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Home Chemistry experiments are on hiatus this week for state-mandated standardized testing for the kids (and so Mom can catch up on writing ...

Mixed up some flour paste for a paper mache project I'm going to be working on this week. According to The Papier Mache Resource , it...

As a continuation of our foray into heat-producing ( exothermic ) chemistry, we mixed up some solutions that became colder (endothermic). En...

Theodore Gray, creator of the lovely Periodic Table Table, emailed me today with news of his element banners . The idea is to spell words o...

Elementeo is a strategic battle game where you use your elements across the battlefield in reducing opponent’s electron...

Tonight we saw an episode of "The Simpsons" where Bart lets loose a python in the school chemistry lab. A flask full of ethanol ...

Lesson: Acid-catalyzed hydrolysis of acetylsalicylic acid to salicylic acid and acetic acid What Happened: We dissolved the active ingre...