atmospheric pressure

The Diet Coke and Mentos reaction is a common experiment performed in many science classes. This year, I adapted my somewhat free-wheeling “wing it” approach to this experiment to instead have students research, test, and adapt as needed. The students’ goal is to get the highest possible geyser.

Dean J. Campbell* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

Can you solve this new Chemical Mystery? (Video 1)

Co-Authored by Dean J. Campbell*, Carley Steres*, and Kaitlyn Walls* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

The ideal gas law and gas stoichiometry problems are quite common from the high school chemistry classroom to the college general chemistry laboratory.

In an effort to better understand my high school students' knowledge of what is happening during phase changes, heating curve calculations, and the ever popular can crush demo, I run them through a series of activities.