Classroom videos of Demonstrations taken From the Pages of

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Cooking with Paper

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Chapter 1: Introductory Demonstrations

The Disappearing Coffee Cup

The Edible Candle

Fireproof Balloon

Seeing Through Paper

Acid in the Eye

Needle Through a Balloon

Match Making

Fireproof Money

Chapter 2:  Density

Sunken Ice Cube

Sugar Solution Density Column

Levitating Golf Ball

Chapter 4: Energy and Thermodynamics

25 cent Phase Transition

Gummy Bear Sacrifice

Energy From Food Oxidation

Catalytic Acetone Combustion

NOTE:  All videos are categorized by book chapter in "Bangs, Flashes, and Explosions".  These pages will be under continual construction as new videos are added.  Some older videos were taken with a dated digital camera and are only 5 seconds long.  These are being updated with longer, higher resolution videos.  Not all photographs, as of yet, contain active links.

Chemical Super Glue

Sugar Pyrotechnics

Canned Heat

Bug "Bomb"

Matchless Fire

Chlorination of Acetylene

The Carbon Dance

Rxn of Potassium Nitrate & Carbon

MRE Chemistry
(Meals, Ready to Eat)

Calcium Oxide
Dilution

Chapter 5: Waves, Electrons, Atomic Theory and Periodic Trends

Rutherford Experiment Simulation

Colored Flames

Throwing Flames

Bengal Flames

The Incredible Glowing Pickle

Alkali Metals in Water

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3

4

5

Flame Jump

Flaming Tornado

Density Paradox

Chapter 3:  Elements, Compounds, and Mixtures

Thixotropy and Dilatentcy - Oobleck

Shrinking Liquids

Total Internal Reflection

Candle CO2 Tank