Chemistry Department outreach Program

Current Demos

• Properties of Liquid Nitrogen and Various Gasses
• Dry Ice Balloon
• Hydrogen Rocket
• Elephant's Toothpaste
• Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
• Catalysis and Activation Energy
  • Decomposition of H2O2
  • Combustion of Methanol
• Conductivity in Various Media
• Polymers
  • OOHHBLIC
  • Slime
  • Silly putty
  • Polyurethane Foam
  • Nylon 8.6
• The Luminol Spiral
• Liquid Nitrogen Ice-cream

Recipe Cards

• How to be a Good Scientist
• Jam Experiment
• Bending Water
• Bleach Flowers
• Make Carbon Dioxide
• Separating Colors
• Grow Crystals
• Floating Egg
• Making Ice Cream by Freezing Point Depression
• A Simple Indicator
• Make Ink
• A "Pop" Bottle
• Separate Salt and Sand
• Salt and Vinegar on Copper
• Space Problem
• Swollen Egg

Science Links

U of MN Lecture Demonstrations

The Exploratorium Science Snackbook

Science Theatre

Institute for Chemical Education

Bill Nye, the Science Guy

Ask Dr. Science