Curated OER
Alkali Metals
Middle schoolers explore the unique properties of alkali metals. For this chemistry lesson, students create a mural of fireworks display after researching its different element components. They write a brief description about an alkali...
Curated OER
Explosives
Students assume the role of police detectives and investigate chemical agents used to make explosives and suspected terrorists based on information provided. Students have a list of questions to lead their investigation and must produce...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Build a 'Breath Spray Bomb' to Study Small Explosion
Hold onto your hats. In this science fair project, you will make a device that sends a film canister across the room with a small chemical explosion. The energy for the explosion is derived from the combustion of ethanol. You will...
PBS
Pbs: Kaboom!
Ever wonder how a firework is made? Or what made that one blue, and that one sparkle? What about seeing a building implode? Check out this Nova site about fireworks and explosives!
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: Nitroglycerine and Dynamite
This Nobel E-Museum site gives some chemistry and history of the development of dynamite. Discussed are the chemistry concepts involved in making it.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Pet Tech: Locating Land Mines
Research the location of land mines by animals and technological methods. Use a metallic probe to uncover the location of an electric-circuit target (representing a buried land mine) without setting off the "bomb".