This lab, presented by the National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network, covers the concept of electroplating. Students will learn how "an electric current passed through an ionic solution will result in a chemical...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this demonstration on the different reactivities of copper and zinc to hydrochloric acid. In this module, the reactivities of copper and zinc to...

This lab experiment "uses a piece of galvanized metal to quantify the loss of atoms during a chemical reaction." A piece of galvanized metal will be placed in muratic acid; students will re-determine the mass of the...

The Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop (MAST) provides this activity to look at the ways in which energy is released in chemical reactions. The class will examine plaster of paris, bromthymol blue and...

Hazardous Materials is a lesson plan which teaches students how to recognize and safely handle hazardous materials in the workplace. After completing this module, students should be able to interpret MSDS sheets and...