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Chemistry Demonstrations

Resources for Interactive Science Education Program (RISE)

List of topics that can be incorporated into our programs

Handouts and activity sheets used in our programs

This month's RISE theme and experiments

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Chemistry Demonstrations are vital part of our club. The mission of our club is to relay the importance of science in daily life, while solidifying knowledge of scientific concepts. Demonstrations of chemistry experiments show the application of various scientific concepts in a fun and exciting way, allowing the concepts to be better understood and remembered. Each demonstrations consists of several quick and flashy experiments that students can help us perform. Each experiment has a breif explaination of the chemical concepts involved to show how these concepts can be applied to the real world.

Our club offers a wide range of chemistry demonstrations that can correllate to any science curriculum. We perform demonstrations for schools, libraries, Boys and Girls Clubs, and other organizations. Our programs are suitable for ages 8yrs. and up. Demonstrations are given for free, but donations help us purchase the basic chemicals and materials required to conduct these experiments as most demos cost approximately $3.00 per person.

To schedule a demonstration, please send us an email at chemclubucd@hotmail.com. In your email, p lease include: a range of dates for us to visit, the location, age group, and any scientific concepts you would like us to discuss.

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RISE is a program that incorporates our usual chemistry demonstraions but elaborates on the discussion of the chemical concepts involved, and provides more involvement from the students. The experiments utilized in the RISE programs are designed so that each student can perform the procedure, record the results, and develop their own conclusions. The increased amount of student involvement allows for better understanding and retention of the material being presented while also introducing the concepts of scientific experimentation.

Handouts are created for each of the experiments used in the RISE program that include the materials, procedure, data collection section and discussion of concepts. This allows the student to conduct the experiment at home with friends and family.

The main goal of the RISE program is to provide a highly interactive activity that requires students to contemplate the purpose of each step in a procedure providing a well rounded understanding of the scientific concept and it's applications. Aanother goal of RISE is to offer a consistent program in which UCD SAACS visits the same students on a weekly or montly basis. Currently the RISE program is being conducted at the Montbello Boys and Girls Club of America each month and at Roy McGlone Elementary each week.

****Do you want to see RISE on the news!?? View the Met Report News segment on RISE by clicking HERE, then scroll down to Met Report 14 (12/07/05).

***Look for an article about the RISE program in the September 2006 edition of the American Chemical Society publication "In Chemistry".

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The theme for April is: Environmental/Green chemistry

We will be doing the following demonstrations (please click on title to view hand-out) :

Making rain

Acid rain

Testing for water pollution

Green-house gases

Air pollution

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Topics that can be incorporated into our demonstrations and RISE programs:

General Chemistry:

Atoms, Physical States of Chemicals, (solid, liquid, gas), Boiling, Melting and Freezing points,

Acidsand Bases, Measurements, Denisty, Pressure, Spectroscopy

Solutions, Saturation, Polarity, Surfact tension,

Properties of Water, Chemical interactions (bonding and reactions)

Types of Reactions:

Exothermic, Endothermic, Neutralization, Precipitation, Oxidation-Reduction, Electochemical

Food Chemistry:

Food and the body, The chemistry of cooking, Chemical applications of food

Environmental and Green Chemistry:

Earth cycles: Water and carbon cycles, Recycling, Aquatic systems, Atmospheric chemistry

Medical Chemistry:

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Click on this link to view our demonstration manual, which contains materials, procedures, safety precautions, and scientific expainations of ALL of our science experiments:

Demonstration Manual

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Click on any of the following experiments below to view the RISE activity sheet:

Air Rockets:

Pressure

Air pollution:

Dissipation, Air pollution

Alka-seltzer® Launch:

Acids and Bases, Neutralization reactions, Pressure

Acid Base coloring sheet

Biodiesel:

Organic compounds, combustion, biochemistry, polymers
Bouncing balls:

Physical states, Chemical reactions, Chemistry of toys
Briggs Oscillation:

Acids and Bases, Indicators, Chemistry of vegetable pigments (food chemistry)

Capillaries:

Biochemistry, Chemistry of health, Pollution

Tri-Layer Column:

Density, Polarity

Dry-ice Balloons:

Physical states, Sublimation, Pressure

Hot cup – Cold cup:

Exothermic and Endothermic reactions

Expanding milk trap:

Colloids, Chemical bonding, Food Chemistry

Rainbow Blast:

Acids and Bases, Neutralization reactions, Indicators

Secret messages:

Acids and Bases, Neutralization reactions, Chemistry of Toys

Burning Sugar Cube:

Catalysts, Reaction rates, Chemistry of health

Slime:

Reactions, physical states

Scientific Method:

Scientific method explained through a density experiment

Floating metal:

Surface tension, Properties of water, Environmental/Green Chemistry

Taste Buds:

Chemical reactions, Biochemistry, Chemistry of health