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  • Identifying Types of Streetlights Lab

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    In this activity, students will build an apparatus that will allow them to see the spectrum created by different streetlights.

  • Growing Crystals

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    In this activity, students will grow crystals of sugar, sodium chloride, and Epsom salts.

  • Decomposition of Water Lab

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    In this activity, students will decompose water by running electricity through inert conductors.

  • Solubility Lab

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    In this activity, students will judge the solubility of three solids and three liquids.

  • Sea Ice Lab

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    In this activity, students will learn whether or not ice formed on the surface of ice water is salty.

  • Invisible Ink Lab

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    In this activity, students will create an “invisible ink” and then test to see which chemical may be responsible for making it invisible

  • Oxidation Lab

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    In this activity, students will put two different types of nails (galvanized and nongalvanized) into different conditions to see how the rate of rusting is affected.

  • Synthesis Reaction

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    In this activity, students will put a penny in ammonia and observe it for several days.

  • Thickness of Paper Lab

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    In this activity, students determine the thickness of one sheet of paper.

  • Single Displacement Reaction

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    In this activity, students will use steel wool and vinegar to form iron (II) acetate.

  • Double Displacement Reaction: Precipitate Lab

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    In this activity, students will mix ammonia with the iron (II) acetate from Activity 40 to make a precipitate.

  • Cartesian Diver Lab

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    In this activity, students will make a Cartesian diver out of a mustard packet and paper clip.

  • Pressure Lab

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    In this activity, students will see a card held up by atmospheric pressure when water and a partial vacuum are above it.

  • Boyle’s Law Lab

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    In this activity, students will see how different objects act when placed under pressures higher and lower than atmospheric pressure.

  • Finger Thermometer

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    In this activity, students will attempt to estimate the temperature of objects by touching them.

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