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Follow these links to find out more about demonstrations and related topics. The University of Oregon makes no claims regarding the accuracy of information or the safety of demonstrations presented in these sites.

• "Becker Demos." University of Nebraska Department of Chemistry. - 60 chemical demonstrations performed by Bob Becker. Many aspects of the demo are video linked in Quicktime format. Each demonstration is accompanied by an extensive list of procedures, safety precautions, supplies, instructor notes, background an chemical concepts, student handout, key words, and optional activities.
• "Carolina Biological Teacher Resources - Classroom Activities." Carolina Biological Supply. - 15 or 19 general demonstrations for chemistry topics such as "Cooking Eggs with Chemicals," "Ice-A Unique Solid," and "pH and Temperature of Alka-Seltzer." Safety notes are included with demonstrations but are not extensive.
• “Chemistry Demonstrations.” Flinn Scientific, Inc. - This wonderful site contains 8 general chemistry demonstrations. Materials, preparation, procedure, tips, discussion, safety precautions, and disposal are all very clearly outlined for each demonstration. This website also has a valuable section on chemical safety.
• "Chemistry Demonstrations." Sperring, T., University of Sydney. - 44 simple "quickie" demos that illustrate simple principles of chemistry. No pictures or safety notes.
• "Chemistry Demonstrations" University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Chemistry. - Too many demonstrations to count. The above web address is the main menu where you can choose from general chemistry, organic,analytical, physical and more. Each of these subsets breaks it down further, general chemistry has kinetics, equilibrium, thermochemistry, and more which break down further into multiple kinetic, equilibria, etc. All have pictures, but short descriptions, and no safety discussions.
• "Chemistry Learning Center Lecture Demonstrations." The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. - 10 lecture demonstrations with still pictures and videos which play on either Windows Media Player or Quicktime. Unfortunately, the videos are in 4 segments and take some time to load. Brief safety notes.
• "Countertop Chemistry." The Science House, North Carolina State University. - This online guide to chemical demonstrations has been recently updated. Each demonstration is written in a simple format and has safety and disposal notes, making this a great source for inexperienced instructors.
• "Delights of Chemistry - Chemistry Demonstrations." University of Leeds. - Chemistry demonstrations performed at the University of Leeds. 40 chemistry demonstrations illustrated and explained, movies, photos, and text.
• "Doing Chemistry: Materials for Chemistry Teachers." American Chemical Society. - 120 demonstrations grouped by topic (e.g. Acid/Base, Solubility, Stoichiometry, etc). Spectacular organization includes detailed description, precautions, setup and procedure notes. This excellent online resource is designed to accompany the ACS "Doing Chemistry" video materials, but it has a wealth of great info that can be utilized without the videos.
• "Demonstration Experiments - Chemistry." Chemistry University of Regensburg (Germany). - Links to about 50 other sites. Demonstrations and experiments are included in many sites. Some diagrams are included in various sites. Caution: Some sites have no safety precautions listed.
• "General Chemistry Lecture Demonstrations and Audio/Visual Resources." Indiana University Chemistry Instructional Support Office. - Dozens of demos organized by subject into 25 categories. Many look to be quite advanced, and may be beyond high school level. No pictures, but safety, cleanup and background notes are included.
• "Lecture Demonstration Movie Sheets." Purdue University Department of Chemistry. - Nearly 200 demonstrations arranged by unit topics with varying degrees of information and setup, etc. Each have a chemical concept to be discussed, observations, explanation, and procedure. Several have Quicktime movies (in either a large or small format) and some have student questionnaires. No safety or materials listing, although the opening page explains that these are from the "Lecture Demonstration Manual" by Bodner,Smith, Keys, and Greenbowe, published by John Wiley.
• "Materials Science and Technology Teacher's Workshop." University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. - A workshop on Materials Science and Technology for high school teachers is archived here. 30 demonstrations in polymer chemistry and other materials science and engineering related topics. Some of the demonstrations include 3-5 minute long video clips of their performance.
• "Microscale Gas Chemistry." Creighton University Department of Chemistry. - Collection of over 15 websites, each devoted to demonstrations involving a particular gas. The gases chosen range from those easy to prepare and handle (e.g., CO2), to those that are geared towards majors in inorganic chemistry (e.g., SiH4). Excellent safety and danger prevention discussion for each gas and every demonstration.
• "Reagent and Solution Recipes." California State University at Stanislaus Department of Chemistry. - This site gives the recipes for preparing solutions for over 100 demonstrations. They are divided into three categories: "boom" chemistry, magic chemistry, and the most frequently used. Individual demonstrations are very briefly described; in many cases, only the chemicals and procedure are listed. Be forewarned, no safety precautions are given - they are assumed.
• "The Salters' Chemistry Club Handbook." The Salters' Chemistry Club. - 31 chemistry demos covering a wide range of topics. No pictures, but basic safety notes are included.
• "Sci.chem FAQ - Subject: Chemical Demonstrations." - Internet listserve to share demonstrations and comments regarding their setup and ease of use. It contains roughly 40 demonstrations of varying difficulty and level contributed by community college and university-level instructors. It is compiled poorly, but contains many excellent "impact" demonstrations.
• "Science Teachers' Resource Center." Gormley, P. - Click on the Chemistry tab. 12 Demonstrations and 31 lab experiments (some of which could be used as demos). Demo #5 The Incredible Shrinking Man Demo leads to another link which contains at least 10 more demos. Generally do not contain safety discussions; may or may not give information on the chemistry behind the demonstration.
• "UCSD Chemistry and Biochemistry - Lecture Demonstration List." University of California San Diego. - A list of 50 demonstrations. Each demonstration includes a discussion of procedure, hazards, and disposal. Also contains a list of videos that could be useful in the chemistry classroom.