Candy Chromatography
Grade Level: Elementary School
Are candies like M&Ms© and Skittles© coated with the same dye? Use paper chromatography to separate the dyes and determine if they are the same and if a dye is made of a mixture of dyes!
Balloon Rocket
Grade Level: High School
Explore Newton’s Second Law of Motion and see it in action! Build a rocket out of a balloon and straw to see how mass affects the acceleration of an object!
Exercise Lab
Grade Level: High School
This activity will address how exercise affects the rate of cellular respiration using three different indicators: breathing rate, heart rate, and carbon dioxide production.
Anaerobic Respiration Lab
Grade Level: High School
In this experiment, students investigate the effect of sugar concentration on yeast’s anaerobic respiration rate.
Enzyme Activity Lab
Grade Level: High School
In this experiment, students investigate the enzyme lactase and use the enzyme to help them identify the sugars that are present in three milk samples: rice milk, soy milk, and cow’s milk.