High School / Earth ScienceEnvironmental Science

Soil Moisture Field Study

In this field study, students use a soil moisture sensor and an on-board GPS sensor on their mobile device to determine the ability of soil to hold and...

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Percent Copper in Brass (Spectrometer)

Students use a spectrometer to create a Beer's law plot of known copper solution concentrations from...

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Evaluation of Lemonade as a Buffer

Students use a powdered commercial lemonade formulation as a model for buffers and test its capacity to resist pH changes.

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Introduction to Buffers

Students use titration and pH to investigate the components of a buffer and how it acts to resist pH change.

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Investigation of Acid-Base Titrations

Students compare the pH titration profiles of strong, weak and polyprotic acids.

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Applications of Le Chatelier's Principle

Students study equilibrium and the reversibility of chemical reactions using colorimetry and energy...

Advanced Placement / Biology

ABI Sickle Cell Gene Detection

Students use electrophoresis to analyze DNA samples from a child and the child’s parents to determine if the child has inherited a mutation in the gene...

Advanced Placement / Biology

ABI Understanding Inherited Mitochondrial Disorders

Students use pedigree analysis and DNA analysis (electrophoresis) to confirm or refute the initial...

Advanced Placement / Chemistry

Building a Better Hand Warmer

Students use a temperature sensor to determine the heat of solution of a number of ionic compounds and propose a practical hand warmer design.

Advanced Placement / Biology

ABI Transformation

Students transform bacteria with a plasmid that contains an ampicillin resistance gene and a gfp gene that is regulated so only some transformed cells...

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