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Light of Water

In our module, we are generating electricity and turning on the LED. Electricity is generated using temperature differences.

Module Topics 

Conservation and Transfer of Energy
Electrochemical Fundamentals
Heat Transfer
Thermodynamics
Module details
TopicsConservation and Transfer of Energy, Electrochemical Fundamentals, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement10 minutes
AIChE community affiliationAhmedabad University AIChE Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers6
Recommended audience sizeAny size

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) 

10.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

Ahmedabad University AIChE Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$10.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

6

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Identifying lipids in our daily food products

The main objective of this module is for K-12 students to identify the different kinds of lipids present in hand-made food compared to industrially processed food, in addition to identifying the process in which some foods such as butter are made on an industrial scale. Two experiments will be carried out, one to make homemade butter and learn in this way the unit operations present in its preparation, and another to identify lipids.

Module Topics 

Biochemistry
Module details
TopicsBiochemistry
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement60 minutes
AIChE community affiliationUniversidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología AIChE Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers3
Recommended audience size30-40

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) 

60.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología AIChE Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$58.88

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

3

Recommended Audience Size 

30-40

Separation Exhilaration!

This module introduces students to the concept of separation, provide examples of it, and to emphasize the importance of separation. Students will be able to separate dirty water by using various layers with different filter sizes in a soda bottle to learn the concept of separation.

Module Topics 

Separations
Module details
TopicsSeparations
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement15 minutes
AIChE community affiliationWest Virginia Virginia AIChE Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers5
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Third Grade to Fifth Grade (approximately ages 8-11)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

15.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

West Virginia Virginia AIChE Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$30.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

5

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Diaper Doozy!

In this module, we examine the engineering design and scientific theory behind the design of diapers by dissecting two different kinds of diapers and testing the absorbent capacity of each. ...

Module Topics 

Materials & Properties
Physical Chemistry
Module details
TopicsMaterials & Properties, Physical Chemistry
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement15 minutes
AIChE community affiliationMississippi State University AIChE Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers3
Recommended audience sizeAny size

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) 

15.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

Mississippi State University AIChE Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$25.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

3

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Crystal Suncatchers

Learn about the crystallization of Epsom salt and patterns of the crystal structures that form. The most interactive part of our module is the reflection of sunlight from the suncatcher when it’s hung in a sunny place.

Module Topics 

Material science
Module details
TopicsMaterial science
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement10 minutes
AIChE community affiliationAIChE NIT Rourkela, K-12 community, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
Approx. # of volunteers4
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Kindergarten to Second Grade (approximately ages 5-8)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

10.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

AIChE NIT Rourkela, K-12 community, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India

Approximate Budget 

$10.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

4

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Terrific Turbines

A wind turbine is spun to generate electricity; the electricity is then used to power different colored LEDs. We discuss with the students why certain colors require more energy to light up. We then have them see how much voltage they are outputting with our homemade voltmeters.

Module Topics 

Engineering
Fluid Mechanics
Module details
TopicsEngineering, Fluid Mechanics
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement10 minutes
AIChE community affiliationUniversity of Utah AIChE Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers1
Recommended audience sizeAny size

Audience best suited for module 

Kindergarten to Second Grade (approximately ages 5-8)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

10.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

University of Utah AIChE Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$7.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

1

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Non-Newtonian Fluids

The Non-Newtonian Fluids Module is designed to teach middle school students about what Non-Newtonian Fluids are, focusing on key concepts, examples, and demos. Students will get to see demos of both shear thickening and shear thinning fluids and learn about the theories behind each. ...

Module Topics 

Fluid Mechanics
Module details
TopicsFluid Mechanics
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement25 minutes
AIChE community affiliationUCLA AIChE Undergraduate Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers1 per 15 students
Recommended audience sizeAny size

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) 

25.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

UCLA AIChE Undergraduate Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$3.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

1 per 15 students

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Tanzanian Horror

“Beyond the realms of what we see, into the regions or the unexplored only by our imaginations” - Albert Einstein



The relentless curiosity that drives us to investigate the unknown, is one of the fundamental characteristics of humankind. Right from the Bermuda triangle to the black hole, the world is filled with mysteries.



Have you ever heard of Medusa? Medusa was a snake haired Greek monster who used to turn people into stone!! She may just be a myth but there is in fact a lake so deadly that it actually turns organisms into stone- “The...

Module Topics 

Physical Chemistry
Thermal/Kinetic Energy and Phase Transitions
Module details
TopicsPhysical Chemistry, Thermal/Kinetic Energy and Phase Transitions
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement15 minutes
AIChE community affiliationVellore Institute of Technology, Vellore AIChE Student Chapter, Trisha Daftari Urva Dave Manali Mahendra Barve
Recommended audience size20-25

Audience best suited for module 

Third Grade to Fifth Grade (approximately ages 8-11)

Is the module interactive ? (Can students actively participate) 

Yes

Approximate time that the module requires (minutes) 

15.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore AIChE Student Chapter
Trisha Daftari Urva Dave Manali Mahendra Barve

Approximate Budget 

$1.18

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

0

Recommended Audience Size 

20-25

Awards Received 

Top 3-5 Module, 2021
2nd Place - Undergraduate Student Category, 2021

A Look at the Coronavirus through Bioinformatics

The module presents a comparison between coronavirus types of different organisms using an online glycoprotein database and a bioinformatic algorithm for protein alignment.

Module Topics 

Biological Engineering
Module details
TopicsBiological Engineering
Best-suited audienceArray
Interactive?Yes
Approx. time requirement16 minutes
AIChE community affiliationUniversidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras Student Chapter
Approx. # of volunteers3
Recommended audience sizeAny size

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) 

16.00

AIChE Community Affiliation 

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Honduras Student Chapter

Approximate Budget 

$0.00

Approximate Number of Volunteers 

3

Recommended Audience Size 

Any size

Awards Received 

Top 9-12 Module, 2021

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