Ace Your Chemistry Science Project: Great Science Fair Ideas

What happens when an acid and a base mix? Which solids are good conductors of electricity? How does bleach affect stains? Learn the answers to these questions and more with the fun experiments in this book. Many experiments include ideas for a science fair project.

What happens when an acid and a base mix? Which solids are good conductors of electricity? How does bleach affect stains? Learn the answers to these questions and more with the fun experiments in this book. Many experiments include ideas for a science fair project.

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Chemistry comes alive with these experiments. Students will learn about chemical properties, acids and bases, temperature/volume/pressure, conductivity and the effects of temperature on matter, plus the practical applications of chemistry. Students will be eager to try experiments like "Using a chemical test to identify blood" or "Is grape juice a natural indicator?" While the experiments are detailed, the authors, two of whom are retired high school science teachers, also offer practical advice, such as ways to keep a can from leaking when studying air pressure. Budding medical students will be interested in the experiments involving aspirin. Additional accolades should be given for how the experiments often wrap up with questions like "Can you think of a way to get the egg out of the bottle?" or "What are other possible sources of error?" There are roughly thirty experiments, and concepts taught include redox reactions, neutralizing acids/bases, convection and distillation. While teachers will still need to monitor for original work, this book offers many helpful ideas for the high school chemist's science fair project. It is a good choice for a high school library. This book is part of the "Ace Your Science Project Series" from Enslow Publishers. Reviewer: Elizabeth Leis-Newman