| Chemistry science projects involving a chemical | | | | Another great science project involving a chemical |
| change are often chosen by middle and high school | | | | change is watching what happens as yeast 'eats' |
| students. Many kids like to do an experiment with a | | | | sugar. In this project, warm water and yeast are |
| dramatic chemical change. When searching for a | | | | placed in a bottle with a bit of sugar. A balloon is |
| project, it can be difficult to find an experiment with | | | | placed over the mouth of the bottle. As the yeast |
| chemicals that are easy to find, and easy to work with. | | | | consumes the sugar, carbon dioxide is released, |
| One popular project involving chemicals is an | | | | causing the balloon to blow up. This project is so much |
| experiment determining which fruit or fruit juice has the | | | | fun to watch that our kids did it over and over until we |
| most vitamin C. A simple indicator is made with | | | | ran out of yeast. |
| cornstarch and iodine. Students (and parents) enjoy | | | | Both of these projects can be done as |
| watching the chemical reaction that occurs along with | | | | demonstrations; they offer dramatic reactions that |
| titration, which is a fancy way of saying "putting in | | | | students will be able to observe immediately. Both |
| drops". This project can be modified in several | | | | science projects can also be experiments. They |
| different ways, allowing your student's creativity to | | | | naturally lend themselves to a question, the formation |
| shine. We get letters from many students telling us that | | | | of an hypothesis, and testing. The results can easily be |
| this easy science project was submitted to the fair, | | | | graphed to form a conclusion. |
| and was chosen as a winner. | | | | |