Great Seasonal Lab

Middle School students are not the only ones distracted by special holidays. This lab would be a great exercise to have a high school chemistry class do as well. It would reinforce several... See More

Middle School students are not the only ones distracted by special holidays. This lab would be a great exercise to have a high school chemistry class do as well. It would reinforce several concepts that may have been taught earlier in the year and introduce concepts that have yet to be taught.

Chemistry at Halloween

This lab has several great activities to use in the chemistry unit. Does not have to be a "Halloween" lab can be used at any time of the year as we do not learn chemistry until after the wi... See More

This lab has several great activities to use in the chemistry unit. Does not have to be a "Halloween" lab can be used at any time of the year as we do not learn chemistry until after the winter break. All of the materials are easy to pick up at a relatively low cost. It focuses on physical/chemical changes and properties of objects thru two labs and one demonstration.

Halloween Science

Hoffman provides us with a “menu” of activities to choose from. One way we did this at our middle school was to have each of us within the department choose which activity we wanted to do w... See More

Hoffman provides us with a “menu” of activities to choose from. One way we did this at our middle school was to have each of us within the department choose which activity we wanted to do with the students and we would share students. Each student received a “ticket” to the event they wanted, and they went to that room for the day after attendance was taken. This allowed us to plan ahead for materials, and gave the students something special to look forward to on Halloween. Within the article are not only the instructions for the activity, but an explanation of the Science as well. The activities include “Oobleck”, “Slime”, “Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble”. These labs are wonderful models for physical and chemical changes of state, exothermic reaction, properties of solids and liquids and chemical reactions.

Engaging Science

This article presents three spooktacular Halloween labs that will teach students about states of matter and exothermic reactions. The ingredients used are relatively inexpensive and locally... See More

This article presents three spooktacular Halloween labs that will teach students about states of matter and exothermic reactions. The ingredients used are relatively inexpensive and locally available. I can't think of a better way to "trick" students into learning,