Chemistry Experiments for at Home

About this curriculum

Where No Laboratory Facilities Are Available In home settings or schools without standard lab fixtures (gas jets, vent hoods, etc), conducting effective chemistry experiments is a challenge. Many publishers make experiments so “easy” that the chemistry principles in focus are not well illustrated. Oftentimes the learning goal is absent or unclear. The student may end up performing steps that she doesn’t understand to witness a chemical reaction that she also doesn’t understand. Home educators may see no other option but to resort to “easy” experiments using household items. The result can quickly become little more than a magic show. Students mix ingredients and watch the effects never achieving the learning objectives. The chemicals, procedures, and equipment often bear little or no resemblance to what a real chemist would use, and they do not prepare students for the rigors of their college science courses. Buy the Economy Core Chemistry Kit* from HOME SCIENCE TOOLS here * Page 5 describes a reasonable subset of experiments for the two chemistry books that are suggested for homeschools. These are referred to as the Economy Core.…