Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Chromatography: Who Wrote the Note?
Students investigate who stole the class pet by testing the chromatograph of different markers as a way to find the evidence that points to the perpetrator.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: How Can We Find Out What Is in Water?
In this lesson students use simple paper chromatography to investigate a mystery liquid. Student sheets are provided in English and in Spanish.
Other
Sheffield Hallam University: Gas Chromatography
This page uses diagrams and charts along with written text to explain gas chromatography.
Other
Cal State Stanislaus: Paper Chromatography
An excellent discussion of color mixtures, and how they can be separated by paper chromatography.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Changes in Matter
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will describe methods for separating mixtures, such as chromatography, distillation, fractional distillation, evaporation, and filtration. They will also...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Analysis of Organic Materials Analysis of Organic Materialsv
This comprehensive interactive tutorial continues to explore the forensic science field. Learn how organic materials of evidence are analyzed and what the various types of chromatography are, especially why they are so important to this...
American Chemical Society
American Chemical Society: Hompage
ChemCenter, available from the American Chemical Society, provides chemistry news, reference sources and other public services.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Exploring Capillary Action
Students observe multiple examples of capillary action. First they observe the shape of a glass-water meniscus and explain its shape in terms of the adhesive attraction of the water to the glass. Then they study capillary tubes and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Dna Forensics and Color Pigments
Students perform DNA forensics using food coloring to enhance their understanding of DNA fingerprinting, restriction enzymes, genotyping and DNA gel electrophoresis. They place small drops of different food coloring ("water-based paint")...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Chromatography Lab
To increase students' awareness of possible invisible pollutants in drinking water sources, students perform an exciting lab requiring them to think about how solutions and mixtures exist even in unsuspecting places such as ink. They use...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: How Scientists Separate Proteins
In this biotechnology science fair project, determine the relative size of green fluorescent protein, using size-exclusion chromatography. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up consistently beginning with an abstract, objective,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Classification of Matter
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this online tutorial students will define a mixture and understand why mixtures are different than pure substances. They will classify mixtures as homogeneous or...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Test Prep: Mcat: Chemical Processes: Separations and Purifications: Principles of Chromatography
Explains what chromatography is and how its principles are applied when separating mixtures.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Chemical Engineering: Separation Processes
College-level chemical engineering course highlighting the general principles of separation by equilibrium and rate processes. Course topics comprise staged cascades and applications to distillation, absorption, adsorption, and membrane...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Cells Never Lie
A forensics activity which deals with the idea of alcohol poisoning. Based on a Biology Lab on cell distruction in alcohol and Chemistry's Beer's Law.
NC State University
The Science House: Chromatography of Foods [Pdf]
Students will practice the technique of chromatography by separating a mixture of FD&C dyes. Questions related to the experiment along with the answers are available for use by the teacher.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Chromotography: An Open Inquiry
After a short demonstration on chromatography, students brainstorm ways to change the experiment, and develop a new, testable question related to chromatography.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Chromatography: Separating Pigments
In this chromatography experiment, students will investigate pigments used to create a black, water soluble marker. An extension can be done using primary and secondary colored water soluble markers as well as spinach leaves.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Chromatography: Selecting Variables
In this lab, students will demonstrate observation skills as they design an experiment to separate colors of various water-based pens in order to learn about mixtures and solutions. Students will determine a variable to test and complete...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Compositions: Using Chromatography to Explain Color Patterns
In this experiment, learners will explore the properties of color using chromatography then observe and compare color patterns to differentiate compositions of various colors.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Is Chromatography?
Find out why leaves change color in the fall, and learn how to do paper chromatography to separate the pigments found in a leaf. [4:24]
Science is Fun
Fun Science: Candy Chromatography
Using simple household items like M&Ms and coffee filters, you can demonstrate paper chromatography. This simple lab will show you the dyes that make up the different color coatings on M&Ms.
Other
Sci Media: Gas Chromatography
An introduction and schematic of a gas chromatograph, with a link to pictures.
State University of New York
State University of New York: Chromatography and Equilibrium
The following simulation explores the process of of chromatography and equilibrium.