Volume 1: A Rainbow Of Polymers
In this lesson we are going to create a gravity-defying, multi-colored
substance to help us learn more about polymers, acid/base reactions
and pH indicators.
Concepts: Polymers, acid-base indicators, hydrogen bonding
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Volume 2: Foaming At The Mouth
In this lesson we are going to learn about catalysts and how they can be
used to drive chemical reactions. The catalyzed decomposition of
hydrogen peroxide is demonstrated.
Concepts: Catalysts, decomposition reaction
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Volume 3: The Dancing Flame
In this lesson we are going to show that scientists have super powers by
creating blue flames out of alcohol and then causing the flames to dance
under Grand Hank’s command. This exciting demonstration will help
students better understand combustion reactions, and thermodynamic
concepts.
Concepts: Combustion, thermodynamics, molar relationships,
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Volume 4: Electric Clock Reactions
In this lesson we are going to learn about energy conversions. Specifically,
we are going to convert chemical energy to electrical energy and in
the process power a digital clock.
Concepts: Chemical energy, electrical energy, energy transformation
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Volume 5: The Case Of The Fluorescent Polymer
All students love slime, but did you know that slime is a polymer? In this
lesson we are going to learn about polymers by making a slime substance
that glows when held under an ultraviolet light source.
Concepts: Polymers, fluorescence, light spectra
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Volume 6: Secret Code Messages
In this lesson we are going to learn how to write secret messages
with disappearing ink and then use chemistry to
develop and transmit these messages. Students learn about
the properties of a characteristic acid-base indicator and
extend their understanding of pH and acid-base concepts.
Concepts: Acids and bases, pH, indicators
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Volume 7: A Sponge Can Be An Indicator Too...
In this lesson we are going to experience a discrepant event as
we turn a sponge into an acid-base indicator. Dip a red sponge
into a red solution-watch it turn blue. Place the blue sponge
into a blue solution-it turns back to red. This event guarantees
to stimulate lively discussion as your students attempt to
generate hypothesis about the mystery that has taken place.
Concepts: Acid-base indicators
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Volume 8: The Case Of Auto-Catalysis
In this lesson we are going to learn about catalysis, specifically,
auto-catalysis. Which is when a catalyst for a reaction is actually
one of the products of the reaction. Confused, you should
be, but at the conclusion of this lesson you will be greatly
enlightened about this phenomenon.
Concepts: Catalysis, kinetics
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Volume 9: Dry Ice Puts On A Color Show
In this lesson we are going to learn about Dry Ice (carbon
dioxide) and its effect on indicators by running a series of
chemical reactions. By adding chunks of dry ice to various
acid-base indicator solutions we can observe an array of
brilliant color changes.
Concepts: Sublimation, acid-base indicators
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Volumes 10 & 11: A Poylmer For The Environment I & II
In this two-part lesson we are going to focus on oil and how
cleaning up an oil spill has become a major environmental
problem. This lesson will introduce a new form of hydrocarbon
stabilization polymer technology that is changing the way
scientists approach oil spills and waste management
problems. The goal is to heighten the awareness of
environmental issues facing society today.
Concepts: Latest technology in oil recovery
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Volume 12: Redox Reactions That Stop & Go
In this lesson we are going to run a redox reaction in an
Erlenmeyer flask that stops and goes on Grand Hank’s
command. When he shakes the flask of solution, it turns from
yellow to red to green, then shifts back to yellow again.
Concepts: Oxidation-reduction, indicators, kinetics
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Volume 13: Growing A Crystal Garden
In this lesson we are going to make a beautiful crystal garden
inside a glass beaker containing a clear liquid. This eye-catching
experiment is guaranteed to shed new light on under water
gardening.
Concepts: Crystal structures, osmosis, formation of insoluble
silicates
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Volume 14: When Vapors Turn To Flames
In this lesson we are going to learn how vapors from volatile,
flammable liquids can be an ignition source for fires and
explosions. By supplying the three necessary ingredients for a
fire: oxygen, fuel and a source of ignition, we create a powerful
lesson on fire safety.
Concepts: Combustion, flammable liquids, fire safety
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Volume 15: Superheated Steam
In this lesson we are going to learn which is a greater skin
burning threat steam or boiling water? Place a piece of paper
in the exhaust steam and watch as it chars. Hold a match in the
exhaust and watch it ignite. This demonstration will dramatically
show the energy content of superheated steam.
Concepts: Phase changes, heat released by condensation,
steam
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Volume 16: The Chromatography Centrifuge
Some inks used in commercially available pens are often
mixtures of several pigments. In this lesson we are going to use
spinning (radial) paper chromatography to separate the
components of an ink mixture from a water-soluble, felt-tip pen.
Concepts: Radial chromatography
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Volume 17: The Science Of Standing Waves
In this lesson we are going to generate a standing wave by
using a centrifuge device with a simple attachment. The
discussion of wavelength and frequency will become more
concrete as you see these principles.
Concepts: Wavelength, amplitude, nodes, anti-nodes
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Volume 18: The Forces Of Gravity & Magnetism
In this lesson we are going to determine how the distance
between two objects affects magnetic and gravitational forces.
Which of the two is strongest? The goal is to determine the
relationship between force and distance between objects.
Concepts: Gravity, magnetism
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Volume 19: Making Delicious Ice Cream
In this lesson we are going to learn how to lower the freezing
point of water (freezing point depression) and use this method
to make edible ice cream.
Concepts: Freezing point depression, suspensions, colloids
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Volume 20: The Colors Of Metals: Emission Spectroscopy
In this lesson we are going to learn about the characteristic
emission spectra of several metal ions by using a flame test. By
identifying the color signature of metals students will gain a
better understanding of the visible spectra.
Concepts: Visible spectra
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Volume 21: Baking With Electrical Energy
In this lesson we are going to use a form of energy in an
unconventional way to bake a cake that we can eat.
Concepts: Energy, electric current, cooking
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Volume 22: Cash Money Millionaires: Making Silver
& Gold From Copper
In this lesson we are going to turn an ordinary penny into silver
and then into gold. We are going to demonstrate how Alchemy
was used to make fools gold, and that chemistry is really at the
root of this ancient science.
Concepts: Oxidation-reduction, alloys
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Volume 23: Solutions That Come Apart
In this lesson we are going combine two clear solutions to
form a homogeneous mixture. However, one solution is
organic and the other aqueous and by adding a solid
chemical, the seemingly inseparable solutions begin to
separate into two distinct layers.
Concepts: Solubility, bonding, polar/non-polar solvents
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Volume 24: Fluorescent Dye
In this lesson we are going to demonstrate that color is a
result of the interaction of light and matter. The color that a
solution appears to the human eye can change depending
on the nature of the light source used to illuminate it. By
using white light and black light we can demonstrate this
color difference.
Concepts: Fluorescence, absorption, emission
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Volume 25: Obey Your Thirst
In this lesson we are going to learn how through a series
of chemical reactions with iron (III), we can mimic the color
of beverages; lemonade, iced tea, strawberry mystic, and
grape juice.
Concepts: Acid-base indicators
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Volume 26: Acids & Bases
In this experiment we are going to discuss some concepts
of acids and bases. We are going to do this by showing a
myriad of colors produced by several reactions occurring in
one apparatus, and it all starts with two copper pennies.
Concepts: Acid-base indicators, oxidation-reduction,
reactions with metals and acids
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Volume 27: Oxidation & Reduction Reactions
In this lesson we are going to run some chemical reactions
using hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide (which is a
colorless solution) will cause another colorless solution to
turn a different color. We are going to produce a rainbow of
colors by demonstrating that hydrogen peroxide can both
oxidize and reduce.
Concepts: Oxidation-reduction
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Volume 28: Substitution Reactions
In this lesson we are going to learn about nucleophilic
substitution reactions by producing a series of color
changes, which will help observe how these reactions take
place.
Concepts: Nucleophilic substitution reactions, functional
groups, halogens, hydrocarbons
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Volume 29: Making A One Cylinder Engine
In this lesson we are going to learn about phase change and
energy transformation by building a pair of simple engines - one
using an aluminum soda can and the other using an Erlenmeyer
flask.
Concepts: Phase change, vaporization, energy conversion
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Volume 30: Diffusion Reactions
In this lesson we are going to learn how vapor pressure and
forces in and around molecules influence the rate of diffusion.
This is an amazing way to demonstrate diffusion, vapor
pressure, intermolecular bonding, and even Rault’s Law.
Concepts: Equilibrium, diffusion, sublimation, vapor pressure,
Rault’s Law
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Volume 31: Pressure Power
In this lesson we are going to learn that we live at the “bottom of
an ocean of air” and that air exerts significant pressure. Simply
by heating and allowing a can to cool, we can create enough of a
vacuum inside the can to cause the can to collapse,
demonstrating the power of air and the pressure it exerts.
Concepts: Air pressure
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Volume 32: Secret Messages With Paper
In this lesson we are going to learn about a remarkable liquid
that can loosen up pores in a person’s skin, then soften the
veins and capillaries inside. This discrepant event will have your
students fully engaged and begging for more. This lesson is the
ultimate introduction to acids, bases and indicators and best of
all its reusable.
Concepts: Acid-base indicators, equilibrium
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Volume 33: Clock Reactions In A Blue Flash
In this lesson we are going to learn about a chemical reaction
called a clock reaction. We are going to observe a solution, as it
turns from colorless to deep blue in a flash. Your students will
be amazed by this starch-iodine clock reaction.
Concepts: Clock reactions, kinetics, catalysts
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Volume 34: The Reversable Colors Of Yellow & Blue
In this lesson we are going to learn about reversible reactions by
observing what happens when we mix three colorless solutions
together in one beaker. The solutions will oscillate between
yellow and blue for up to ten minutes.
Concepts: Oscillating reactions, kinetics
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Volume 35: Bubbles From Small To Large
In this lesson we are going to use detergents and soaps to
create a giant bubble. A bubble that is large enough to
envelop a human being. If you want to generate instant
interest on the properties of matter, ask your students,
“Would you like to be inside a bubble?”
Concepts: Properties of matter, qualitative and
quantitative observation skills
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Volume 36: The Chef Is At It Again
In this lesson we are going to learn how scientists
sometimes can act as chefs by using chemicals that
produce heat. By frying an egg we can use the process of
cooking to help us understand the concepts of exothermic
reactions and heat of reaction.
Concepts: Exothermic reactions, heat of reaction
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Volume 37: Clock Reactions With A Colorful Display
In this lesson we are going to learn how to produce a
rainbow of colors by adding a liquid to seven different dry
chemical mixtures.
Concepts: Clock reactions, buffers, acid-base indicators
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Volume 38: Learning Stoichiometry Using Balloons
In this lesson we are going to discover how a balanced
chemical equation is used to determine the amounts of
reactants needed and the amounts of products produced
by any chemical reaction. We are going to learn about
stoichiometry, one of the most important quantitative
topics you will encounter in chemistry.
Concepts: Stoichiometry, mole ratio, limiting reactant,
excess reactant
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Volumes 39 & 40: Balancing Buffers Part I & II
In this two-part lesson we are going to learn about buffers.
Specifically, what are they? How do they work? What are their
consumer applications? Buffers are one of the most difficult
concepts in acid-base chemistry. This lesson will help you teach
buffers in a way that students will both see and understand.
Concepts: Buffers, pH, weak acid, conjugate base
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Volume 41: Colorful Stalactites & Stalagmites
In this lesson we are going to learn about stalactite and
stalagmite formation by performing a colorful, easy-to-follow
demonstration.
Concepts: Stalactites, stalagmites, precipitates, double
replacement reactions
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Volume 42: Polymers That Are Super Absorbent
In this lesson we are going to learn about super absorbent
polymers and some of their uses in everyday life. Sodium
polyacrylate polymers have many water absorbing applications.
Concepts: Polymers, osmosis, cross-linking
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Volume 43: Transverse Waves
In this lesson we are going to learn how wavelength and
frequency are related in a transverse wave. Waves traveling
through a medium at the same speed show an inverse
relationship between wavelength and frequency. This
demonstration will help your students experience that
relationship.
Concepts: Wavelength, frequency, wave patterns
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Volume 44: Circular Motion Paradox
In this lesson we are going to learn about circular motion. When
we accelerate around a sharp curve in a car, are we being thrown
into the car or is the car accelerating into us?
Concepts: Uniform circular motion, centripetal force, center of
curvature
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Volume 45: Magnetic Field Orientations
In this lesson we are going to use a magnetic field
demonstrator to reveal the magnetic fields produced by
various magnets. There are no messy iron filings to clean
up because they are sealed in a plastic transparent case
and respond to magnets placed on the flat outer surface.
Concepts: Magnetism, magnetic fields
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Volume 46: The Elastic Properties Of A Balloon
In this lesson we are going to demonstrate some of the
properties of the polymer material balloons are made of by
inserting a needle through a balloon.
Concepts: Polymers, properties of rubber material
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Volume 47: Boiling Water Under Pressure
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius when heated. In this
lesson we are going to demonstrate how we can also boil
water by cooling it. This is the ultimate discrepant event
and will totally amaze your students.
Concepts: Boiling, vapor pressure, evaporative cooling
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Volume 48: Electroplating With Copper
In this lesson we are going to coat a metal key with a thin
layer of copper using an electrolytic process called
electroplating.
Concepts: Electroplating, oxidation-reduction, Law of
Conservation of Matter, anode and cathode,
Faraday’s Law
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Volume 49: Banging With Hydrogen
In this lesson we are going to safely observe the explosive
nature of hydrogen gas. We are going to ignite bubbles
filled with pure hydrogen and bubbles filled with mixtures
of hydrogen and air, and determine whether hydrogen gas
burns in the absence of air.
Concepts: Chemistry of gases
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