Hands-On Science

Background

Since you should be suitably skeptical of getting information from the Web, here are our science credentials:

Susan Wells Rollinson: Carleton College, Chemistry, BA 1974; University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Organic Chemistry, MS 1977, PhD 1980

Lon Rollinson: California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, BS 1975; University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, Chemical Engineering, MS 1978, PhD 1980

Susan has used most of these experiments and demonstrations with elementary school kids--mostly K through 6th grades. A few have been used with college students. One or two have not been personally tested.

Table of Contents

 

Physical Science

Air Pressure
Bubbles
Chemical Reactions
Fire
Impact Craters
Light Sticks (Chemiluminescence)
Recyclable Plastics
Slime
Sparklers

 

 

Life Science

Daphnia Toxicology
Seeds
Taste & Smell

 

 

Foods (aka Kitchen Chemistry)

Cabbage Indicator
Candy Chromatography
Frozen Colloid (Ice Cream)
Glowing Vegetables
Iron in Cereal
Popcorn
Soap
Vitamin C
Wintergreen Lifesavers (Triboluminescence)
Yeast & Sugar
DNA Extraction

 

 

Computer-Based Laboratory Experiments

 

 

Astronomy

Lunar Eclipse Photos
Full Moon Optical Illusion
Astro Activities Books

 

 

References

A list of general references for performing experiments and demonstrations with an emphasis on chemistry.

 

 

Web Links

Science-flavored Web links

 

 

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Remodeled July 2006. Updated 1/31/00.