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Accelerate Rusting
To demonstrate how a chemical reaction from vinegar, water, and bleach can accelerate the rusting process of steel.
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Acids And Bases
To determine which chemicals are acids and which are bases.
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Apple Mummy
To create a mummified apple by removing the moisture from the apple and preventing bacteria from growing.
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Bending Water
To demonstrate how oppositely charged electrons can be used to bend water.
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Boiling Point of Water
To study the effect of adding solutes on the boiling point of water.
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Candle Race
To determine if color factors into how quickly a candle will burn
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Candy Molecules
To create fun, colorful, and delicious molecule structures out of candy, such as H20 and CO2 molecules.
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Chemical Metamorphosis
To find out what chemical change is and be able to answer the question, “Can a material form a new substance when exposed under a given condition?”
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Climbing Colors
To extract the hidden colors that makes up the main colors of various felt-tipped markers.
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Cup of Lava
To demonstrate the effects of salt on oil by creating a "lava lamp" in a cup.
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Dissolving in Liquids
To explore the extent to which different solids will dissolve in water at a given temperature and compare the results.
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Dissolving Solutes
To find out how solutes behave when mixed with solvents. After this experiment, you will be able to identify the changes that occurred to the brown sugar when it was dissolved in the different solvents and answer the question, “Which solvent dissolve sugar the fastest?”
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Distillation of Water
To convert impure water into chemically pure water by distillation
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Evaportating Liquids
To examine what happens to various liquids when they've been left in the sun for extended periods of time.
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Expanding Soap
To have some fun while demonstrate how the heating of water inside a bar of Ivory Soap can cause a chemical reaction that results in the expansion of the soap.
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Exploding Ziploc
To demonstrate an ACID-BASE reaction (a chemical reaction that occurs between an acid and a base).
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Extracting Starch
To demonstrate the existence of starch in plants by separating the compound from potatoes.
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Filtration of Water
To remove suspended matter from muddy water in three stages: using sedimentation, filtration as well as chemical treatment
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Fruit Battery Power
To demonstrate how an electrical current can be generated using citrus fruits (such as lemons or limes) that is strong enough to power a small light bulb.
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Gas To Liquid
To physically see the water that exists in the air through the process of condensation.
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Grape Juice & Cleaners
To determine which out of four popular cleaners can get a grape juice stain out the best.
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Green Slime
To demonstrate how mixing two chemical together can form another chemical - slime!
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Growing a Crystal
To grow a crystal of Potash Alum
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Hard vs. Soft Water
To determine the difference between hard and soft water by mimicking hard and soft water conditions.
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Homemade Floam
To observe how two chemicals react to form a flexible polymer, a homemade floam!
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Home-Made Glue #1
To create a light, non-toxic, and environmentally friendly glue from household products.
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Homemade Snowflakes
To demonstrate the growth of crystals in reaction to water temperature by creating homemade snowflakes.
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Human Battery Power
To demonstrate that a human body can be used as a battery by producing an electrical current.
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Invisible Ink
To demonstrate how the acidic properties of lemons can be used to make lemon juice act as an invisible ink.
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Mentos Soda Volcano
To demonstrate how carbon dioxide gas in soda can cause a volcanic eruption when mixed with mentos candy.
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Milky Plastic
To demonstrate the separation of casein from milk, forming a milky plastic substance.
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Mixing With Water
To determine which liquids will mix with water.
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Oven Baked Ice Cream
To show how air bubbles can slow the penetration of hot air, resulting in a delicious baked ice-cream cookie treat!
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Paper Marbling
To make swirling pattern on paper for unique designs, mimicking marble.
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Rubbery Egg
To demonstrate the importance of calcium for healthy teeth and bones.
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Rust and Moisture
To find out if the phenomenon of rusting is dependant on the presence of moisture
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Speed of Decomposition
To determine which factor speeds up the decomposition in fruits and vegetables – air and light or complete darkness with stagnant air.
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Speed of Dissolving
To demonstrate how water temperature affects the dissolving of sugar in liquid.
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Translucent Egg
To demonstrate how to create a translucent (naked) egg by causing a chemical reaction to break-down its calcium and erode it’s shell.
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Water and Living Things
To confirm the presence of water in living organisms
