Teacher Demo: An Eggciting Demonstration!

This demonstration is a dramatic look at the influence of the atmospheric pressure and the relationship of pressure and temperature of a gas. A burning piece of paper is inserted in a bottle and an egg is set on top of the bottle. After the flame is extinguished the...

Student Activity: Diaper Dissection

This activity introduces students to a consumer product that has many different types of polymers. Students will dissect a disposable diaper and take note of different types of polymers used in this consumer product. They will focus on the use of sodium polyacrylate...

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,...
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