Honors Chemistry I Core Labs

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Purpose:
To use the scientific method to observe, hypothesize, experiment, and collect data.

Summary:
Students make observations, propose a hypothesis to explain those observations, devise an experiment to test that hypothesis, and then accept or revise the hypothesis based on evidence.

Objectives Links:
3: Scientific Method

Process Skills Checklist

Materials:

• petri dish
• dish detergent
• hand soap
• laundry detergent
• whole milk
• 1% milk
• Half & Half
• fruit juice
• vegetable oil
• toothpick
• four different colors of food coloring

Safety Concerns:
Glass petri dishes are fragile.

Revision Date:
Summer 2005