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General Safety

For Laboratory Work: Please refer to the ACS Guidelines for Chemical Laboratory Safety in Secondary Schools (2016).

For Demonstrations: Please refer to the ACS Division of Chemical Education Safety Guidelines for Chemical Demonstrations.

Other Safety resources

RAMP: Recognize hazards; Assess the risks of hazards; Minimize the risks of hazards; Prepare for emergencies

My Heart Beats for Chemistry

// Tuesday, February 22, 2022 • Tom Kuntzleman

I have always wanted to try the mercury beating heart experiment, in which a drop of liquid mercury is made to throb like a beating heart.¹ However, I have never conducted this experiment due to the issues associated with mercury toxicity.

Expanding on Self-Inflating Balloons: Activities Involving Moles, Gas Laws, and Thermochemistry

// Thursday, February 10, 2022 • Dean Campbell

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

Solution to Chemical Mystery #19: Multi-colored Mixture

// Sunday, February 6, 2022 • Tom Kuntzleman

In Chemical Mystery #19,¹ a yellow liquid is poured into a test tube, and the liquid turns red. When a white sold is added to the red liquid in the test tube, the liquid turns blue.

Chemical Mystery #19: Multi-colored Mixture

// Monday, January 31, 2022 • Tom Kuntzleman

I was recently playing around in the lab and discovered a new experiment that is very easy to carry out, but also results in a variety of mysterious color changes. You can watch it in the video below.

Simple Distillation

// Monday, January 24, 2022 • Chad Husting

"What are we doing to help kids achieve?"

A Demo A Day: Demonstrations and Props Used in My General Chemistry Class

// Monday, January 17, 2022 • Dean Campbell

Classroom demonstrations have long been an approach used to convey information in chemistry courses. The intent is to help student learning by providing physical examples to illustrate concepts described in class.

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Generating explosive gases from sand

// Friday, January 7, 2022 • Tom Kuntzleman

Introduction: Did you know that sand can be converted into a mixture of gases that spontaneously ignites in air? The procedures involved are relatively simple to perform, spectacular to observe, and relate to a rich assortment of chemical principles.

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Light and color: A virtual laboratory for future pre-school and primary school teachers

// Tuesday, December 21, 2021 • Marianna Marchini

Introduction: Starting from 2018-2019, the third year of the Bachelor of Science in Primary Teacher Education at the University of Bologna underwent a strategic reorganization of the study plan.

Online Activity: Chemical Kinetics and the “Radium Girls”

// Monday, December 20, 2021 • Dean Campbell

Co-Authored by Dean J. Campbell* and Bozana Lojpur* *Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois

Gas Laws with Daniel Radoff

// Thursday, December 16, 2021 • Deanna Cullen

Gas Laws are an essential and easily accessible area of chemistry to understand. They can be an excellent foothold into the inner workings of chemistry.