Nature of laboratory activity | Laboratory topic | Brief description of laboratory activity | Number of observations |
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Conceptual | Electric solutions | Inquire about electrolytes using a conductivity apparatus and various solutions | 11 |
Thermochemistry | Inquire about how and why acid strength affects the heat of a neutralization reaction | 3 | |
Conceptual/analytical | Environmental solutions I | Conceptualize a calibration curve and calculate serial dilutions | 4 |
Environmental solutions II | Perform serial dilutions; conduct spectroscopic analysis on an unknown water sample | 15 | |
Chemical kinetics | Explore reaction rates and reaction orders in order to determine how changing the concentration of reagents affects the reaction rate | 11 | |
Hard water ions | Titration analysis to calculate the concentration of hard water ions in tap water | 14 |