Test Tube Games
Simon has had hours of fun with Test Tube Games, a science games portal featuring interactive explanations and dynamic puzzles on Chemistry and Physics. He has created two simulations based … Continue reading Test Tube Games
Category: chemistry
Converting Chemistry into Math
Sitting on our sunny balcony, Simon wrote down the chemical formula for photosynthesis and “converted” it onto a mathematical equation.
What do we know: COVID-19 and Protein Folding
On April 9, Simon finished his World Science Scholars course “From Chemistry to Living materials” and had his final live session with MIT’s Professor Markus Buehler who works on COVID-19. … Continue reading What do we know: COVID-19 and Protein Folding
Messing with the Periodic table
I want to mess with the Periodic Table to see what arrangements I can put it in. This is called the Wide Arrangement. There are aso a few other arrangements, … Continue reading Messing with the Periodic table
MEL Chemistry Experiments: Foil Etching, Magnetizing Magnesium, Metal Contest
In the Foil Etching experiment we had copper burn a whole in the aluminium foil. As you can see, aluminum Al is much more reactive than copper Cu, but nothing … Continue reading MEL Chemistry Experiments: Foil Etching, Magnetizing Magnesium, Metal Contest
Chemistry Experiments: Polarized light iridizes crystals
Today we have made beautiful rainbow chrystals! Polarized light iridizes sodium thiosulfate crystals, so we made the crystals in between two polarizing films and then observed them through the microscope. … Continue reading Chemistry Experiments: Polarized light iridizes crystals
Valency
This is Simon explaining valency of fluorine and silicon to Neva (inspired by the Veritasium channel).
MEL Chemistry Experiments: Making Batteries
We did two more experiments a couple days ago: Liquid Wires (creating a simple circuit using graphite and liquid glass, a sodium silicate solution) and making our own Zinc-Carbon Battery, … Continue reading MEL Chemistry Experiments: Making Batteries
MEL Chemistry Experiments: Flames and Minerals
Monday was a chemistry day as we went to the post office to fetch our brand new delivery from the MEL Science subscription! We set a record of 6 chemistry … Continue reading MEL Chemistry Experiments: Flames and Minerals
Bayes’ Theorem
Bayes’s Theorem calculates the probability of an event based upon the conditions that might be relevant to the event and is widely used to test the precision of medical tests … Continue reading Bayes’ Theorem
A booming start of the year
We used electrolysis (with sodium hydroxide NaOH solution as the basic medium) to produce oxyhydrogen and extinguished the candle by means of the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. When electrolyzed, water decomposes … Continue reading A booming start of the year
Mom, can I take my molecules along, so I don’t get bored?
Coffee with dichloromethane and ammonia. Just kidding! It’s Simon, who turns everything – even a trip to the gluten free bakery on a terribly rainy day – into a science … Continue reading Mom, can I take my molecules along, so I don’t get bored?
Geeks out of the box 