When you have a cold drink and you notice the water forming on the outside, it is literally pulling the water from the surrounding air to form the condensation. After watching a demonstration of condensation forming on a glass,...

This 60-question comprehensive exam was designed to determine who would go on to compete in the 2000 US National Chemistry Olympiad. Hopefuls answer multiple choice questions regarding all chemistry topics taught in the first year...

Sow the seeds of knowledge with a short video about plant oils! Science scholars discover the methods people use to extract oils from olives, coconuts, and flowers. The narrator also explains the chemical structures of these oils and why...

So many layers, so many uses! Chemistry pupils discover the many uses of the molecules separated from crude oil during the process of fractional distillation. The animated video covers such materials as plastic, kerosene, and diesel....

How do you untangle the hydrocarbon chains found in crude oil? The resource explains the process of fractional distillation, the method used to separate all of the useful molecules found in the world's most important nonrenewable...

Steel is a man-made alloy or a mixture of metals. Lesson 18 in this series of 36 focuses on metals and their extraction from Earth. Individuals read about, discuss, and answer questions after learning how people find most metals, the...

How do we get oils out of plants? The video explains the three main processes for extracting oils from trees, seeds, plants, flowers, and more. It focuses on cold pressing, distillation, and steam distillation as it compares and...

Where do the hydrocarbons we use for energy come from? Science scholars learn the origins of our fossil fuels in a short video. The animated video includes information on how fossil fuels formed, their uses, and how a number of useful...

Oil refining uses fractional distillation to separate the various fractions of crude oil. Scholars perform fractional distillation to separate rubbing alcohol from water. The second lesson in a seven-part series focuses on the process...

How does San Francisco supply its citizens with enough water, even during a drought? Learn about reservoirs and why desalination could be a good solution with a reading passage about water conservation. After kids finish the...

The introduction to the lesson mentions a sailor's limited capacity to store drinking water on his ship. Pupils then set up an overnight experiment to remove freshwater from salt water by distillation. There is a math and map activity to...

Watch the distillation process as a female narrator explains what is happening. Ideally you would demonstrate this process or have advanced classes work in lab groups to perform it themselves. If time is short or materials not available,...

Lead your class to construct a solar still on campus to demonstrate how water can be extracted from the soil. The power of solar energy is emphasized, as is the concept of how capillary water can be recovered and purified by using a...

Immerse your chemistry class in solutions! They melt and compare the mixtures that make up margarine, separate black ink into its component colors, distill ocean saltwater, and practice chromatography with plant pigments. There are eight...

Don't get separated from a great resource. Scholars view an informative video to learn about mass separation of chemicals in the 17th episode of the Crash Course Engineering series. The video looks at three different methods:...

Wow! Expose your chemistry class to every method of separating mixtures by showing this slide show. Learners will view diagrams and graphic organizers that support notes about filtration, chromatography, distillation, centrifugation, and...

Discover the process for extracting gases from the air. A 35-part lesson series continues with a discussion of fractional distillation. The instructor explains how to cool air to a liquid state and then slowly warm the air to collect...

Putting things together in the lab is easy; sometimes, separating them is the hard part. A variety of chemical separation methods come to life in the final installment of a 10-part series. Perfect for young chemists, the video describes...

Curious physical scientists follow a lesson on the properties of water with this lesson on distillation. They observe a miniature water cycle model that filters dirty water into clean water. These two lessons combined are an enriching...

Step-by-step, a simple distillation set up is presented. Then the distillation of ethyl acetone is performed. The quality of this video is clearer than most that you will find online. It would be worthwhile to show this before having...

Students brainstorm the different uses of petroleum distillates. In this chemistry lesson, students explain the process of fractional distillation. They analyze the impact of oil extraction to the environment.

Students research the process of fractional distillation. In this chemistry lesson, students perform simple distillation of two liquids. They collect data and share results in class.

In this oxidation reaction worksheet, students covert ethanol to ethanoic acid using a condenser. Students test the smell of the final product, they add sodium carbonate and they test the product with indicator paper. They explain their...

In this petroleum learning exercise, students review different types of distillations and name three common petroleum distillation fractions. This learning exercise has 10 short answer questions.