Chemistry + Environmental Science
Make bioplastic from milk or starch
Make casein and starch plastics at home and test their strength and how they break down.
- Easy
- 1–2 weeks
- Under 250
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Chemistry projects built around safe, household or school-lab chemicals: reactions, rates, acids and bases, electrochemistry, food and the environment.
10 Chemistry projects
Chemistry + Environmental Science
Make casein and starch plastics at home and test their strength and how they break down.
Chemistry · Electrochemistry
Make cells from fruit, zinc and copper, measure their voltage and light an LED with several in series.
Chemistry · Inorganic Chemistry
Leave iron nails in different conditions for a week and find what makes rust form fastest.
Chemistry · Physical Chemistry
Grow alum or sugar crystals and find how cooling speed changes crystal size.
Chemistry · Physical Chemistry
Time how long an effervescent tablet takes to dissolve at different water temperatures.
Chemistry + Environmental Science
Compare tap, well, bottled and rain water by how much soap each needs to form lather.
Chemistry + Environmental Science
Soak chalk and marble chips in liquids of different acidity and measure the mass they lose.
Chemistry + Crops, Soil and Horticulture
Test soil pH at ten spots round your school or home and draw a map of the results.
Chemistry + Fashion and Craft
Dye cotton with turmeric, beetroot, onion skin and tea, and test which survives washing.
Chemistry + Environmental Science
Build layered filters from sand, gravel and charcoal and compare how clear the water comes out.
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