Chemistry Experiments

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Advanced Placement Chemistry Labs

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These labs meet objectives of college entrance examination board for AP Chemistry.

• A Different Look at Kinetics - Teacher Notes
• Analysis of Mouthwash - Teacher Notes
• Analysis of  Oxygen Bleach- Teacher Notes
• Atomic Mass from Specific Heat Data- Teacher Notes
• Avogadro Constant - Teacher Notes
• Chart of the Nuclides - Teacher Notes
• Chemical Metallurgy - Teacher Notes
• Determination of Acetic Acid in Vinegar/Standardization of NaOH - Teacher Notes
• Determination of a Chemical Formula- Teacher Notes
• Determination of Iron(II) by Redox Titration- Teacher Notes
• Determining the Concentration of Copper Sulfate- Computer- Teacher Notes
• Determining the Concentration of Copper Sulfate - Labquest - Teacher Notes
• Determining mass of a copper atom - Teacher Notes
• Determining Ksp of Calcium Hydroxide - Teacher Notes
• Determining the Mole Ratios in a Chemical Reaction - Teacher Notes
• Exploring Properties of Gases - Teacher Notes
• Half-Life Measurement - Teacher Notes
• Liquid Chromatography- Teacher Notes
• Limiting Reagent, Stoichiometry and the Mole- Teacher Notes
• Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid - Teacher Notes
• Molecular Mass By Freezing Point Depression - Teacher Notes
• Nuclear Radiation and Shielding- Teacher Notes
• Oxidizing Power of Laundry Bleach - Teacher Notes
• Preparing Buffers and Buffer Capacity
• Rate and Order of a Chemical Reaction - Teacher Notes
• Spectral Analysis  - Teacher Notes
• Synthesis and Analysis of Aspirin - Teacher Notes
• Titration of Polyprotic Acids - Teacher Notes

Acids and Bases

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                   ** Any titration labs can be done with a Vernier Drop Counter as well as the traditional method.**

• Acid Base Titrations Using a Primary Standard- Teacher Note
• Acid Dissociation Constant - Teacher Notes
• Which Hydrogens in Citric Acid are Acidic

Atomic Structure and Periodic Properties

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• Chart of the Nuclides - Teacher notes
• Bond Length with HyperChem Lite
• Building Basics with HyperChem Lite - Teacher notes
• Building Molecular Models - Teacher Notes
• Determining The Avogadro Constant - Teacher Notes
• Emission Spectra Using V-Spec - Teacher Notes
• Periodic Table Trends with HyperChem Lite - Teacher notes
• Molecular Modeling and Geometry with HyperChem Lite - Teacher notes
• Polarity and Molecular Shape with HyperChem Lite - Teacher notes
• Spectral Analysis - Teacher Notes

Bonding and Intermolecular Forces

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• Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions
• Molecular Volume - Teacher Notes

Consumer/Food Chemistry

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• Analysis of Drain Cleaners - Teacher Notes
• Analysis of Mouthwash - Teacher Notes
• Colors We Consume - Teacher Notes
• Determination of Iron in Cereal - Teacher Notes
• Determination of Phosphoric Acid Content in Soft Drinks - Teacher Notes
• Lightstick Kinetics - Teacher Notes
• Kinetics of Contact Lens Cleaning- Teacher Notes
• Spectrophotometric Analysis of Aspirin- Teacher Notes
• Spectrophotometric Analysis of Sunscreen - Teacher Notes
• Spectrophotometric Determination Thickness of Copper on a new penny
• Comparing Sunscreens by Absorption of UV Light-Teacher Notes
• Spiking Analysis of Dry Gas - Teacher Notes
• Drug Analysis by Thin Layer Chromatography - Teacher Notes
• Diet or Regular? Density of Commercial Beverages

Environmental

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• Acid Rain - Teacher notes
• Effects of Acid Rain on Ocean and Lake Water - Teacher Notes
• Freezing Temperature of Fresh Water and Ocean Water
• pH of Streams - Teacher notes
• Chlorophyll and Visible Light - Teacher notes
• Spectral Analysis of Autumn Leaves - Teacher notes
• Determination of Iron in Water - Teacher notes
• Ocean Floor Mapping
• Hard Water Study
• Soil Test Kit
• Soil as Electrical Systems
• Soil Particle Size Distribution

Equilibrium

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• Using Conductivity to Find an Equivalence Point with Labquest - Teacher Notes
• Effect of Temperature on an Equilibrium System

Electrochemistry

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• Electrochemical Gels Using Agar Media - Teacher notes
• Electron Transfer Between Metals - Teacher notes
• Electroplating of Metals - Teacher notes
• Electrolysis of Water- Teacher Notes
• Electrolytes and Non-electrolytes - Teacher notes
• Faraday's First Law - Teacher Notes
• Lead Storage Batteries with calculators
• Lead Storage Batteries with computers  - Teacher Notes
• Lead-Acid Batteries Computer Exercise
• Parallel and Series Circuits Using Fuel Cell - Teacher Notes

Gases

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• Boyle's Law with Computers - Teacher Notes
• Boyle's Law with Labquest
• Determination of Alcohols by Gas Chromatography
• Exploring Properties of Gases - Teacher Notes
• Infrared Spectroscopy of Gases
• Molar Volume of Gas - Teacher Notes
• Pressure-Temperature Relationships in Gases - Teacher Notes
• Pressure Temperature Relationships in Gases with Labquest

Forensics

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• Analysis of Fingerprints, Lipstick, 2nd Hair - Teacher Notes
• Ashes to Ashes - Using Evaporation rate to Identify an Unknown Liquid - Teacher Notes
• Bouncing Back: Using Ground-Penetrating Radar to Locate Buried Objects - Teacher Notes
• Drug Identification by TLC - Teacher Notes
• The Case of the Drunk Driver 
• General Information on Forensic Chemistry
• The Effects of Acid Rain on Limestone - Teacher Notes

Nuclear Chemistry

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• Cloud Chamber - Teacher notes
• Half-Life Measurement - Teacher notes
• Half-Life Simulation (M&Ms) - Teacher notes
• Half-Life Simulation (pennies) - Teacher notes
• Lifetime Measurements with Calculators
• Nuclear Radiation and Shielding - Teacher notes

Organic

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• Separation of Alcohols - Teacher notes
• Microdensity of Plastics - Teacher notes
• Sorting Plastics by IR - Teacher notes

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Middle School

• Liquid Rainbow
• Bubble Gum Calculating Percent Sugar
• Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions - Teacher Notes

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General and Miscellaneous

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• Beer's Law Using V-Spec  - Teacher Notes
• CSI - Chemistry Stinks Investigation
• Dissolved Oxygen - Teacher Notes
• Conducting Solutions with Palms - Teacher Notes
• Effect of Temperature on Solubility -  Teacher Notes
• Advanced Endothermic and Extothermic Reactions - Teacher Notes
• Fuel Cell Car
• Kinetics Using V-Spec - Teacher Notes
• Gravimetric Analysis Of Potassium Chlorate
• Heat of Combustion
• Hess's Law with Computers - Teacher Notes
• Hess's Law with Labquest
• Lego Stoichiometry - Teacher Notes
• Molecular Mass by Freezing Point
• Precision and Accuracy - Teacher Notes
• Rutherford's Experiment
• A Spectrum - Teacher Notes
• Spectra of Pure Liquids - Teacher Notes
• Spectra of Solids - Teacher Notes
• Temperature Scales and Freezing Point Depression with Calculators - Teacher Notes
• Temp Scales and Freezing Point Depression-Palm
• The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide
• Thickness Gauging  - Teacher Notes
• Tie-Dye Chemistry - Teacher Notes
• Using TI-83Plus to Make a Graph
• Visible Spectra of Commercial Dyes