chemistry experiments for children

Equipment You May Find at Home or Easily Buy
drawingpaper,black and white
drinkingstraws
dry cells, 1t-volt
eyedropper
flashlight
funnels(1largeandI small)
glass chimneys (2)
glassjarsint-pint,pint,quartand
gallon sizes
glass plates, oblong orsquare
hammer
index cards
ink, blackIndia
matches
measuringcup
nails

paperand pencil

paperclips

papertowels

paringknife or penknife

pots and pans

pyrex bowls, small

rubberbands

scale

scissors

steel wool pads, soapless

teaspoonsandtablespoons

thermometer,weather

triangularfile

wastecontainers,ceramic and metal

wrappingpaper-thetransparentcellu-

lose kind used to store food

litmuspaper,redandblue(1package

each)

rubber stoppers (three l-holed and

three 2-holed)

rubbertubingto fit glasstubing(one

4- or 6-foot length)

test tube, pyrex

test tubes, glass (24)

thistle tubes (2)

wood splints (l small package)

Equipment You Can Buy from a Chemical Supply House
(You can buy thisequipmentdirectly ororderit by mail from any chemical
supply house listed in the yellow pagesofyourtelephonebook. Lookfor the
one nearest to your home.)
alcoholburner
beaker
filterpaper
flamespreader,also called"fishtail
tip"
flasks (2)
glass rod (one 3-foot length)
glasstubing(one 4- or 6-foot
length)

Laboratory Equipment You CanMake
Youwon'tneed a great dealofexpensivelaboratoryapparatusto perform
the experiments in this book. You can make muchoftheequipmentyourself
fromordinarythings you will find at home.Don'tbe afraid to invent things of
your own. Many scientists areconstantlydevising new pieces of equipment
because there isnothingsuitablein theirlaboratoriesfor the newexperiments
theythinkup.