PBS
Pbs Teachers: Day of the Zulu: The Power of Potions
Investigate the science behind traditional Zulu medicinal plants and the mushrooms used by warriors. Relate modern scientific analysis techniques to an understanding of traditional herbal medicine.
Center of Science and Industry
Cosi Columbus: Coffee Filter Rainbows
Science experiment that demonstrates chromotography. Includes full list of materials, procedures, and scientific explanation of what happens with different colors when they are soaked with water.
National Health Museum
Access Excellence: Wolf Pack in a Bottle: Dna Simulation
This lesson plan can be used to illustrate the principle of electrophoresis without the equipment. Paper chromatography can be used to separate dye just like electrophoresis will separate DNA. The lab also covers DNA analysis for an...
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Candy and Chromatography
Follow these illustrated, step-by-step instructions to use chromatography as a tool in identifying a mystery candy.
Science Made Simple
Science Made Simple: Why Leaves Change Color
This is a site that offers answers to some often hard to answer questions such as why do leaves change colors. Provides an easy to understand answer to the question along with a section that students can read on their own, a puzzle,...
Science Struck
Science Struck: The Different Purposes and Types of Chromatography
Explains the distinction between the two main types of chromatography - analytical and preparative - and describes eleven chromatography techniques.
Frostburg State University
Frostburg State University: Antoine: Chemistry: Matter
A slideshow illustrating the science of matter from its properties, states, and classification to mixtures and the Periodic Table of Elements.
Success Link
Success Link: Forensic Chemistry
An interesting lesson that taps into students' interest in crime solving and forensics. Students examine glass fragments and their density to help them solve a crime.
Science is Fun
Science Is Fun: Candy Chromatography
In this experiment, you learn about chromatography when you separate the dyes in candies like M & M's and Skittles to see how many dyes are in each color.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Plants, Pigments and Colors
In this hands-on, inquiry based instructional activity students will see the role of pigments in the in the process of photosynthesis. Students will use the process of chromatography to separate plant pigments. Students will then see the...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Things Are Not Always What They Seem
In this lesson, students will make a chromatogram of different types of ink. Paper chromatography will be used to detect the different dyes used in the ink. This lesson can be used for both Physical Science and Chemistry classes.
Cosmo Learning
Cosmo Learning: Chemistry Laboratory Techniques
A collection of video lectures about the lab technique of thin-layer chromatography. The videos give a step-by-step demonstration of the analytical technique from the beginning to the end. The demonstrations is broken down into five...
Hunkins Experiments
Hunkin's Experiments: Ink
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This one is a...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Mn Step: Spotting Chromatography
A lab activity that introduces chromatography using markers, plus water and acetone as the solvents. Students will take measurements to compare the mobile and stationary phases of the inks, and find the polarity of the inks and solvents....
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Paper Towel Chromatography Experiment
Observe the separation of colors derived from black marker ink by wicking water through a marker line on a paper towel.
Other
Umea University: The Analytical Chemistry Springboard
This site provides links to pages with information and techniques on analytical chemistry.
Other
Catch the Science Bug: Colors in a Leaf [Pdf]
Activity involves collecting leaves to compare green leaves with fall leaves that have changed color. Students will record data on an observation sheet.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: See the Colors in Leaves
A step-by-step procedure with pictures for the process of chromatography. Chromatography allows students to see the pigments or coloring of the tissues of plants.
Curated OER
Science Kids: Science Images: Chromatography
This photo shows a completed chromatography chemistry experiment. The colors have clearly separated from each other along the piece of paper. The original black ink was separated using an ethanol and water mixture solvent.