National Chemistry Week, a community-based annual event uniting ACS local sections, businesses, schools, and individuals in highlighting the value of chemistry in our everyday life, is being celebrated October 20–26, 2019 with the theme “Marvelous Metals.” As part of the celebration, the Journal of Chemical Education is highlighting hands-on activities for exploring metals and their […]
National Chemistry Week, a community-based annual event uniting ACS local sections, businesses, schools, and individuals in highlighting the value of chemistry in our everyday life, is being celebrated October 20–26, 2019 with the theme “Marvelous Metals.” As part of the celebration, the Journal of Chemical Education is highlighting hands-on activities for exploring metals and their uses, as well as experiments for understanding metals and their properties. Metals and metal-related topics can be used to motivate students, illustrate important chemical concepts, and communicate the importance of chemistry. Make the most of this yearly event by connecting the classroom experience to students’ everyday lives through resources from the Journal of Chemical Education.
Hands-On Activities for Exploring Metals and Their Uses
Silver to Black—and Back
J. Chem. Educ., 2000, 77, 3, 328A
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p328A
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Trusty or Rusty? Oxidation Rate of Nails
J. Chem. Educ., 2005, 82, 11, 1648A
DOI: 10.1021/ed082p1648A
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A Magnetic Meal
J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 11, 1584A
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1584A
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Memory Metal
J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 11, 1584A
DOI: 10.1021/ed082p1488A
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Flame Tests: Which Ion Causes the Color?
J. Chem. Educ., 2004, 81, 12, 1776A
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1776A
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Cooking Up Colors from Plants, Fabric, and Metal
J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84, 1, 96A
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p96A
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Chemistry and Art in a Bag: An Easy-To-Implement Outreach Activity Making and Painting with a Copper-Based Pigment
J. Chem. Educ., 2016, 93, 1, 152-153
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00364
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Photochemistry and Pinhole Photography: An Interdisciplinary Experiment
J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76, 6, 736A
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p736A
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Aluminum–Air Battery
J. Chem. Educ., 2007, 84, 12, 1936A
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1936A
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Electrochemistry with Simple Materials to Create Designs and Write Messages
J. Chem. Educ., 2019, 96, 6, 1178-1181
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.9b00012
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Sequestration of Divalent Metal Ion by Superabsorbent Polymer in Diapers
J. Chem. Educ., 2010, 87, 9, 920-921
DOI: 10.1021/ed100415e
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Experiments for Understanding Metals and Their Properties
Constructing Chemical Concepts through a Study of Metals and Metal Ions: Guided Inquiry Experiments for General Chemistry
J. Chem. Educ., 1997, 74, 9, 1095
DOI: 10.1021/ed074p1095
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Hands-On Experiment To Verify Consistency from Bulk Density to Atomic and Ionic Radii with Lumps of Metals and Ionic Compounds
J. Chem. Educ., 2019, 96, 10, 2271-2278
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.8b00963
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Exploring Solid-State Structure and Physical Properties: A Molecular and Crystal Model Exercise
J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85, 6, 822
DOI: 10.1021/ed085p822
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“Greening” a Familiar General Chemistry Experiment: Coffee Cup Calorimetry to Determine the Enthalpy of Neutralization of an Acid–Base Reaction and the Specific Heat Capacity of Metals
J. Chem. Educ., 2017, 94, 4, 494-499
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00189
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A Simple Penny Analysis
J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85, 6, 817
DOI: 10.1021/ed085p817
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Preparation and Properties of an Aqueous Ferrofluid
J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76, 7, 943
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p943
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Experimenting with a Visible Copper–Aluminum Displacement Reaction in Agar Gel and Observing Copper Crystal Growth Patterns To Engage Student Interest and Inquiry
J. Chem. Educ., 2016, 93, 9, 1612-1615
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.6b00207
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Synthesis of Copper Pigments, Malachite and Verdigris: Making Tempera Paint
J. Chem. Educ., 2011, 88, 12, 1694-1697
DOI: 10.1021/ed200096e
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Production of Colorful Aluminum Keepsakes and Gas Sensing Smart Materials: Anodizing, Dyeing, and Etching Small Aluminum Parts on a Budget
J. Chem. Educ., 2018, 95, 7, 1187-1191
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00817
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Teaching Electrochemistry in the General Chemistry Laboratory through Corrosion Exercises
J. Chem. Educ., 2018, 95, 5, 842-846
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.7b00416
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Transitioning from Expository Laboratory Experiments to Course-Based Undergraduate Research in General Chemistry
J. Chem. Educ., 2016, 93, 1, 56-63
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jchemed.5b00371
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