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Education, Science October 11, 2020October 18, 2020

Zinc Plus Sulfur Exothermic Demonstration

Done May, 2019 at New West High School.

Education, Science October 11, 2020October 18, 2020

Crushing Can Demonstrations

Watch what happens when boiling water in an aluminum can is inverted into an ice water bath.

Education, Science October 11, 2020October 18, 2020

Sucking Eggs Demonstration

How do you get a hard-boiled egg into an Erlenmeyer flask? Watch and see.

Education, Science October 11, 2020October 18, 2020

Mighty Air Pressure Demonstration

There is a brand new wooden meter stick underneath the newspaper. Six inches is sticking out from underneath the paper. Watch what happens.

Education, Science October 11, 2020October 18, 2020

Gas Laws and Paper Demonstration

From New West High School, 2019-2020. Another view of the same demo…

Science October 7, 2020October 18, 2020

Chemistry: Two Women Win Chemistry Nobel for Tool With ‘Enormous Power’

From Newser: French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier and American Jennifer A. Doudna have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing a method of genome editing likened to “molecular scissors” that […] Read More

Science September 27, 2020October 18, 2020

A Giant Fusion Reactor Hotter than the Sun to Provide Unlimited Clean Energy Without Waste Marks Milestone

Education February 27, 2019October 18, 2020

Charles’ Law Demonstrations

New West High School — February 2019

Education, Science March 25, 2015October 18, 2020

Potassium Chlorate

Here is a short demonstration of the oxidizing power of molten potassium chlorate on a small piece of wood (thanks Jessie)…this was period 5 today…