Household Chemicals: Better by Design – Kit Contents
Equipment Kit Content
Scroll down to see the materials that are included in the Household Chemicals: Better by Design kit as well as those materials that are required but not included.
Materials in Household Chemicals Equipment Kit:
- 32 9-oz plastic cups
- 24 30-mL graduated cups
- 16 stir sticks
- 16 droppers
- 16 magnifiers
- 1 “fortune teller miracle fish”
- 16 pairs of forceps
- 8 30-mL dropper bottles of
- water (empty)
- household vinegar (empty)
- 50% household bleach
- universal indicator
- 1 bottle of vinegar (food grade)
- 1 small vial of
- iron (II) chloride (FeCl2)
- crushed calcite (CaCO3)
- calcium chloride (CaCl2)
- sand
- 2 packets of powdered milk
- 1 large vial of
- soap powder
- baking soda
- 1 bottle of flour
- 1 15-mL dropper bottle of red food coloring
- 150 tasting cups
- 1 box of flat toothpicks
- 1 bag of
- plastic spoons (50/pkg)
- sugar packets (40/pkg)
- salt packets (40/pkg)
- 1 cm 3 25 cm-denim strips (20/pkg)
- 2 tubes of
- tomato paste (food grade)
- plain toothpaste
- 10 straws
- 8 set of metric measuring spoons
- 2 120-mL dropper bottles of dishwashing liquid
- 2 60-mL dropper bottles of
- 50% corn syrup solution
- 75% glycerin
- mineral oil
- blue food coloring
- simulated lemon juice
- 1 set of Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS)
Materials required but not provided in equipment kit:
- class set of safety goggles
- 16 SEPUP trays
- 16 advertisements with a quantitative claim
- 1 bottle of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
- 1 paper clip
- 1 permanent marker
- masking tape or labels (for labeling student projects)
- 8 pieces of black paper
- supply of white paper
- supply of paper towels
- clock with a second hand (or 16 stopwatches)
- 1 pair of scissors
- 1 box of matches
- 8 sets of colored markers
- supply of newspaper (for covering desks)
- refrigerator (for storing products from one day to the next)
- supply of resealable plastic sandwich bags
- supply of tarnished pennies
- supply of butcher paper or poster board
- access to water
- 1 overhead projector
- 1 television and VCR (optional)
- 1 video camera(s), tripod, and tapes (optional)
- access to computer and printer (optional)
Necessary for the Optional Demonstrations:
- 1 150-mL sample of sodium silicate solution
- 1 handkerchief
- 1 10-gram sample of CuCl2
- 1 4 3 4-in. piece of aluminum foil
- 1 3-g sample of sodium carbonate (NaCO3)
- 1 3-g sample of calcium chloride (CaCl2)
- 1 wrapped gift
- 1 expanding sponge toy
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