The students will analyze the pH of four citrus fruits: lime, lemon, orange, and a grapefruit, and then they will analyze the pH of four different types of stain removers:
Shout Advanced, Spray 'n Wash Max, Oxi Clean Laundry, and Clorox Oxi Magic. Using their learned information, they will predict and then analyze the pH of a final cleaning solution Bathroom Lime & Scale Remover, which is a Green product.

Students will use two methods of determining the pH for comparison. This will be done utilizing pH litmus paper and creating a cabbage indicator solution.

Students will also read labels, list the first few ingredients, and identify sales tactics used for their products such as eye-catching phrases. (Language Arts)

Finally, students will discuss and share their results as a class. Students need to answer what do citrus fruits have to do with cleaning? What product is most effective? Students need to support their answer with data from their experiment.

The foamy fun of "Elephant's Toothpaste," also known as the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, helped Camille Schrier win her job as Miss America 2020! In this episode, Camille re-creates this winning chemical reaction and teaches us all about the science of catalysts and decomposition. Explore questions such as: What is a catalyst? What does a catalyst do? Why do we need a catalyst to make "Elephant's Toothpaste"? It’s a HUGE, wonderful, foamy mess that's all powered by science! Developed for students in grades 6 - 10.

Do you think we can blow up a balloon using only ingredients from the pantry? Using simple, safe, at-home materials, we will explore the concepts of pH and acid-base chemistry and have some fizzy fun! With their signature gas-producing fizz, the acid-base reactions in this episode are both fun and functional. Not only will the reaction blow up a balloon, it also makes your bath bomb fizz in the tub. Join Miss America 2020 to cook up some science in your kitchen, and learn more about the chemistry of fizzy fun! Developed for students in grades 6- 10.

Science Instructional Plans (SIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Science Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the content and the scientific and engineering practices found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates the process of synthesizing nylon.

Polymer, forceps, nylon.

VA SOL CH.6

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates the equipment students need to know when taking Chemistry I.

Survey of standard lab equipment, including: lab burner, striker, beakers, iron ring stand, iron ring, ceramic gauze, beaker tongs, test tubes, test tube tongs, test tube rack, Florence flask, Erlenmeyer flask, volumetric flask, meniscus, graduated cylinder, beaker and test tube brush, crucible and cover, crucible tongs, clay triangle, burette, glass stirring rod, evaporating dish, spatula/scoopula, mortar and pestle, watch glass, forceps

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. Through the burning of snack foods, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates the principles of food calorimetry. VA SOL CH.5

This video is a very simple demonstration of how to build a battery. Meets VA SOL CH.3

Hands on Chemistry is a resource produced by Blue Ridge PBS designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates types of graduated cylinders that students will become familiar with.

Keywords: How to use a graduated cylinder, meniscus, estimating volume, different sizes of graduated cylinder

Meets VA SOL CH.1 a-f

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates measurement, estimation, prediction, scale, and the metric system.

Keywords: using whole numbers, principles of estimation, meters, decimeters, centimeters, millimeters

Meets VA SOL CH.1 a-f

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates the flame test, which shows the various colors of the flames of chemicals.

Keywords: electrons, ground state, excited state, sodium, calcium, potassium, strontium, copper, lithium, orbitals, electron configuration

Meets VA SOL CH.2

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates the structure of atoms using simple models.

Keywords: shapes of atoms, electrons, elements, linear structure, sulfur dioxide, H2O, Hydrogen, Oxygen, lone pair, Ammonia, Nitrogen, Hydrogen, Sulfur Trioxide, trigonal planar, Methane, Carbon, tetrahedral, Phosphorous Pentachloride, trigonal bipyramidal

Meets VA SOL CH.3

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates decomposition using Hydrogen Peroxide and catalyst Manganese Dioxide.

Keywords: reaction types, decomposition, single displacement, Hydrogen Peroxide, Manganese Dioxide

Meets VA SOL CH.3

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates single displacement reaction using Magnesium and Hydrochloric Acid.

Keywords: single displacement reaction, Hydrochloric Acid, Hydrogen, Magnesium Chloride, limiting reactant

Meets VA SOL: CH.3

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates a double displacement reaction using Potassium Iodide and Lead.

Keywords: double displacement reaction, potassium iodide, lead nitrate

Meets VA SOL: CH.3

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates a synthesis reaction to create a new compound from Iron and Sulfur to make Iron Sulfide.

Keywords: synthesis reaction, compound, iron, magnetism, sulfur, iron sulfide, heat reaction, lab burner

Meets VA SOL: CH.3

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates a single displacement reaction using Copper.

Keywords: single displacement reaction, limiting reactant, copper chloride, H2O, Aluminum, copper

Meets VA SOL: CH.4

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates concentrations of solutions, molarity, and dilution.

Keywords: concentration of solutions, molarity, moles per liter, potassium permanganate, dilution, pipette, serial dilution

Meets VA SOL: CH.5

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates qualitative titration of acids and bases.

Keywords: titration, neutralization point, base, sodium hydroxide, molarity, hydrochloric acid, indicator, phenolphthalein

Meets VA SOL: CH.5

Hands on Chemistry is a resource designed for use in traditional, online, and blended high school Chemistry classrooms. It was developed by Blue Ridge PBS in collaboration with Virtual Virginia. In this video, Chemistry teacher Fred Mitchell demonstrates the principles of Quantitative Titration.

Keywords: qualitative experiment, quantitative experiment, burette, titrant, concentration, solution, volume, concentration of unknown solution

Meets VA SOL: CH.5