Chemistry and Society Class Lab Exercises

Is Carbon Dioxide Heavier Than Air Lab - Students will make Carbon Dioxide in class and study its properties.

Jell-O Lab - The is the first individual lab exercise for the class and will be completed by students at home between the first and second class sessions.

Group Lab - Cooling Water Experiment.  This group lab experiment will determine how hot water cools quantitatively over time.

What Protects Us from Ultraviolet Light Lab - Individual students will determine how well various materials prevent the transfer of Ultraviolet light.

Candle Observation Lab - A simple experiment that studies how candles burn.  This lab will performed in class. 

Properties of Oxygen  Lab.  Students will make Oxygen gas common household materials and study its properties in class.

Solution Conductivity Lab - Students will build a simple conductivity tester and determine the kinds of solutions that conduct electricity.

Chromatography Lab - Students will study how the molecular weights of mixtures components can be used to separate them.

Hot Stuff An Energy Conservation Problem - Students will discover a way to indirectly measure the temperature of a liquid.

A Comparison of the Energy Content of fuels - Students will accurately determine the amount of heat that will be given off by burning a set quantity of fuel.

Analysis of Vinegar Lab - The class will titrate samples of commercially available vinegar.

Analysis of Potomac River Water Lab - The class will determine the quantity of the chloride ion that is present in a student gathered sample of river water using dropper titration.

Cabbage Take-home Lab - Students will discover an interesting property of purple cabbage.

Chemical Flowers Lab - Students use limestone and vinegar to create interesting rock formations.