Tag: Chemistry

Cabbage

Cabbage juice is an awesome chemical indicator. Its interactions with acids and bases from household items will produce a number of colors. Learn about acids

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CSI

Crimes are solved by using the evidence left behind by the perpetrators. In this activity the evidence will help you identify the perpetrator by comparing

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Digestive System

Explore what happens to our food once it’s inside our bodies. How does it get broken down in to small pieces so that it can

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Slime

Learn to make a sticky and gooey polymer called SLIME! Gross out your friends and family with our easy to make recipe and take somehome

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Exploring Chemical Bonding

Students will engage in an exploration demonstrating the Octet rule and chemical bonding using paper models of elements forming covalent and ionic compounds.

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Forensic Crime Lab

A crime is staged in the classroom. After observing the crime scene, student identify and collect crime scene evidence. Students use blood typing analysis, microscopy,

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Oobleck

Students will read the first part of the book by Dr. Seuss, “Bartholomew and the Oobleck”, where they learn about the mysterious substace “Oobleck” created

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