Teacher Demo: Neutrally Buoyant Helium Balloon

Almost every child at one time or another has experienced the wonder, and later, a sense of loss, from a helium balloon. The emotional attachment most students have to helium balloons can be used to focus them on a variety of Physics concepts. Adjust the...

Teacher Demo: Burning Money

Teachers are required to have fire safety training and permission of the employer before going forward with this demonstration. The purpose of this demonstration is to illustrate an example of an exothermic reaction while looking at chemical properties of an alcohol....

Teacher Demonstration: Thinking about the Movement of Water

The distinction between diffusion and osmosis is not clear to many students. Observing coloured particles (such as food dye) diffuse in water shows direct evidence of diffusion, but the movement of water particles is not so easily observed. This demonstration prepares...

Teacher Demo: Packing Peanuts

There are many different kinds of polymers, both natural and synthetic. Polymers are widely used and have many practical applications based on their properties. They are often strong and chemically stable. Examples of natural polymers include proteins, starch,...

Teacher Demo: Respiration in Yeast

This demonstration shows that the combination of yeast, sugar and water will produce a gas that can be collected. This provides students with an opportunity to draw on prior knowledge to identify the cellular process involved. Students also have a chance to predict...
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