Probe-based Chemistry

Probe-based Chemistry

Order TSE8400
US $79

Author: Marc Mueller, M.A.

Probe-based Chemistry introduces your students to the hands-on world of chemistry with a variety of exciting, thematic experiments. Investigations emphasize how chemical concepts are used in the real world. Includes both student and teacher sections with sample data and calculations. 20 activities. Grade Levels: 10-12, College.

Table of Contents:

  • Conductive Properties of Strong and Weak
    Electrolytes
  • Measuring the pH of Test Solutions
  • The Neutralizing Power of Antacids
  • Cola Chemistry (Pepsi Titration)
  • Understanding Vinegar versus Baking Soda
  • The Molar Heat of Acid/Base Reactions
  • Supercooling and the Heat of Crystallization
  • Freezing Salt Solutions
  • Solubility Curves
  • Phase Changes and Intermolecular Forces
  • Pressure versus Temperature
  • Pressure versus Volume
  • Vapor Pressure of Liquids
  • Vinegar + Baking Soda: Hot or Cold?
  • Endothermic or Exothermic?
  • How Objects Lose Their Heat
  • Mechanics and Heat
  • Heat of Combustion
  • Heat versus Temperature
  • Redox: Micro-Voltaic Cells

Sample experiment: Investigating Cola Chemistry

Students can see how chemistry applies to everyday life when they perform the titration of phosphoric acid in cola.


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