Foundations of Chemistry

Learn about the wide variety of fuels used in vehicles.

What are your teeth made up of? What chemistry is at work in your mouth? Why do some people get cavities even if they brush regularly?

Oceans absorb the greatest amount of solar radiation on Earth. Ocean warming can lead to glaciers melting and ocean acidification.

Learn about the role of yeast in this fun decomposition reaction.

It starts with curds and whey! Explore the basic chemistry behind making cheese in this hands on activity.

This backgrounder explains what greenhouse gases are and how they contribute to climate change.

Learn about the chemical reaction that happens between acid rain and limestone.

Learn about acid-base reactions. Make you own pH indicator and test it with different solutions.

Things are heating up! Explore the temperature change that occurs in an exothermic reaction and the role of catalysts is this chemistry activity.

Every time you wash your hands with soap, there are complex chemical reactions taking place.

Explore acid-base chemical reactions that really get things bubbling in the kitchen!

Hydrogen’s tendency towards combustion is what makes it both a dangerous chemical element and a useful energy source.

You can make your own terrarium for growing plants!

Learn how to make a pH indicator and test water samples.

Explore the chemistry behind why bananas turn brown. Can chemistry also help prevent this?