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A Chemistry Lesson: Making Glass Flexible, Strong, and Tough
A Chemistry Lesson: Making Glass Flexible, Strong, and Tough 150 150 Deborah

Overview: What Is Glass? Glass is a peculiar state of matter with some of the properties of a solid and some of a liquid.  The scientific definition of “glass” refers to…

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Naming Covalent Compounds
Naming Covalent Compounds 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

When naming covalent compounds, prefixes must be used to identify the number of atoms. The prefixes are as follows. 1: Mono- 2: Di- 3: Tri- 4: Tetra- 5: Penta- 6:…

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Atomic Properties: Electronegativity
Atomic Properties: Electronegativity 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Electronegativity (EN) is a property that describes an atom’s attraction for electrons in a bond. This property determines the type of bond which forms between two atoms. An atom with…

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Understanding Percentage Composition
Understanding Percentage Composition 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

The Law of Definite Proportions states that elements in a compound are always present in the same proportions by mass. The percent composition is the relative mass of each element…

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Periodic Trends: Ionization Energy
Periodic Trends: Ionization Energy 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Specific patterns of certain elemental characteristics are present in the periodic table. The tendencies of these patterns increase or decrease as you move along the columns and rows of the…

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Chemistry: Empirical Formulas
Chemistry: Empirical Formulas 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

The empirical formula is the simplest chemical formula that shows the lowest whole number ratio of the elements in the compound. This is different from the molecular formula, which has…

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Balancing Chemical Equations
Balancing Chemical Equations 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

The Law of Conservation of Mass states that matter cannot be created or destroyed. Thus, the mass of substances produced in a chemical reaction is always equal to the mass…

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Cognitive Friday: Maximizing Learning Styles
Cognitive Friday: Maximizing Learning Styles 150 150 Suzanne

A learning style inventory is an assessment that shows people the modes in which they learn best. It is not an assessment in the common high-stakes sense of the word,…

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Priming and Decision-Making
Priming and Decision-Making 150 150 Suzanne

The psychological phenomenon of priming affects a number of mental processes. Priming is like an advanced notification system, however a person is receiving notifications that affect what they think and…

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Fundamentals of Matter
Fundamentals of Matter 150 150 SchoolTutoring Academy

Everything that you can see around you is made up of matter. Matter is anything that occupies space and mass. Matter is made up of tiny particles called atoms. Atoms…

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