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Bears, Beets, Paper Chromatography

This activity will introduce 9th-12th grade students to liquid chromatography and the mass transfer principles behind it. Featuring a murder mystery theme from "The Office", students will put on their detective hats to determine who left the ransom note. By performing chromatography in various ink samples from around the office, the students will try to match the correct marker to the culprit who left the ransom note and save Angela.

Module Topics 

Mass Transfer
Paper Chromatography
Module details
TopicsMass Transfer, Paper Chromatography
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement15 minutes
AIChE community affiliationUniversity of Michigan - Graduate Student Members
Approx. # of volunteers2-3
Recommended audience size5-8 students at a time

Audience best suited for module 

Ninth Grade to Twelfth Grade (approximately ages 14-18)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

15.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

University of Michigan - Graduate Student Members

Approximate Budget 

$50-75

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

2-3

Recommended Audience Size 

5-8 students at a time

Awards Received 

2019 AIChE K-12 STEM Outreach Competition, 2nd Place - Professional Category

Surface Tension

In this 50-minute module, we introduce the concept of surface tension to students through three simple experiments: In the first experiment, students attempt to place as many drops of clean water as they can on a penny and learn that it is something called surface tension holding the blob of water together. In the second experiment, students use soap to weaken the surface tension of milk and observe the induced flow patterns traced by streaks of food coloring. In the third part, students apply the knowledge gained from the first two parts and repeat the first experiment using soapy water....

Module Topics 

Engineering
Physics
Module details
TopicsEngineering, Physics
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement50 minutes
AIChE community affiliationMid-Michigan AIChE Local Section
Approx. # of volunteers2-3
Recommended audience size30

Audience best suited for module 

Sixth Grade to Eighth Grade (approximately ages 11-14)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

50.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

Mid-Michigan AIChE Local Section

Approximate Budget 

$34 to cover 30 students ($30 non-consumable cost, $0.1325 consumable cost/student)

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

2-3

Recommended Audience Size 

30

Awards Received 

2019 AIChE K-12 STEM Outreach Competition, 1st Place - Professional Category

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