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American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: Vitamin C Testing [Pdf]
An experiment to determine which drink contains more vitamin C.
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American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: Balloon Bath [Pdf]
An experiment to determine what happens to the air inside a balloon when it is heated or cooled.
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American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: Foiling Spoiling [Pdf]
A simple experiment to observe whether adding lemon juice to pieces of potato, apple, and banana helps to preserve them.
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American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: There's Air in There! [Pdf]
An experiment to obsevre the effects of air pressure on the water level inside a bottle.
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American Chemical Soc.: Best of Wonder Science: Give Probability a Chance! [Pdf]
A simple experiment to test the probability of finding an eraser placed under one of two cups.
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American Chemical Soc.: Best of Wonder Science: Measure Yourself in Metric [Pdf]
Activities where students take turns measuring their height, the width of parts of the hand, and the distance jumped using metric units.
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American Chemical Soc.: Best of Wonder Science: Temperature Touch O Meter [Pdf]
An experiment to explore how one's sense of touch experiences changes in the temperature of water.
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American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: Ice of a Different Color [Pdf]
An experiment to test what happens to water when salt or sugar is added and it is then frozen into ice cubes. Students also explore the ice's physical properties by rubbing cubes on sandpaper and dropping a heavy object on each type.
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American Chemical Society: The Best of Wonder Science: Sample Activities
A collection of nine sample science activities for elementary students, from a two-volume book by the American Chemical Society.
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American Chemical Society: Best of Wonder Science: Air: It's Really There [Pdf]
An experiment to explore the properties of air, using a cup placed upsidedown in water.