Lab Module List:

Twenty-One Inquiry-Based Laboratory Modules for High School

A list of the high school lab modules, their authors, and the related college/university lab module (with faculty authors) are given below.

These experiments tackle real world issues such as "What’s under the Kitchen Sink?" — a look at the chemistry behind cleaning products used around the house; "Culinary Chemistry" — written to teach important chemical concepts using experiments related to food and nutrition; "From Rust to Batteries Revisited" — an introduction to applications of electrochemistry to everyday life; and "Who Killed Professor Rig R. Mortis?" — a collection of chemistry related lessons integrated into the central theme of Forensic Science.

Parts of all the modules, and modules 18, 19, and 20, are also suitable for middle school.

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1. Bubble Gum
Rebecca Keller, Diane Schroepfer & Melanie Townsend
Related College/University lablab: Culinary Chemistry  (Dr. Susan Piepho)

2. From Rust to Batteries Revisited
Rebecca Keller, Diane Schroepfer & Melanie Townsend
Related College/University lab: From Rust to Batteries: How to Control Electrical Energy (Dr. Susan Piepho & Dr. Mary Thompson)

3. Density of a Pop Can
Rebecca Keller, Diane Schroepfer & Melanie Townsend
Related College/University lab: Accuracy and Precision: Lessons From a Can of Soda (Dr. Mary-Ann Pearsall)

4. Dishwasher Test
Rebecca Keller, Diane Schroepfer & Melanie Townsend
Related College/University lab: What's Under the Kitchen Sink? (Dr. Susan Piepho)

5. Reactions to Avoid!
Rebecca Keller, Diane Schroepfer & Melanie Townsend
Related College/University lab: Reactions to Avoid! How Reagents React with Everyday Materials (Dr. Mary-Ann Pearsall)

6. Culinary Chemistry
Lee Ann Calvert & Jennifer Lawson
Related College/University lab: Culinary Chemistry  (Dr. Susan Piepho)

7. From Rust to Batteries
John-Michael Archer, Ceil Fahrman, & Carrie Jennings
Related College/University lab: From Rust to Batteries: How to Control Electrical Energy (Dr. Susan Piepho & Dr. Mary Thompson)

8. Introduction to Polymers
Rosalyn Mood & Vicki Liggins
Related College/University lab: Polymers: Birth, Death and Resurrection (Dr. Barbara Kebbekus)

9. Reactions to Avoid!
Lee Ann Calvert, Jennifer Lawson, Rosalyn Mood, and Vicki Liggins
Related College/University lab: Reactions to Avoid! How Reagents React with Everyday Materials (Dr. Mary-Ann Pearsall)

10. "Shifty" Equilibria: What Factors Affect Salt Solubility?
Ceil Fahrman, John-Michael Archer, and Carrie Jennings
Related College/University lab: "Shifty" Equilibria: What Factors Affect Salt Solubility? (Dr. Susan Piepho)

11. What’s under the Kitchen Sink?
Lee Ann Calvert & Jennifer Lawson
Related College/University lab: What's Under the Kitchen Sink? (Dr. Susan Piepho)

12. Chromatography
Brian Cox, Dr. Emma Goldman, Nancy Habenicht, Mary Hobbs, Carrie Baumann Keaveney, N. Sagerman & Christy Thomas
Related College/University lab: Forgery, Back-dating, Counterfeiting, and Chemical Forensics: Ink Analysis Using Paper Chromatography Techniques (Dr. Mary Campbell).
 
13. Culinary Chemistry
Brian Cox, Dr. Emma Goldman, Nancy Habenicht, Mary Hobbs, Carrie Baumann Keaveney, N. Sagerman & Christy Thomas
Related College/University lab: Culinary Chemistry  (Dr. Susan Piepho)

14. Electrons on the Move
Brian Cox, Dr. Emma Goldman, Nancy Habenicht, Mary Hobbs, Carrie Baumann Keaveney, N. Sagerman & Christy Thomas
Related College/University lab: From Rust to Batteries: How to Control Electrical Energy (Dr. Susan Piepho & Dr. Mary Thompson)

15. Reactions to Avoid! A Safety Demonstration
Brian Cox, Dr. Emma Goldman, Nancy Habenicht, Mary Hobbs, Carrie Baumann Keaveney, N. Sagerman & Christy Thomas
Related College/University lab: Reactions to Avoid! How Reagents React with Everyday Materials (Dr. Mary-Ann Pearsall)

16. Spectrophotometry
Brian Cox, Dr. Emma Goldman, Nancy Habenicht, Mary Hobbs, Carrie Baumann Keaveney, N. Sagerman & Christy Thomas
Related College/University lab: What Color is Your T-Shirt? Reflections on an Absorbing Question (Dr. Mary Campbell, Dr. Judith Halstead & Dr. Susan Piepho)

17. A Study of Polymers
Brian Cox, Dr. Emma Goldman, Nancy Habenicht, Mary Hobbs, Carrie Baumann Keaveney, N. Sagerman & Christy Thomas
Related College/University lab: Polymers: Birth, Death and Resurrection (Dr. Barbara Kebbekus)

18. The Case of the Imperial Kimono
Dr. Margaret Flowers, Dr. Linda Schwab, Stephanie Walker, Katherine Abold, Thomas Pennell, Kim Gilbertson, Jennifer Evener, James Overhiser, and Nicholas Yaichuk
Related College/University labs: How Do Synthetic and Natural Dyes Interact With Natural Fibers? (Dr. Margaret Flowers and Dr. Linda Schwab), What Color is Your T-Shirt? Reflections on an Absorbing Question (Dr. Mary Campbell, Dr. Judith Halstead & Dr. Susan Piepho), and Forgery, Back-dating, Counterfeiting, and Chemical Forensics: Ink Analysis Using Paper Chromatography Techniques (Dr.Mary Campbell)

19. The Pleasant Valley Incident
Kim Gilbertson, James Overhiser, Dr. Margaret Flowers, Dr. Linda Schwab, Katherine W. Abold, Thomas Pennell, and Nicholas Yaichuk
Related College/University labs: Local Waters: Questions and Answers (Dr. Judith Halstead and Dr. Susan Piepho), What's the Latest Dirt? An Introduction to Soil Chemistry (Dr. Mary Thompson), What is a Chemical Reaction? A Look at Some Typical Examples (Dr. Mary-Ann Pearsall), Organic Functional Groups, An Introduction to Everything. Part I. Hydrocarbons, Part II. Oxygen Containing Compounds (Dr. Mary-Ann Pearsall and Dr. Linda Schwab), and Where Shall We Store It? Not in My Back yard (NIMBY) (Dr. Mary Thompson)

20. Who Killed Professor Rigor R. Mortis?
James Overhiser, Jennifer Evener, Dr. Margaret Flowers, Dr. Linda Schwab, Stephanie Walker, Kim Gilbertson, Thomas Pennell, and Nicholas Yaichuk
Related College/University labs: Forgery, Back-dating, Counterfeiting, and Chemical Forensics: Ink Analysis Using Paper Chromatography Techniques (Mary Campbell), What's Under the Kitchen Sink? (Dr. Susan Piepho), What Color is Your T-Shirt? Reflections on an Absorbing Question (Dr. Mary Campbell, Dr. Judith Halstead & Dr. Susan Piepho), What is a Chemical Reaction? A Look at Some Typical Examples (Dr. Mary-Ann Pearsall), and How Do Synthetic and Natural Dyes Interact With Natural Fibers? (Dr. Margaret Flowers and Dr. Linda Schwab)

21. What’s the Latest Dirt? An Introduction to Soil Chemistry
Related College/University lab: What's the Latest Dirt? An Introduction to Soil Chemistry (Dr. Mary Thompson)

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