Maxey Day: Checklist

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Demos for Dr. Powers

1. OJ clock

- Clock set up, 500ML beaker, (x3) and electrodes (x2)

2. Elephants toothpaste

-Hydrogen peroxide(500mL 30%) , dish soap and KI (500 mL), Long cyclinder (x2), and a Nalgene tray to catch the foam

3. Red Cabbage and solid CO2

- Gallon of juice, a cooler of dry ice (night before), Large cyclinder with wooden base, and giant stir bar

4. Peroxide clock

- Hydrogen peroxide KIO3 and starch solutions with beakers (100mLx3), beakers (50mLx3), stir plate, and stir bar 5. Glowing pickles

- Power supply and pickle 6. Slides

- Projector, screen, extension cord, and power strips (Dr. Powers’ laptop)

7. Cryogens with banana and gummy bears

- Liq Nitrogen in 4L carrier, two foam buckets, a hammer, and cardboard set up to catch fly-away (Dr. J Powers brings the gummy bears and banana)

8. Stop light (We make these solutions)

- Glucose, Indigo Carmine, and NaOH. Get three 500mL Erlenmeyer flasks with good rubber stoppers from stock room.


Outdoor Demos for Dr. Powers

1. Mentos and Coke (Dr. J Powers brings these supplies)

2. Potato Launcher

3. Isopropanol Rocket

-Demo room for 109/110 has this set up. Bring the Ignition

-Handwashing Station Demo for Dr. Joan Powers

1. Non-Newtonian fluids

-Corn Starch and water with drops of food color (make on site)



Hands-on Stations

1. Nylon Experiment

-hexamethylenediamine and sebacic acid; (from Bob)

-10ml measuring cylinders (x50) atleast and 10mL beakers or paper cups (x100)

-Hooks to draw out the nylon polymer

2. Vitamin C in Juice

-Fruit Juices (Dr. J Powers brings these)

-Starch solution (1 gallon) (make the night before)

-Iodine solution ++ (1-2 L)

-10mL beakers (x50) and 50mL beakers (x20) plastic droppers (x1 box)

3. Batteries

-Pennies

-Meters (as many as working) 4. Blue Dye UV-Vis -Spec 20s (from 109 Labs ask Lab manager for these)

-Plastic cuvettes

-Blue dye and their dilutions (1L) each

-Beakers (10mL x 20)

5. Computer Stations

- Printer

- Paper

- Laptops (x5)

- Cords and extension cables

6. Slime making

- Glue (2 gallons 50%)

- Borax saturated (1 gallon)

- Paper cups

- Wipes

- Zip lock bags to take along

- Food colors