Hazardous Materials Investigations: The Barrel Mystery – Kit Contents
Hazardous Materials Investigations: The Barrel Mystery is a SEPUP module designed for use in grades 6–12. The module contains a series of 8 activities that provide approximately 3 weeks of instruction.
Equipment Kit Contents
Scroll down to see the materials that are included in the Hazardous Materials Investigations: The Barrel Mystery kit as well as those materials that are required but not included.
Materials in Hazardous Materials equipment kit:
- 1 video, “Hazardous Materials/Waste Disposal”
- 1 500-mL barrel
- 1 scoop
- 1 240-mL bottle containing iron (III) nitrate crystals
- 2 480-mL bottles of mineral oil
- 1 packet of 240 aluminum washers
- 1 packet of 240 iron washers
- 1 vial containing black and beige high density polyethylene squares
- 2 copper wires
- 8 30-mL dropper bottles of Liquid A ( 3% hydrogen peroxide)
- 8 30-mL dropper bottles of Liquid B (50,000 ppm copper chloride)
- 8 30-mL dropper bottles of Liquid C (0.1 M hydrochloric acid)
- 8 30-mL dropper bottles of 5% ammonia
- 2 vials of pH paper (orange)
- 8 pH color charts
- 2 packages of potassium iodide paper (white)
- 50 plastic cups (9 oz)
- 40 lids for plastic cups
- 16 narrow-mouthed 140-mL graduated cups (to serve as a base for the funnel)
- 8 funnels
- 8 metal screens
- 16 droppers
- 16 pairs of forceps
- 16 30-mL graduated cups
- 16 plastic spoons
- 16 plastic vials with lids
- 8 magnets
- 8 30-mL dropper bottles of ethanol
- 1 60-mL refill bottle of ethanol
- 8 30-mL dropper bottles of water (shipped empty)
- 8 60-mL dropper bottles of methanol
- 8 30-mL dropper bottles of potassium thiocyanate (0.1 M solution)
- 40 effervescent tablets
- 16 stir sticks
- 1 set of Material Safety Data Sheets
Materials required but not provided in equipment kit:
- 16 SEPUP trays
- 16 pairs of safety goggles
- 1 overhead projector
- 1 videocassette recorder
- 1 TV monitor
- 1 graduated beaker
- matches
- masking tape (optional)
- paper towels
- 16 calculators
- 32 sheets of graph paper (optional)
- 16 rulers (optional)
- 16 computers with graphing software (optional)
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