NCSU+CHEMISTRY+SUMMER+INSTITUTE

=NCSU Chemistry= =This Page Contains the Materials and Links from the Chemistry Summer Institute=

Stoichiometry
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**ACID/BASE Chemistry**
=The Chemical View of Matter=

Mixture Basics
Mixture Basics

Simple Mixture Activity
Cut an apple into 6 sections, quarter some oranges, quarter a pear, etc. Put in large bowl to make a fruit salad 'mixture'. Grapes cut in half also work well. The individual components can then be put back together using physical forces. The class can then eat the __#|demo__ for a __[|healthy snack]__!

Note: It's best not to cut the fruits into very small bits!

Solutions Basics
Solution Basics

More on Solutions
More on Solutions

Simple Solution Demo
Mix lots of salt and water and heat it to get everything to go into solution. Then drip the salt water on black paper and the kids can watch the salt re-appear.

Separating a Solution Activity
__[|Students]__ can separate the colored solution in different markers. Take a coffee filter and make a hole in the middle. Give students water-soluble markers or vis-a-vis __#|pens__, and have them draw simple designs on the filter. This is especially effective with black or blown markers. Roll a second filter into a cylindrical 'wick', and stuff this through the hole in the first filter. Rest the filter on a beaker, with the wick in water in the beaker. The __#|black ink__ will separate into multiple colors.

Separating a Solution Demo
Mark a stick of white chalk with black marker. Stand chalk in a beaker holding about 1" of isopropyl alcohol (can be purchased in drug store). If using a 250 mL beaker fill it up with isopropyl alcohol until the 75 mL line. The alcohol will move up the chalk and separate the ink into individual colors. This takes about 20 minutes.

Making a Compound Activity
Making a Compound

Density Demonstration
Discuss density and show the __[|students]__ 2 cans of soda. One is regular, the other is __#|diet__. Ask them if they think the cans have the same density. Then ask if they think they will sink or float. Then __#|demo__ the sinking of the regular can (because of the __#|sugar__) and the floating of __#|the diet__ can. Discuss why one floats and why the other sinks.

Density Activity
Create sinking/floating kits to hand out. Each __[|student]__ receives a small bowl/Tupperware full of small objects (screw, paperclip, string, cork, weigh boat, etc…). After you give the lesson, they can go through their materials and try to guess which ones will sink or float. Fill each of their bowls with water, and they can test each object and record their data. You can wrap it up with a discussion of the results.

Density Activity: Floating Grape


=Physical or Chemical Change= Powering the Space Shuttle

=The Quantitative Side of Science= =Power of Ten=

=Atomic Structure and the Periodic Table=

Activity: Virtual Black Box
Virtual Black Box

CHEMICAL EDUCATION DIGITAL LIBRARY-MOLECULAR MODELS
Molecular Models

=Periodic Table= The Different Periodic Tables of Dimitri Mendeleev Chemicool Periodic Table Mark Winter's Web Elements Interactive Periodic Table Chemical Education Digital Library- Periodic Table Live

THE MOLE
AVOGADRO's NUMBER

= Stoichiometry =









= ACIDS/BASES = INFO ON ACIDS AND BASES CHEM 4 KIDS ACIDS/BASES PH and SWIMMING POOLS ACID/BASE VIRTUAL DEMO

ACTIVITY: RED CABBAGE INDICATOR


= THE AIR = SMOG CITY CLIMATE HOT MAP Carbon Monoxide US EPA Info How Much Does Your Car Pollute? Evolution of Atmosphere Ozone as Pollutant Donora Smog Disaster Nitrogen Oxide Emissions Regions of the Atmosphere Sulfur Oxide Emissions

= Global Warming and the Ozone Layer = Kids Guide to Global Climate Change EPA Side on Global Climate Change Global Warming World View of Global Warming

CFCs and the Ozone Layer
EPA Ozone Comic Book Skin Cancer and the Ozone Layer The Ozone Depletion Phenomenon Ozone Research and Education The Ozone Hole EPA: UV INDEX SITE Ozone Protection Climate Prediction

Water Cycle Demonstration
You can just do a __[|quick]__ __#|demo__ of the water cycle by putting some dirt in a cup, pouring warm water on the dirt, covering it with saran wrap, and putting it in the sun so you can watch the condensation form.

Water Basics: USGS ACID RAIN KIDS SITE NRDC Water Basics Why is Groundwater Important? The Water Cycle USGS Animated Water Cycle

=Energy= US EIA Energy KIds Website

ENERGY AND HYDROCARBONS
US DOE Fuel Economy Gasoline Energy Sources Petrol Additives Racecars and their fuel Alkanes and Cycloalkanes Common Families of Organic Compounds Consumers Guide to Gasoline

Nuclear Energy
PBS-- Fear of Nuclear Power How Nuclear Power Works

Bio molecules
Biochemistry for Kids

Extracting DNA from a Fruit


Animated Primer on DNA and Genetics DNA and Forensics Carbohydrates Cholesterol Lipids Proteins: Chem 4 Kids Steroids: How Stuff Works Steroid Abuse Steroids

Nutrition
You can do a __#|demo__ with a box of Total Cereal, hot water, a blender (or potato masher) and a magnet. Grind up the cereal in water and let it get soggy. Once it’s soggy and pureed, swirl the magnet around in the cereal slop and you’ll be able to pull out a TON of iron shavings. It’s pretty cool. The other demo you can do is to grind up french-fries in water and allow the __#|fat__ and water layers to separate. If you’re really ambitious you can measure the amount of fat in one container of french-fries or compare different types of __[|foods]__ for their ‘fattiness’.
 * Total Cereal Demonstration**

**Energy In Food Activity**



 * Activity: Gas Forming Reactions**

KIDS HEALTH

NOURISH INTERACTIVE

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS

ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS 2

VITAMIN and MINERAL FACT SHEET

BETA-CAROTENE

DIETARY GUIDELINES for AMERICANS

VITAMIN C

VITAMIN B12

Feeding the World
EPA Site on Soil

Herbicides

Pesticides

NRDC Pesticides

Plant Nutrients

Sustainable Crops

World Population Clock