Read Works
Read Works: Stay Candle Safe
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about safety tips to follow when burning candles. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Candle Drop
By using this discrepant event, students will be guided through an investigation using a burning candle in a jar. The teacher will hold a burning candle in a jar over his/her head. When dropped, the candle will extinguish when caught....
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Carbon Dioxide
PBS site offers an experiment kids can do at home to see how carbon dioxide can put out burning candles.
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Science of Candles
Click on each question to find the answers to how a candle works.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Observation of a Candle
In this activity, students observe and test a candle to try and determine what must be present in order for a candle to burn and what the products of combustion are.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Burning Volumes
An analysis of how the volume of various jars impacts the burning time of candles. Data collected will be used to explore modeling, line fitting and linear regression Using graphing calculators.
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TOPS Learning Systems
Tops Learning Systems: Top Science: Will Iron Burn? [Pdf]
Explore the oxidation of iron in a candle flame using a nail and steel wool.