Theory, octaves, and scales

Demonstration 1: water witch

Electrons and atoms, elephants and fleas

Demonstration 2: coppers and robbers

Periodically speaking

Demonstration 3: stop-and-go chemistry

Reason, reactions, and redox

Demonstration 4: purple-cabbage indicator

The basic stuff

Demonstration 5: blue blob, black ink

Chemical partners: who does what to whom

Demonstration 6: bond, chemical bond

The tie that binds the chemicals that bond

Demonstration 7: gemstone chemistry

Sticking to principles

Demonstration 8: layer upon layer

Slipping and sliding, intermolecularly

Demonstration 9: concentrating on color, salty dog

Concentration

on being alone together

Demonstration 10: the soda bottle crunch

It's a gas

Demonstration 11: it's in the air

When gases put on airs

Demonstration 12: how does your garden grow?

Crystal-clear chemistry

Demonstration 13: hot packs and cold packs

When matters heat up

Demonstration 14: zoned-out ice

A whole new phase

Demonstration 15: all things being equal

Equilibrium

chemistry's two- way street

Demonstration 16: antifreeze and antiboil

Colligative properties

strength in numbers

Demonstration 17: kick it up a notch

Chemical kinetics

a veritable explosion

Demonstration 18: black-light chemistry, paper-clip chemistry

Electrons and photons

turning on the light

Playing the tunes

Organic chemistry demonstration: aspirin to acid

Simply organic

Inorganic chemistry demonstration: entropy, ammonia, and amoeba

Chemistry rocks

Biochemistry demonstration: fat, flatulence, and bean soup

The body of chemistry meets the chemistry of the body

Analytical chemistry demonstration: the proof is in the prints

Chemist as analyst

Demonstration for the future: medicine cabinet chemistry

Harry, Hogwarts, and folk pharmacopoeias

mysteries in the past and magic in the future.