Chemistry labs high school

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Frosty has been murdered! This half-life lab is a hands-on inquiry activity to teach chemistry students about radioactive dating.

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Science labs are trickier in high school. You can no longer dig in your kitchen cupboard and pull out what you need. Luckily, there is an alternative.

Sure, you can teach your high school chemistry students to cross charges. But what if that isn’t working? What if you need a different way to explain how the charges must balance out to zero within the chemical compound?

Chemistry made simple with this effective demonstration of an endothermic chemical reaction. Common household materials. Ideas provided for turning this into an experiment and taking the learning farther!

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