Chemiluminescence: Teacher Demonstration
Engage and entertain your students with this chemiluminescence demonstration. You or your students prepare two stock solutions from the materials provided in this Lab-Aid. When the solutions are poured into the tubes, energy is released as a luminescent blue color. The color lasts for several minutes. Students are introduced to an oxidation-reduction reaction as well as reaction rates in this unique chemical to light energy change. Enough pre-weighed chemicals and solutions are included to perform this demonstration 18 times. This allows you to compare the effects of temperature on the energy change (the amount of light produced). Beakers, graduated cylinders, a funnel and stirrers are necessary for this demonstration but are not included.
Details at a Glance
- 1 Day | 1 ~50 minute class period
- 4 Activities
- Accommodates 18 classes, each with 1 group of 32 students
- Consumables service 576 students
- Requires a water source
Scientific Concepts
• Demonstrate oxidation-reduction reaction
• Observe rates of reaction, ratios of chemicals used and effects of temperature on chemiluminescence
• Explain chemistry of nature
Guides & Student Sheets
Our kits and modules provide you with everything you need so you can open, review, and teach the material confidently the next day.
- Comprehensive Teacher Guide with background information, detailed instruction, example data and answers
- Downloadable Student Sheets with age appropriate background information, full procedure(s), and analysis items
- Materials necessary for the investigation (beyond common classroom items)
- Safety Data Sheets
Kit Components
- 1 Teacher’s Guide with MSDS
- 2 Luminol activator solution, bottle
- 3 Profile tubes, clear
- 3 Profile tubes, basic
- 3 Reagent A (containing Luminol), pre-measured, vials
- Not included and needed for instruction: (2) 1 L beakers, (2) 500 mL graduated cylinders, 1 large funnel, 2 stirrers.