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This is written as a static display, but can easily be adapted to a hands-on experiment for learners to conduct.

Learners mix a solution containing luminol and copper with a fake blood solution. A chemical reaction between the luminol solution and fake blood (hydrogen peroxide) show learners a blue glow.

Learners use a universal indicator to test the amount of sodium hydroxide needed to change the pH of plain water compared with the amount needed to change the pH of gelatin.

Learners use a mortar and pestle to extract clove oil from cloves using denatured alcohol. They put this oil on paper, which they can take home.

Learners build a simple one-cell battery and use an ammeter to measure the flow of current.

This is written as a static display, but can easily become a hands-on experiment for learners.

In this activity, learners discover that atoms and ions of different metals will change places.

In this activity, learners perform a simulated blood test procedure.

In this activity, learners mix ingredients in a plastic bag, and then identify three characteristics of a chemical reaction: production of heat, color change, and production of a gas.

Learners create a small explosion by collecting hydrogen and oxygen gas together and squeezing them into a flame.

Learners observe a flask with a balloon attached over the mouth and inverted inside the flask.

Learners use Benedict’s solution and heat to test for the presence of simple sugars in glucose, sucrose, starch, and starch combined with amylase.

In this activity, learners experiment with their voices and noisemakers to understand the connections between vibrations and the sounds created by those vibrations.

Learners write their initials by applying different clear "magic ink" solutions to separate pieces of paper and then "develop" the inks with other clear solutions.

In this hands-on activity, learners use heat to shrink samples of polystyrene plastic (#6 recycle code). Learners compare the size and shape of the plastic pieces before and after shrinking.

In this investigation of reaction kinetics, learners alter the amount of iodate solution mixed with the same amount of starch solution.

In this activity, learners investigate vitamin C.

This display shows slow chemical reactions in colorful crystal formations known as Liesegang Rings. These reactions are similar to those forming the rings in agates.

In this activity, learners electrically plate zinc onto brass objects.

In this chemistry demonstration, acid rain is simulated in a petri dish.