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)