Check out the CHEMISTRY 12 page and the CHEMISTRY 11 page for some REAL LIFE applications of what we have been studying for the past month!   Making Chemical indicators from plants and flowers? The molecules in pepper spray? How do batteries work? The chemicals in fluorescent molecules!     Find all of this and more […]

Antibody tests, part 2: How do antibody tests work?  

My attempt at doing a LIVE experiment was O.K.  I learned about watching how much noise I make as I move equipment around.  This was KITCHEN CHEMISTRY – using materials you likely have in your kitchen right now, to find out how molecules move in and out of cells.  Watch for the BIG REVEAL as […]

Antibody tests, part 1: What can antibody tests tell us?