Endo and Exothermic Demonstration
Chad Husting | Sun, 11/25/2018 - 09:19
Observe both an exothermic and an endothermic reaction/process as I use a modified propane torch in the video demonstration.
Demonstration
Baffling Balloons Trick with Easily Obtained Gases
Tom Kuntzleman | Tue, 09/25/2018 - 19:47
Based upon reader comments on previously published, Chemical Mystery #12, I experimented and found that this demonstration is easy to pull off with relatively inexpensive and easy to find materials.
Demonstrating the Effect of a Strong Acid or Base on a Buffer System
Dan Meyers | Tue, 06/12/2018 - 07:31
How do you demonstrate how a buffer system works? I did some brainstorming, devised a plan and it went well. This post is a description of what I did.
Especially JCE: May 2017
Erica Jacobsen | Fri, 05/12/2017 - 12:03
Erica Jacobsen shares highlights from the May 2017 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education that are of special interest to high school chemistry teachers.
Demonstrating the Colors of Transition Metal Complex Ions
Lowell Thomson | Tue, 02/24/2015 - 08:15
Just the other day within my IB Chemistry HL classes, we were discussing the color of transition metal complex ions in solution. It's a bit imperfect, because they are not yet dissolved, but I set up a number of metal chloride salts in order to help students see the pattern. They are arranged according to the position of the metal in the periodic table. It ends up being quite obvious to the students that the only metal salts with color are in the d-block. I'm now in the process of ordering more chloride salts so I can complete the pattern even more the next time I teach this topic.