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• Biology Choose a Lab... 1 - Energy in Food 2 - Limitations on Cell Size: Surface Area to Volume 3 - Acids and Bases 4 - Diffusion Through Membranes 5 - Conducting Solutions 6A - Enzyme Action: Testing Catalase Activity 6B - Enzyme Action: Testing Catalase Activity 7 - Photosynthesis 8 - The Effect of Alcohol on Biological Membranes 9 - Biological Membranes 10 - Transpiration 11A - Cell Respiration (O₂) 11B - Cell Respiration (CO₂) 11C - Cell Respiration (Pressure) 11D - Cell Respiration (CO₂ and O₂) 12A - Respiration of Sugars by Yeast 12B - Sugar Fermentation 13 - Population Dynamics 14 - Interdependence of Plants and Animals 15 - Biodiversity and Ecosystems 16A - Effect of Temperature on Respiration 16B - Effect of Temperature on Fermentation 17 - Aerobic Respiration 18 - Acid Rain 19 - Dissolved Oxygen in Water 20 - Watershed Testing 21 - Physical Profile of a Lake 22 - Osmosis 23A - Effect of Temperature on Cold-Blooded Organisms 23B - Effect of Temperature on Cold-Blooded Organisms 24A - Lactase Action 24B - Lactase Action 25 - Primary Productivity 26 - Control of Human Respiration 27 - Heart Rate and Physical Fitness 28 - Monitoring EKG 29 - Ventilation and Heart Rate 30 - Oxygen Gas and Human Respiration 31A - Photosynthesis and Respiration 31B - Photosynthesis and Respiration 31C - Photosynthesis and Respiration 1A - Diffusion Through Membranes 1B - Osmosis 2A - Enzyme Action: Testing Catalase Activity 2B - Enzyme Action: Testing Catalase Activity 3 - Mitosis & Meiosis 4A - Plant Pigment Chromatography 4B - Photosynthesis 5A - Cell Respiration (CO₂ and O₂) 5B - Cell Respiration (CO₂) 5C - Cell Respiration (O₂) 5D - Cell Respiration (Pressure) 6A - Easy Transformation of E.coli Using GPF 6B - Restriction Enzymes and lambda DNA 7 - Genetics of Drosophila 8 - Population Genetics 9 - Transpiration 10A - Blood Pressure as a Vital Sign 10B - Heart Rate and Physical Fitness 11 - Animal Behavior 12A - Dissolved Oxygen in Water 12B - Primary Productivity 13 - The Visible Spectrum of Chlorophyll 14 - Determination of Chlorophyll in Olive Oil
• Chemistry Choose a Lab... 1 - Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions 2 - Freezing and Melting of Water 3 - Another Look at Freezing Temperature 4 - Heat of Fusion of Ice 5 - Find the Relationship: An Exercise in Graphing Analysis 6 - Boyle's Law: Pressure-Volume Relationship in Gases 7 - Pressure-Temperature Relationship in Gases 8 - Fractional Distillation 9 - Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions 9 - Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions 10 - Vapor Pressure of Liquids 11 - Determining the Concentration of a Solution: Beer's Law 12 - Effect of Temperature on Solubility of a Salt 13 - Properties of Solutions: Electrolytes and Non-Electrolytes 14 - Conductivity of Solutions: The Effect of Concentration 15 - Using Freezing Point Depression to Find Molecular Weight 16 - Energy Content of Foods 17 - Energy Content of Fuels 18 - Additivity of Heats of Reaction: Hess's Law 19 - Heat of Combustion: Magnesium 20 - Chemical Equilibrium: Finding a Constant, Kc 21 - Household Acids and Bases 22 - Acid Rain 23 - Titration Curves of Strong and Weak Acids and Bases 24 - Acid-Base Titration 25 - Titration of a Diprotic Acid: Identifying an Unknown 26 - Using Conductivity to Find an Equivalence Point 27 - Acid Dissociation Constant, Ka 28 - Establishing a Table of Reduction Potentials: Micro-Voltaic Cells 29 - Lead Storage Batteries 30 - Rate Law Determination of the Crystal Violet Reaction 31 - Time-Release Vitamin C Tablets 32 - The Buffer in Lemonade 33 - Determining the Free Chlorine Content of Swimming Pool Water 34 - Determining the Quantity of Iron in a Vitamin Tablet 35 - Determining the Phosphoric Acid Content in Soft Drinks 36 - Microscale Acid-Base Titration 1 - The Determination of a Chemical Formula 2 - The Determination of the Percent Water in a Compound 3 - The Molar Mass of a Volatile Liquid 4 - Using Freezing-Point Depression to Find Molecular Weight 5 - The Molar Volume of a Gas 6 - Standardizing a Solution of Sodium Hydroxide 7 - Acid-Base Titration 8 - An Oxidation-Reduction Titration: The Reaction of Fe2+ and Ce4+ 9 - Determining the Mole Ratios in a Chemical Reaction 10 - The Determination of an Equilibrium Constant 11 - Investigating Indicators 12 - The Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide 13 - Determining the Enthalpy of a Chemical Reaction 14A - Separation and Qualitative Analysis of Cations 14B - Separation and Qualitative Analysis of Anions 15A - The Synthesis of Alum 15B - The Analysis of Alum 16 - Conductimetric Titration and Gravimetric Determination of a Precipitate 17 - Determining the Concentration of a Solution: Beer's Law 18 - Liquid Chromatography 19 - Buffers 20 - Electrochemistry: Voltaic Cells 21 - Electroplating 22 - The Synthesis and Analysis of Aspirin 23 - Determining the Ksp of Calcium Hydroxide 24 - Determining Ka by the Half-Titration of a Weak Acid 25 - The Rate and Order of a Chemical Reaction 26 - The Enthalpy of Neutralization of Phosphoric Acid 27 - Alpha, Beta, Gamma 28 - Radiation Shielding 29 - The Base Hydrolysis of Ethyl Acetate 30 - Exploring the Properties of Gases 31 - Determining Avogadro's Number 32 - Potentiometric Titration of Hydrogen Peroxide 33 - Determining the Half-Life of an Isotope 34 - Vapor Pressure and Heat of Vaporization 35 - Rate Determination and Activation Energy 1 - Physical Properties of Water 2 - Baking Soda and Vinegar Investigations 3 - An Investigation of Urea-Containing Cold Packs 4 - Conductivity of Aqueous Solutions 5 - Identifying a Pure Substance 6 - Investigating the Energy Content of Foods 7 - Investigating the Energy Content of Fuels 8 - Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions 8 - Evaporation and Intermolecular Attractions 9 - Enthalpy Changes 10 - Reaction Stoichiometry 11 - Beer’s Law Investigations 12 - Colligative Properties of Solutions 13 - Long Term Water Monitoring 14 - Vapor Pressure and Heat of Vaporization Investigations 15 - Acid-Base Properties of Household Products 16 - The Effect of Acid Deposition on Aqueous Systems 17 - Acid-Base Titrations 18 - Conductimetric Titrations 19 - Oxidation-Reduction Titrations 20 - Investigating Voltaic Cells 21 - Baking Soda and Vinegar Investigations Revisited 22 - Reaction Rates 23 - Enzyme Activity 24 - Sugar Fermentation by Yeast 25 - Nuclear Radiation 1 - Alpha, Beta, Gamma 2 - Distance and Radiation 3 - Lifetime Measurement 4 - Counting Statistics 5 - Background Radiation Sources 6 - Radiation Shielding
• Earth Science Choose a Lab... 1 - Introduction to Data Collection 2 - Exploring Magnetism 3 - Where IS North? 4 - Searching for Iron Ore 5 - Sea Floor Spreading 6 - Soil pH 7 - Soil Salinity 8 - Soil and Acid Rain 9 - Soil Temperature 10 - Temperature 11 - pH 12 - Turbidity 13 - Total Dissolved Solids 14 - Water Treatment 15 - Salinity of Ocean Water 16 - Acid Rain and Its Effect on Surface Water 17 - Freezing of Ocean Water 18 - Desalination 19 - Mapping the Ocean Floor 20 - Are All Sunglasses Created Equal? 21 - Comparing Sunscreens 22 - UV Light and Clothing 23 - Reflection and Absorption of Light 24 - The Greenhouse Effect 25 - Land and Sea Breezes 26 - Relative Humidity 27 - Dew Point 28 - Wind Chill 29 - Seasons and Angle of Insolation 30 - Fossil Fuels 31 - Solar Homes 32 - Photovoltaic Cells 33 - Wind Power P1 - Air Temperature P2 - Air Temperature and Relative Humidity P3 - Ground Temperature P4 - Barometric Pressure P5 - Measuring Particulates P6 - Weather Stations
• Elementary Science Choose a Lab... 1 - Learning to Use Go!Temp 2 - How Do Mittens Keep You Warm? 3 - Baggie Mittens 4 - The Sole Purpose 5 - Cool Reaction! 6 - Cold as Ice 7 - Are We Cool or What? 8 - Why Do We Need Thermometers? 9 - Celsius or Fahrenheit. What's the Difference? 10 - Getting it Just Right! 11 - Go!Temp Spends the Night 12 - Hold Everything! Comparing Insulators 13 - Keepin' it Cool! Design Your Own Thermos 14 - I'm Melting! Water Changes States 15 - Solid, Liquid, Gas: Water Can Do it All! 16 - Learning to Use the Pressure Sensor 17 - Get a Grip! 18 - Under Pressure 19 - Bubbles in Your Bread 20 - Learning to Use Go! Motion 21 - e-Motion 22 - Batty About Science 23 - Spring into Action! 24 - Air Ball! 25 - Driving with Energy 26 - Weigh Station - All Trucks Stop! 27 - Learning to Use the Force Sensor 28 - Lift the Load 29 - What a Drag! 30 - Oh! My Aching Back! How Ramps Make Lifting Easier 31 - Learning to Use the Light Probe 32 - Distance From the Sun 33 - Summer and Winter 34 - Sunshine on My Shoulders 35 - Reflectivity of Light 36 - Learning to Use the Magnetic Field Sensor 37 - Exploring the Poles 38 - Making Magnets 39 - Electromagnets 40 - Learning to Use the Voltage Probe 41 - Are All Batteries the Same? 42 - Stacked Batteries 43 - All Worn Out!
• Engineering Education Choose a Lab... 1 - Household Acids and Bases 2 - Acid Rain 4 - Soil pH and Water Absorption 5 - Soil Moisture 6 - Managing Garden Soil Moisture 8 - Heating of Land and Water 9A - Water Quality: pH 9B - Water Quality: Temperature 9C - Water Quality: Total Dissolved Solids 10 - A Water Field Study 11 - Water Hardness 12 - Ocean Water 14 - A Good Sock 15 - UV Light and Clothing 16 - UV Light and Sunglasses 17 - UV Light and Sunscreens 1 - Friction 2 - First-Class Levers 3 - Audio Assistant 4 - Buoyancy 5 - Pulleys 6 - String Tension Tester 7 - Gas Pressure 8 - Yeast in Action 9 - Grip Strength 10 - Cartesian Diver 11 - Batteries 12 - Lemon Battery 13 - Battery Tester 14 - Solar Cells 15 - Solar Tracker 16 - Mapping a Magnetic Field 17 - Electromagnets 18 - Migrating Robot 19 - Magnet Finder 20 - Mine Sweeper More free projects on our Engineering website »
• Environmental Science Choose a Lab... 1 - Seasons and Angle of Insolation 2 - A Local Weather Study 3 - Investigating Dissolved Oxygen 4 - Water Quality 5 - Long Term Water Monitoring 6 - Water Treatment 7 - Investigating Salinity 8 - Soil Temperature 9 - Soil Salinity 10 - Soil pH 11 - Soil Moisture 12 - Soil and Acid Rain 13 - Managing Garden Soil Moisture 14 - Cell Respiration (CO₂) 15 - Biodiversity in Ecosystems 16 - Biochemical Oxygen Demand 17 - Water Cycle Column Investigations 18 - Decomposition Column Investigations 19 - Ecocolumn Investigations 20 - Global Warming 21 - UV Investigations 22 - Comparing Sunscreens 23 - Primary Productivity 24 - Modeling Population Growth 25 - Insulation Study 26 - Fossil Fuels 27 - Energy Conversion 28 - Wind Power 29 - Photovoltaic Cells 30 - Investigation of Passive Solar Heating 31 - The Effect of Acid Deposition on Aquatic Ecosystems 32 - Measuring Particulates 33 - Investigating Indoor Carbon Dioxide Concentrations 34 - A Pollution Study
• Forensics Choose a Lab... 1 - Tracks of a Killer 2 - Bouncing Back 3 - Name That Tune 4 - Making Cents of Math - Linear Relationship between Weight and Quantity 5 - The Ink is Still Wet 6 - Velocity 7 - Drug Tests 8 - No Dumping 9 - Killer Cup of Coffee 10 - Dropped at the Scene 11 - Evaporation of Alcohols 12 - Hit and Run 13 - Life in the Fast Lane 14 - Chill Out - How Hot Objects Cool
• Math Choose a Lab... Sound Waveform ModelsStraight Line Distance GraphsThe Linear Force Relation for a Rubber Band Sound Waveform ModelsStraight Line Distance GraphsThe Linear Force Relation for a Rubber Band
• Middle School Science Choose a Lab... 1 - A Hot Hand 2 - Heating of Land and Water 3 - The Greenhouse Effect 4 - Relative Humidity 5 - Soil Study 6 - Absorption of Radiant Energy 7 - Reflectivity of Light 8 - Schoolyard Study 9 - A Good Sock 10 - What Causes the Seasons? 11 - Solar Homes 12 - Ocean Floor Mapping 13 - Boiling Temperature of Water 14 - Freezing and Melting of Water 15 - How Low Can You Go? 15B - Ziplock Ice Cream 16 - A Good Cold Pack 17 - Lemon "Juice" 18 - Get a Grip! 19 - Fun with Pressure 20 - Water Hardness Study 21 - Diffusion: How Fast? 22 - A Water Field Study 23 - Cooling Rates: Shaq vs. Susie 24 - Yeast Beasts in Action 25 - Heart Rate and Body Position 26 - Heart Rate and Exercise 27 - Mapping a Magnetic Field 28 - Electromagnets 29 - Frictional Forces 30 - First-Class Levers 31 - Pulleys 32 - Buoyancy 33 - Graphing Your Motion 34 - Velocity 35 - The Indy 100 35B - Pencil Car 36 - Crash Dummies 37 - Falling Objects 38 - A Speedy Slide
• Physical Science Choose a Lab... 1 - Temperature Probe Response Time 2 - Boiling Temperature of Water 3 - Freezing and Melting of Water 4 - Evaporation of Alcohols 5 - Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions 6 - Neutralization Reactions 7 - Mixing Warm and Cold Water 8 - Heat of Fusion 9 - Energy Content of Fuels 10 - Energy Content of Foods 11 - Absorption of Radiant Energy 12 - An Insulated Cola Bottle 13 - A Good Sock 14 - Insolation Angle 15 - Solar Homes and Heat Sinks 16 - Conducting Solutions 17 - Conductivity of Saltwater: The Effect of Concentration 18 - Acid Strengths 19 - Frictional Forces 20 - First-Class Levers 21 - Pulleys 22 - An Inclined Plane 23 - Reflectivity of Light 24 - Polaroid Filters 25 - How Bright is the Light? 26 - Electromagnets: Winding Things Up 27 - Magnetic Field Explorations 28 - Household Acids and Bases 29 - Acid Rain 30 - Gas Pressure and Volume 31 - Gas Temperature and Pressure 32 - Fun with Pressure 33 - Lemon "Juice" 34 - Lead Storage Batteries 35 - Graphing Your Motion 36 - Velocity 37 - It's Race Day 38 - Momentum: A Crash Lesson 39 - Newton's Second Law 40 - Falling Objects
• Physics Choose a Lab... 1 - Graph Matching 2 - Back and Forth Motion 3 - Cart on a Ramp 4 - Determining g on an Incline 5 - Picket Fence Free Fall 6 - Ball Toss 7 - Bungee Jump Accelerations 8 - Projectile Motion 9 - Newton's Second Law 10 - Atwood's Machine 11 - Newton's Third Law 12 - Static and Kinetic Friction 13 - Air Resistance 14 - Pendulum Periods 15 - Simple Harmonic Motion 16 - Energy of a Tossed Ball 17 - Energy in Simple Harmonic Motion 18 - Momentum, Energy and Collisions 19 - Impulse and Momentum 20 - Centripetal Accelerations on a Turntable 21 - Accelerations in the Real World 22 - Ohm's Law 23 - Series and Parallel Circuits 24 - Capacitors 25 - The Magnetic Field in a Coil 26 - The Magnetic Field in a Slinky 27 - Electrical Energy 28 - Polarization of Light 29 - Light, Brightness and Distance 30 - Newton's Law of Cooling 31 - The Magnetic Field of a Permanent Magnet 32 - Sound Waves and Beats 33 - Speed of Sound 34 - Tones, Vowels and Telephones 35 - Mathematics of Music 1 - Alpha, Beta, Gamma 2 - Distance and Radiation 3 - Lifetime Measurement 4 - Counting Statistics 5 - Background Radiation Sources 6 - Radiation Shielding
• Physiology Choose a Lab... 1 - Warming Function of Nasal Passageways 2 - Effect of Vascularity on Skin Temperature Recovery 3 - Heart Rate as a Vital Sign 4 - Heart Rate and Exercise 5 - Heart Rate Response to Baroreceptor Feedback 6 - Effect of Coughing on Heart Rate 7 - Blood Pressure as a Vital Sign 8 - Blood Pressure and Exercise 9 - Diurnal Blood Pressure Variation 10 - Heart Rate and Blood Pressure as Vital Signs 11 - Heart Rate, Blood Pressure, and Exercise 12 - Analyzing the Heart with EKG 13 - Introduction to EMG 14A - Neuromuscular Reflexes (with Accelerometer) 14B - Neuromuscular Reflexes (without Accelerometer) 15 - Muscle Function Analysis 16 - Grip Strength Comparison 17 - Grip Strength and Muscle Fatigue 18 - EMG and Muscle Fatigue 19 - Lung Volumes and Capacities 20 - Respiratory Response to Physiologic Challenges 21 - Analysis of Lung Function 22 - Oxygen and Aerobic Metabolism 23 - Oxygen Extraction by the Lungs 24 - Effect of "Dead Space" on Oxygen Exchange
• Water Quality Choose a Lab... 1 - Temperature 2 - pH 3 - Turbidity 4 - Total Solids 5 - Dissolved Oxygen 6 - Biochemical Oxygen Demand 7 - Ortho- and Total Phosphates 8 - Nitrate 9 - Fecal Coliform 10 - Ammonium Nitrogen 11 - Alkalinity 12 - Total Dissolved Solids 13 - Calcium and Water Hardness 14 - Total Water Hardness 15 - Chloride and Salinity 16 - Stream Flow