Short descriptions of demonstrations that can be connected to glaciers. Many of these examples are suitable for use in high school and collegiate General Chemistry courses and other courses such as Environmental Chemistry.
A Picture-Perfect activity for National Chemistry Week 2024!
How do Melissa & Doug’s “Water WOW!” Water Reveal coloring books work? Let's do some experiments to find out!
Pharaoh's serpent is the name of a very interesting chemical reaction that produces a snake-like foam. Unfortunately, it requires the use of a toxic mercury compound. Explore this very similar reaction that can be achieved quite simply by using fuel tablets and calcium gluconate tablets and learn a lot about the chemistry that is involved!
What is some of the chemistry involved in the formation of ice clouds when boiling water is thrown into icy air?
Learn the chemistry behind the reaction between calcium carbide and water...melon...?!
Diffusion of HCl(g) from concentrated solutions of HCl can be used to illustrate some chemistry related to the train accident in Ohio.
Some metals and metal alloys undergo a transition to brittleness at cold temperature. This phenomenon likely contributed to the demise of the Titanic.
Learn a bit about the chemical reactions that occur during a lightning strike, and how you can demonstrate these reactions in your classroom.
Why does the "Whoosh Bottle" experiment behave differently at different temperatures?
