Lab Simulations & Other Projects

• Percent Copper in a Penny (8 pts)
• Density Layers  (10 pts)
• Density of an Apple  (15 pts)
• "Heavy" Water (10 pts)
  
• An Eggcellent Experiment  (21 pts)
• Another Eggcellent Experiment (Temperature)
  

• Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt: Metric Measurements  (10 pts) 
• Size of an Atom Activity  (8 pts)
  
• Going Metric Debate - should the US switch to the metric system? (21 pts)
• Discovery of the Elements (10 pts)
• Watch the "World of Chemistry" Episode 3 (28 min) and complete the"Episode3: Measurements" Worksheet

• Chemical & Physical Changes (15 pts) 
• Freezing Point Depression  (26 pts)
• Chromatography of Ink Markers (20 pts)
• The Fizzkeeper (10 pts)
  
• Testing for Lead in Your Home (15 pts)
• Testing for Radon in Your Home (15 pts)
• Pop Rocks Candy Analysis (21 pts +8 opt pts)
• Distillation of Listerine or Windshield De-Icers (26 pts)
• Under Construction:
  
• Quick Freeze - Focus on Container Material
• Quick Freeze - Focus on Beverage

LateNiteLabs.com Simulations:

• LNL: Conservation of Mass  (15 pts)
• LNL: Separation of a Mixture (13 pts)
• LNL: Law of Definite Proportions (10 pts)
• LNL: Characteristic Properties - Melting & Boiling Points (15 pts)
  
• LNL: Identifying Unknown Substances from Characteristic Properties (15 pts)
• LNL: Who's the Sweetest of Them All (21 pts) *

Other Activities:

• Ionic Compounds: Supermarket Ions  (10 pts)
• Chemical Names of Common Substances  (10 pts)
• Periodic Trends in Elemental Properties  (15 points) 

Video Activites:

• Watch the "World of Chemistry" Episode 5 (28 min) and complete the"Episode 5: A Matter of State" Worksheet
• Watch the "World of Chemistry" Episode 7 (28 min) and complete the"Episode 7: The Periodic Table" Worksheet
• Watch the "World of Chemistry" Episode 19 (28 min) and complete the"Episode 19: Metals" Worksheet

• Home-made Fire Extinguisher (8 pts)
  
• Poppin Rockets (8 pts)
  
• Volcano in a Bottle (15 pts)
• Percent of CO₂ in Pop Rock (21 pts)
  
• Effect of Temperature on Solubility of Sugar (26 points)
  
• Which Substance Dissolves Best? (26 points)
  
• Determining the Formula of a Hydrate (20 points)
• Electrolysis of Water with a 9 Volt Battery (15 points)
• Do Pitcher Filters Really Work? (21 pts)
• Spoiling Fruit (15 pts)
• Cabbage Juice Indicator (15 pts)
• Solution Dilution (15 pts)
• An Eggscellent Experiment Revisited - molarity of solution

LateNiteLabs.com Simulations:

• LNL: Qualitative Analysis of Group I cations (15 pts)
  
• LNL: Chemical Reaction Types and Their Equations (13 pts)
• LNL: Qualitative Analysis of Household Products (13 pts)
• LNL: Qualitative Analysis of Halides (15 pts)
• LNL: Antacid (TUMS) Analysis (21 pts)

Other Activites:

• How Big is a Mole? ( 6 pts)
• Watch the Global Warming movie An Inconvenient Truth (available from your instructor) and complete the Companion Worksheet.   (20 pts)
• Dangerous Household Chemical Reactions (15 pts)

• Field Trip: Sunrise Soap Co. (15 ps) - fill and Pre-Trip Form & permission slip
• Field Trip: Sewage Treatment Plant
• Field Trip: Brunner Island

• Percent of Sodium bicarbonate in an Alka-Seltzer Tablet (15 pts)

• LNL: Decomposition of Potassium Chlorate Mixture (12 pts)
• LNL: Molar Mass of  Magnesium (10 pts)
• LNL: Spectrophotometric Analysis of Cu Solutions (21 pts)
• Honors - Analysis of Hydrogen Peroxide Solutions

Other Activities:

• Bombardier Beetle Problems (7 points) - Answer the three questions and turn in.

• It Glows Lab (must be done in Chem Lab) (21 pts)
• The Flame Test (must be done in Chem Lab) (15 pts)
  

• WebQuest: Evidence for Atoms (26 pts) - follow the directions given

• Elemental "March of Madness" Tournament Activity (21 pts) - this is not really an experiment, but it is a great activity to put your chemistry knowledge to the test and use your NCAA Tournament Bracket skills
• Periodically Organizing Christmas (see instructor for card set)
  

• It's Elemental - March Madness -   (21 Points)
• Periodic Trends in Elemental Properties  (20 points) 

• Polar & Nonpolar HouseHold Substances (21 pts)