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Mike ShawHow do you make chemistry fun? Zap a zucchini, hydrate a hankie, create a couple of colloids, or confuse some cubes.
These are just a few of the 101 activities, experiments and demonstrations described in this collection by teacher Mike Shaw. Each activity includes a list of materials, easy to understand procedures, an explanation of how to use the experiment or ways to explain the results, and a list of references.
Includes: sections on solubility and solutions, oxidation-reduction reactions, catalysis (decomposition), gas-producing reactions, acid-base chemistry, surface tension, polymers, endothermic and exothermic reactions, reaction rates/combustion/kinetics, and physical changes. Grades 9-11. 182 pp., spiral bound.
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