- Anchors Away!
- As Far As I Can Sea
- Bounce
- By All Indications
- Create a Crater
- Fossil Puzzler
- Get Cooking
- How's the Weather?
- Impact!
- It's All Relative
- Keep It Up
- Layers of Earth
- Let's Get Carried Away!
- Look Out Below!
- Motion In The Ocean
- Play Ball
- Sand Shake
- School of Rock
- Shaky Ground
- Smoke on the Water
- Super Soaked Soil
- Tragedy of the Commons
- Watching Weather
- Weathering Cubes
- What Lies Beneath?
- What Am I?
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Hands-on Activity
Candy Chromatography
Summary
In this activity, students will use paper chromatography to separate the colors in the dyes used
to color candies. (Please note: some candies are processed in factories with peanuts, so colored
markers may be used as an alternative if you have students with peanut allergies)
Overview
Topic: Chromatography
Real World Science Topics:
Real World Science Topics:
- An exploration of the components of solutions such as dyes.
- An exploration of methods of separating solutions and analyzing them.
Objective
Students will gain an understanding of techniques for measuring acidity, as well as using known standards
to measure the properties of unknown solutions.
Activity Difficulty Rating: 3 Each hands-on science activity has been ranked based on difficulty of set up and how difficult they are to perform. The rating scale is from 1 to 5, with 1 being the easiest and 5 being the most complicated.
5-MINUTE REFRESHER
TAKE FIVE
Use these quick refreshers to prep for your next class.
