Maxey Day: Checklist
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