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Old Glory—Chemical Demonstration Kit

By: The Flinn Staff

Old Glory Chemical Demonstration Kit
Old Glory Chemical Demonstration Kit
Item #: AP8463 

Price: $30.82

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The Old Glory Chemical Demonstration Kit and its vivid colors will leave a lasting impression as students learn about double replacement reactions and complex ion formation. Cheers, cheers for the red, white and blue.

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Place three clear and colorless solutions all in a row, play some patriotic march music in the background, and add a single yellow solution to each beaker. Cheers, cheers for the red, white and blue—the colors of Old Glory emerge in time to the music! Introduce your students to the nature of chemical reactions with this colorful kit. What kinds of observations provide evidence that a chemical reaction has occurred? The vivid colors in this demonstration will leave a lasting impression as students learn about double replacement reactions and complex ion formation. Teacher Demonstration Notes included.  

Concepts: Chemical reactions, double replacement, complex ions.
Time Required: 10 minutes
Chemicals Provided: Iron(III) chloride, potassium ferrocyanide, potassium thiocyanate, silver nitrate solutions.

Specifications

Materials Included in Kit: 
Iron(III) chloride, 0.03 M, 500 mL, 2
Potassium ferroyanide solution, 0.1 M, 140 mL
Potassium thiocyanate solution, 140 mL
Silver nitrate, 0.1 M, 140 mL


Correlation to Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS)†

Science & Engineering Practices

Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Obtaining, evaluation, and communicating information

Disciplinary Core Ideas

MS-PS1.B: Chemical Reactions
MS-PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter
HS-PS1.B: Chemical Reactions
HS-PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter

Crosscutting Concepts

Cause and effect
Energy and matter
Stability and change

Performance Expectations

MS-PS1-2. Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred.
HS-PS1-2. Construct and revise an explanation for the outcome of a simple chemical reaction based on the outermost electron states of atoms, trends in the periodic table, and knowledge of the patterns of chemical properties.