Free Labs!
These labs are in *.pdf format or as Microsoft Word files. If you don't
have MS Word, you can download the latest version of the Adobe Acrobat reader
for free by clicking HERE.
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Lab Title |
Lab Description |
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Dilutions lab |
A serial
dilutions lab, probably best for honors level students. (Added 2007) |
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Hydrate lab |
Find the
empirical formula of Epsom salts.
Probably best for honors students. (Added
2007) |
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Gum lab |
Find the
percent composition of the sweeteners in gum.
(Added 2007) |
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Alloy computer project |
Have your
students study the properties of several common alloys. (Added
2007) |
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Ionic compound lab |
Do an
ionic compound lab with any five substances you’ve got lying around the stockroom. (Added 2007) |
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Product formation lab |
Use
double displacement reactions to make chemical compounds (Added 2007) |
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Lab Notebook Guide |
A sheet for your students that explains the proper way to set up their lab book. A must for new teachers! |
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Indicator Lab |
Have your students test to see if various fruits and vegetables can be used as acid-base indicators! |
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Exploding Balloon Lab |
A demo lab that'll get your kids' attentions! |
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Snow Globe Lab |
Your kids will use their knowledge of solubility rules to make their own snow globes in this inquiry-style lab. |
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Moles of Chalk Lab |
A lab where your students have to determine how many moles of calcium carbonate are required to write their names on the blackboard. |
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Paper Plane Lab |
A scientific method lab involving paper planes. Take it from me, the kids love it! |
N/A |
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Oil Spill Lab |
An investigation into the environmental chemistry of oil spill cleanup |
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DNA extraction |
Extract DNA from an onion using everyday household materials |
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Stoichiometry Lab |
Find theoretical and actual yield of gas produced when sodium carbonate hits acetic acid |
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Gold Penny Lab |
Plate copper pennies with zinc to make them turn "gold". A good introduction to alloys. |
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Pennies lab |
Investigate density using ten years of pennies |
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Making Medieval |
An introduction to titrations, using a (pseudo) real-life situation |
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Chemical and |
Is it a chemical or physical change? Six hands on activities which will make your students examine what makes something a "chemical" process. |
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Limiting reagent lab |
A limiting reagent lab with a twist: Instead of walking them through the lab step-by-step, they have to figure out some things for themselves! |
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