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Collegiate Academies Chemistry Unit 1 

Strawberry DNA Extraction 

Worksheet for DNA Extraction

Strawberries

Alcohol

Coffee filter

Cup/Beaker

Dish Detergent

Properties of Water

A gallon of mineral oil (for six classes)

sugar (3 lbs for 6 sections)

salt (1 can for 6 sections)

acetone (small b Play ottle for six sections)

3 pennies (reusable across the day)

droppers for acetone, water, oil (3 per class, reusable)

Conductivity tester (1 per class, reusable)

beakers, labeled (8 per class, reusable)

stir rods, labeled (8 per class, reusable)

dropper bottle of water (1 per class, reusable)

dropper bottle of acetone (1 per class, reusable)

dropper bottle of mineral oil (1 per class, reusable)

balloon, 1 per class, reusable

Static Electricity

scotch tape (1 roll per group of 2-4 students)

aluminum foil (1 roll)

party balloons (1 bag; 1 balloon needed per group)

Clear tape (1 roll per class, not reusable)

Magnet (1 per group)

Electrolytes

Table salt (1 can for 6 sections)

Epsom Salt (MgSO4) (as a substitute for MgCl2)

KCl (Potassium Chloride)

3 beakers (per class)

STEM Library Lab kit or make your own using these directions 

Flame Test Lab

A Bunsen burner

Cotton swabs

Distilled water

Flint igniter

Paper towel

Various salts composed of:

Lithium

Copper

Strontium

Sodium

Barium

Potassium

Calcium

A glass beaker to place used Q-tips into after they have been burned

Modeling Spectroscopy

Flashlight

“Planet” (something smaller than the flashlight)

Kinetic Energy and Pistons

Medium Catheter Tip Syringes with Caps

250 ml Pyrex:registered: Beakers

Electric Kettle

Collecting evidence of a chemical reaction

Ethanol 95% lab grade-500 ml 200 proof

Glass Petri dishes Pyrex:registered:, Petri Culture Dish, 100 x 15 mm

Large snap ware container (clear cover for the ethanol burning) (5 Pack, 36 Ounce) 

Glass Food Storage Containers with Lids 

Bromothymol Blue Aqueous, Laboratory Grade, 0.04% (500 ml)

Straws 7.75 in Compostable Straw, Unwrapped, Black, 8mm (300)

Clear Plastic Cups or beakers (reusable)

Long Handle Butane Safety Lighter

Endothermic Reaction 1

25 milliliters of citric acid solution

15 grams of baking soda

plastic foam cup

thermometer

stirring rod

Endothermic Reaction 2

Barium Hydroxide 225 g for 6 groups of 5 students, so a 500g bottle per 2 classes

Ammonium Chloride 70 g for 6 groups of 5 students, so a 500g bottle would last

for 6 classes

250 ml Pyrex:registered: Beakers

Glass Stirring Rod

Thermometers (must go to at least -30 C)