Please Donate Lab Materials for Our Students to Study Electrochemistry
Help me give my students 3 voltaic cell sets, a hot plate/stirrer, a set of LED test lights, and a Hoffman apparatus for their electrochemistry labs.
$747 goal
This project expired on August 22, 2025.
This project expired on August 22, 2025.
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My Project
In the 1800's Michael Faraday transformed the world, fathering electrochemistry and inventing an electrical generator. My students are always excited to see experiments involving electricity. It amazes as lights are powered from electricity produced from homemade batteries made from oranges, potatoes, or lemons. My chemistry students would benefit from opportunities to create and experiment with electrochemical and electrolytic cell labs.
Some of the most fascinating chemistry experiments students can observe is to create electricity from chemicals to light a bulb and to use electricity to decompose water into hydrogen and oxygen.
With an electrolysis kit, students can learn and observe how to use electricity to "plate" another object (maybe "plate" a strip of iron or a coin) with another recyclable metal - in this case tin. Bumpers on trucks are often chrome plated and jewelry is sometimes plated as well. During electrolysis, electricity causes a chemical reaction to occur that would not naturally occur spontaneously.
A Hoffman apparatus allows students to safely experiment with the electrolysis of water. A hot plate warms some water that is poured into the apparatus, electricity begins to separate water (H2O) into oxygen (O2) and hydrogen (H2) gas. Oxygen gas bubbles up through the water through one connected tube and hydrogen gas bubbles up through a second tube. If a match is lit above the hydrogen gas tube, a "pop" sound will be heard - hydrogen is a clean fuel!
One day in the future, we expect that scientists will finally learn how to power cars, boats, airplanes, with more efficient batteries or with water, as they learn to control this chemical combustion of hydrogen.
This instrument will help General, AP, and Honors Chemistry students in our public high school to develop critical college prep science skills. Any donation will be greatly appreciated!
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