Chemistry

Watch as a colorless solution poured from a seemingly normal pitcher suddenly turns color! Here's how it works. A chemical is placed in a small fixed container located at the bottom of a pitcher. Another chemical is placed into the body of the pitche...

Create a concrete analogy of an electron orbital using this low-cost spinning demonstration! Students often experience difficulty in grasping abstract concepts such as the composition of an atom. The butterfly orbital demonstration provides students ...

Oh, no! Labels have been removed from the kitchen containers at a luncheonette. There are four white solids-they all look alike, but are they the same? Students must use the scientific method and their knowledge of physical and chemical properties to...

Pour all of the water out of the lota bowl until it's completely empty-or is it? Pick up the bowl just minutes later and-voila!-more water magically pours out. Where did the water come from? Repeat this amazing feat over and over. Use this demonstrat...

Everyone loves a mystery! A two-toned rectangular block of paraffin is displayed with the darker half on the bottom. Flip it over—the darker half is still on the bottom! As students make observations, ask questions, make predictions, propose experime...

What could it have been like to imagine the nature of an atom? How difficult is it to produce a model of something that can't be seen? The Think Tube allows students to appreciate the challenges associated with things that cannot be directly observed...

Chemistry teachers-now you can have your own low-cost video camera to show chemical demonstrations, experiments and close-ups of exciting chemistry phenomena. How many times have you shown students a demonstration only to wish you could “macrosize it...