Chemists Celebrate Earth Week

What’s in the Water
In this activity, learners investigate what chemicals and compounds can be found in a sample of water using a variety of tools and techniques.
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Sublimation Bubbles
In this activity, learners explore sublimation by capturing carbon dioxide gas in soapy bubbles sublimated from dry ice.
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Rocket Reactions
In this activity, learners experiment with finding the best mix of "rocket fuel" by making miniature baking soda and vinegar "rockets" that shoot plastic caps into the air.
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Nature of Dye
In this activity, learners create their own dyes and art while exploring how chemicals interact.
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Molecules in Motion
In this activity, learners experiment with putting various objects in a small vacuum chamber and explore how the materials behave and change when the air in the chamber is removed.
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Chemistry Makes Scents
In this activity, learners will use their nose to explore the differences between chemicals with similar structures and use large molecule models to visualize the structural differences.
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Chemistry is Colorful
In this activity, learners try to solve the mystery of which ink came from what marker by using colorful paper chromatography.
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Cleaning Oil Spills with Chemistry
In this activity, learners will experiment with different methods of cleaning up a model oil spill.
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Build a Battery
In this activity, learners learn build their own batteries with metal and felt washers.
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Chem-Attitudes with Dr. Braxton Hazelby facilitation training video
Promotional materials for Explore Science: Let's Do Chemistry activities including a facilitation training video.
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