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Amazing Ice
Examine what happens to the floating and
sinking properties of water as it changes
from a solid to a liquid in oil...
Amazing Powder
Demonstrate the amazing effect that a
powder from diapers has on water...
Brim to Brim
Show that two pieces of matter cannot be
in the same space at the same time...
Broken Pencil?
Show that looking at objects through
water makes them appear different...
Dry Paper
Keep a piece of paper towel dry even
after placing it under water...
Evaporation in
Action
Observe the process of evaporation...
Expansion on
Freezing
Show that water expands when it is
frozen...
Guessing Game
Demonstrate the difference between
objects that sink and float...
Hot Sips
Observe hot water rise in cold water...
How to Make
Six-Sided Snowflakes
Ice Fishing
Lift an ice cube out of a glass of water
using a piece of string...
"Magic"
Screen
Show that water will not drip through
fabric, even though the fabric is not
water-proofed, because water likes to
stick together...
Moved by Marbles
Observe that two things cannot occupy the
same space at the same time...
Musical Glass
Cause a goblet of water to emit sound...
Over the Rim
Show that water likes to stick together
and can even rise about the edge of its
container...
Soapy Stories
Demonstrate the effects of soap on
water...
Super Snowflakes
Demonstrate what the smallest particle of
water looks like and to use this to show
how snowflakes are made...
Racing Water
Droplets
Observe water droplets as they race down
a hill...
Rainbow in Your
Room
Observe the separation of colours in
white light using water...
Water and Sand
Show that a glass of sand has air in
it...
Water Magnifies
Show that looking at objects through
water makes them appear larger...
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Atoms and
Molecules
Construct your own molecules...
Bones in Knots
Tie chicken bones in knots with the help
of chemical changes...
Chemical Word
Searches
Search for chemistry in and around you...
Colour Mixing
Observe the mixing of primary colours to
form secondary colours...
Crystal Garden
Create a crystal garden...
Crystal Streamers
Observe a solid as it dissolves in a
liquid to produce streamers of colour...
Falling Spheres
Make spheres of coloured water float
between a layer of water and oil...
Green Pennies
Demonstrate a chemical change using
pennies and vinegar...
Hidden Colors
Find out what colours are hidden in
different coloured inks...
In Suspense
Examine the characteristics of a
cornstarch suspension...
The Erupting
Volcano
Cause a minitaure volcanic eruption...
The Disappearing
Egg Shell
Remove the shell from an egg without
breaking the egg...
The Paper Bag
Mystery
Find out what is hidden inside an
inflated paper lunch bag...
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junior high and high
school A Clock Reaction
Two solutions (A and B) are mixed by
pouring from one beaker into the other.
After many seconds, the mixed solution
turns dark blue, the color of the
starch-iodine complex. Changing the
concentration...
A Chemical
Engineer’s Recipe for Chocolate Chip
Cookies
Household cooking involves chemistry.
Here is a cooking experiment in which the
product is edible...
An Absorbency
Experiment
Try this experiment see how a small
amount of absorbent material can take up
many times its own mass in water...
CELLULOSE
MOLECULES: LEFT OR RIGHT-HANDED?
Most objects that occur naturally are not
identical with their mirror images. This
characteristic is called
"chirality" or
"handedness." The two forms are
often designated...
Detection of
Acids and Bases with Red Cabbage Juice
Red cabbage juice is an example of an
acid-base indicator. In chemistry, an
indicator is a tool used to indicate the
presence of a specific chemical or a
specific type of chemicals...
Electrolysis of a
Water To electrolyze water.
Electrolysis is a process by which a
chemical reaction is carried out by means
of the passage of an electric...
Electrolysis of a
Water Solution
A water solution is electrolysed using a
9V battery. Electrode phenomena can be
observed. The kinetic of the reactions
can be changed. Such electrolysis give
rise to many industrial applications...
Electrolysis of
KI
To electrolyze a potassium iodide
solution. Electrolysis is a process by
which a chemical reaction is carried out
by means of the passage)of an electric
current. As the reaction proceeds iodide
is oxidized at the anode...
Fluorescence
Emission from Tonic Water
To observe the fluorescence of quinine in
tonic water. This experiment demonstrates
the important and fascinating phenomenon
of fluorescence, the prompt emission of
longer wavelength light when a
molecule...
Growing Crystals
To grow crystals from a supersaturated
solution. A solid that dissolves in a
liquid (solvent) is called a solute.
Solute can be added to the solvent until
no more will dissolve...
Make Your Own
pH-Indicator
To make a phenolphthalein indicator and
test the acidity or basicity of household
products. Phenolphthalein is a large
organic...
Making Sponge
Toffee
Household cooking involves chemistry.
Here's a chemistry experiment in which
the product is edible. What is the
purpose of...
Natural Product
Chemistry: Extracting Pigments
To extract organic pigments from a
variety of vegetables. Organic pigments
are large and often complex organic
molecules responsible for the
different...
Paper
Chromatography
This experiment shows how ink can be
separated into its component dyes by
chromatography. This is an illustration
of an important technique used in all
chemical sciences...
Paper
Chromatography (2)
To separate the different colours that
are in coloured pens. Chromatography is a
common chemical method for separating
substances...
Radial Paper
Chromatography
The purpose of this experiment is to
separate a mixture of dyes in felt pen
ink...
Removing Iodine
from Iodized Salt
To remove potassium iodide from iodized
salt. Iodine is a halogen. At room
temperature it is a bluish-black solid
with a metallic luster and is classified
as a semiconductor of electricity. Iodine
is needed by the thyroid...
Removing Iron
from Cereal
To remove metallic iron from iron
fortified cereal. Iron is the most
abundant metallic element in the human
body as well as an...
Studying Slime
To make slime and observe its
"non-Newtonian fluid"
properties. The slime made in this
experiment is similar to a product that
used...
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National Chemistry
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