Nasco AP® Chemistry Lab #6 - What’s in That Bottle?

Grades 10-12.

Allow students to get the most out of their AP® Chemistry class with this college-level lab designed to challenge the more advanced student. Students will explore key concepts while preparing for higher education. Activity contains enough materials for 15 lab groups as well as a teacher’s guide and student study guide copy-masters.

Students will identify unknown chemicals based on laboratory testing of their physical and chemical properties, recognize the four different kinds of bonds that exist in chemicals, and review the properties of each solid using various tests. Meets Big Idea 2, Investigation 6, and Primary Learning Objective 2.22.

Kit includes:

• 10 g ammonium chloride
• 10 g calcium carbonate
• 10 g magnesium oxide
• 10 g potassium nitrate
• 10 g benzoic acid
• 10 g salicylic acid
• 10 g aluminum metal
• 10 g calcium metal
• 10 g paraffin wax
• 10 g zinc metal
• 10 g sodium acetate
• 10 g cupric sulfate, anhydrous
• 10 g sodium carbonate
• 10 g sucrose
• 10 g copper metal
• 10 g sodium bicarbonate
• 10 g cupric sulfate pentahydrate
• 10 g magnesium metal
• 10 g sodium chloride
• 10 g urea
• 30 ml universal indicator
• 30 ml hydrochloric acid, 0.1M
• 30 ml sodium hydroxide, 0.1M
• 30 ml ethanol, 95%
• 30 ml hexanes
• 30 ml phenolphthalein, 1%
• 30 ml deionized water
• 32 melting point tubes
• LED conductivity tester