered resources intended to aid learning chemistry topics.

ChemEd X encourages engaging activities where students (with guidance from the teacher) pose questions, analyze data, and make observations to offer a plausible explanation supported by data and consistent with physical observations.

by Nora Walsh
Thu, 07/07/2022 - 09:23

Nora Walsh outlines the interactive notebook pages she uses for her first unit of the school year: Scientific Reasoning. All of the documents and foldables are available for download.  

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Recent activity: 5 months 6 days ago
by Ben Meacham
Sun, 06/19/2022 - 14:21

In this lab, students are presented with nine unknown substances. By performing a series of tests, analyzing chemical structures, and applying their understanding of how intermolecular forces affect the properties of a substance, students will ultimately determine the identity of each unknown.

Recent activity: 11 months 3 weeks ago
by Nora Walsh
Sun, 06/19/2022 - 12:47

Nora Walsh shares the outline of the interactive notebook pages she uses for her thermochemistry unit. All of the documents and foldables are available for download.  

Recent activity: 5 months 6 days ago
by David Cash
Fri, 05/13/2022 - 08:06

The major component of a non-carbonated drink such as KoolAid or a similar beverage is usually a fruit acid, either citric acid or malic acid. The titratable acid (H+) concentration of such drinks has been found to be in the range of 0.02 to 0.04 M. A weak acid-strong base titration of these drinks with 0.1 M NaOH solution is feasible as a student exercise. The use of such drinks as reagents is safe, convenient, and inexpensive. Experiment instructions are included. 

Recent activity: 1 year 1 week ago
by Nora Walsh
Sat, 05/07/2022 - 07:49

Nora Walsh shares the outline of the interactive notebook pages she uses for her gases unit. Templates for all of the documents and foldables are available for download.  

Comments: 3
Recent activity: 2 months 4 weeks ago
by Jeanette Marshall
Thu, 05/05/2022 - 13:33

This engaging activity uses wrapped and unwrapped candy to simulate alpha and beta decay.

Recent activity: 1 year 4 weeks ago
by Nora Walsh
Thu, 04/28/2022 - 09:01

Nora Walsh has been using interactive notebooks for some time. Here she outlines her stoichiometry unit and explains how she uses the interactive notebooks with her students.

Comments: 4
Recent activity: 4 months 2 weeks ago
by Michael Jansen
Mon, 04/11/2022 - 12:00

Michael Jansen runs this engaging "big picture" lab on day 1 of Grade 11 Chemistry, which is the students' first dedicated Chemistry course. 

Recent activity: 1 year 4 weeks ago
by Iain Smellie
Sun, 03/13/2022 - 13:19

In recent years, the fluorescence properties of pumpkin seeds have been highlighted on social media. When illuminated with a UV lamp, pumpkin seed extract appears orange/red to the human eye due to fluorescence associated with protochlorophyllide that is present in the seeds. Chlorophyll extracts can also be used as a fluorescent dye in “glowstick” chemiluminescence experiments. The similarities between chlorophylls and protochlorophyllide raised the question, is it possible to use pumpkin seed extract as a fluorescent dye in chemiluminescence experiments? In this short article, some results are reported from attempts to use pumpkin seed extracts for chemiluminescence experiments. 

Recent activity: 1 year 2 months ago
by Nora Walsh
Thu, 03/10/2022 - 08:33

Engage your students with this stoichiometry scavenger hunt!

Comments: 12
Recent activity: 3 months 5 days ago