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Overnight Crystals to illustrate solubility concepts part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This quick-lab provides a concrete experience with crystal formation from saturated salt solutions that can help students make solubility problems more relevant to their experience.

How Can You Speed Up Mixing? part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity helps students understand how mixtures are formed. They will make predictions regarding the rate of mixing. Students should report that the variation of heated water and crushed sugar creates the shortest mixing time.

Kool-Aid Chemistry part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
In this chemistry experiment, students will investigate dilution with Kool-aid. The students will use their five senses to explore the solution.

Making Bath Salts for Mother's Day, a Primary Chemistry Lesson part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is a guided discovery where students make chemical mixtures using sodium, learn about the Periodic Table, view salt under a microscope, and have a final result of bath salts for the bathtub

Chlorine Chemistry: A Building Block of Matter part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity provides a demonstration and lab exploration of one of the main "building blocks" of the periodic table of elements: chlorine. During the lab, students compare physical and chemical properties of chlorine compounds.

Egg Experiments part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
These are activities where students explore chemical reactions, as well as the effects of concentrated solutions.

Making Your Own Snowflake in a Jar part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This Chemistry experiment investigates physical changes, solutions, supersaturated solutions, and states of matter.

Making your own Cola - Investigating Mixtures part of MnSTEP Teaching Activity Collection:MnSTEP Activity Mini-collection
This activity is an extension activity following a unit study on mixtures and solution. Students will use variables to create a unique cola formula and present their findings.