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Lab Title |
Lab Description |
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Dilutions lab |
A serial
dilutions lab, probably best for honors level students. (Added 2007) |
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Hydrate lab |
Find the
empirical formula of Epsom salts.
Probably best for honors students. (Added
2007) |
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Gum lab |
Find the
percent composition of the sweeteners in gum.
(Added 2007) |
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Alloy computer project |
Have your
students study the properties of several common alloys. (Added
2007) |
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Ionic compound lab |
Do an
ionic compound lab with any five substances you’ve got lying around the stockroom. (Added 2007) |
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Product formation lab |
Use
double displacement reactions to make chemical compounds (Added 2007) |
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Lab Notebook Guide |
A sheet
for your students that explains the proper way to set up their lab
book. A must for new teachers! |
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Indicator Lab |
Have your
students test to see if various fruits and vegetables can be used as
acid-base indicators! |
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Balloon Lab |
An
exploding demo lab that'll get your kids' attentions! |
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Snow Globe Lab |
Your kids
will use their knowledge of solubility rules to make their own snow globes in
this inquiry-style lab. |
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Moles of Chalk Lab |
A lab
where your students determine how many moles of chalk are required to write
their names on the board. |
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Paper Plane Lab |
A
scientific method lab involving paper planes. Take it from me, the kids love
it! |
N/A |
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Oil Spill Lab |
An
investigation into the environmental chemistry of oil spill cleanup |
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Onion DNA Lab |
Extract
DNA from an onion using everyday household materials |
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Stoichiometry Lab |
Find
theoretical and actual yield of gas produced when sodium carbonate hits
acetic acid |
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Gold Penny Lab |
Plate
copper pennies with zinc to make them turn "gold". A good
introduction to alloys. |
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Pennies lab |
Investigate
density using ten years of pennies |
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Medieval Messes |
An
introduction to titrations, using a (pseudo) real-life situation |
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Chemical/Physical change lab |
Is it a
chemical or physical change? Six hands on activities to test your students knowledge of which is which. |
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Limiting reagent lab |
A
limiting reagent lab with a discovery lab twist! |
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