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Creative Chemistry

Preparation of Crystalline Derivatives of Aldehydes and Ketones

For Students 9th - 12th
Chemistry explorers prepare a crystalline derivative and find its melting point. Once they discover the melting point, they can identify whether the substance is pure or an aldehyde or ketone. This outstanding laboratory activity helps...
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Royal Society of Chemistry

Green Plastics—Chemistry Outreach

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
How do green plastics reduce waste and environmental pollution? Budding scientists create and test a variety of compounds used in green plastics during an insightful experiment. Beginning with startling statistics and ending with...
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Serendip

A Scientific Investigation – What Types of Food Contain Starch and Protein?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
You are what you eat, as they say! Are you more starch or more protein? Young scholars use their knowledge of each component to test different foods for their content. Using multiple indicators, individuals describe the protein and...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Build a 'Breath Spray Bomb' to Study Small Explosion

For Students 9th - 10th
Hold onto your hats. In this science fair project, you will make a device that sends a film canister across the room with a small chemical explosion. The energy for the explosion is derived from the combustion of ethanol. You will...

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