High School / BiologyChemistryEarth ScienceEnvironmental Science

Carbon Cycle Chemistry

How does pH data provide evidence of the chemical reactions that cycle carbon through water, air, land, and life forms? In this investigation, students...

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Evaluation of Lemonade as a Buffer

Students use a powdered commercial lemonade formulation as a model for buffers and test its capacity to resist pH changes.

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Introduction to Buffers

Students use titration and pH to investigate the components of a buffer and how it acts to resist pH change.

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Investigation of Acid-Base Titrations

Students compare the pH titration profiles of strong, weak and polyprotic acids.

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Applications of Le Chatelier's Principle

Students study equilibrium and the reversibility of chemical reactions using colorimetry and energy...

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Building a Better Hand Warmer

Students use a temperature sensor to determine the heat of solution of a number of ionic compounds and propose a practical hand warmer design.

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Kinetics of Crystal Violet Fading (Spectrometer)

Students determine the reaction order of crystal violet fading in the presence of sodium hydroxide.

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Kinetics of Crystal Violet Fading (Colorimeter)

Students determine the reaction order of crystal violet fading in the presence of sodium hydroxide.

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

What Does Acid Rain Do To Coral Reefs?

Students use a pressure sensor to study what factors affect the reaction of calcium carbonate with...

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Investigating Physical and Chemical Changes of Matter

Students use a variety of sensors and particle modeling to characterize physical and chemical changes...

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