Noeo Chemistry I: DIY Young Scientist's Kit Experiments

We're doing NOEO Chemistry 1 this year and like the past year we did Biology, we're doing our own experiments rather than buying the kits. It seems like overkill to buy the kits when you still have so many other non-YS experiments during the other weeks anyway. Why not just do them all on your own? It doesn't look like there's anything all that weird either, when it comes to the supply list. Hopefully this helps someone else out too.

Week 21: 

• Mix solids & liquids to create gas
• http://chemistry.about.com/b/2013/03/23/mix-a-solid-liquid-to-make-a-gas.htm
• Mix solids & liquids to create a bouncy ball
• http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/schools/travilahes/classroom/grade5/nonnewtonian.pdf
• Mix solids & liquids to create goop
• http://www.exploratorium.edu/science_explorer/ooze.html

Week 22:

• Concepts of weight and volume are combined to study density by making a peppercorn magically float (first trying to float paperclips, elastic pieces of string, modeling clay, plastic, and finally the peppercorns).
• http://ysp.wustl.edu/KitCurriculum/SurfaceTension/Surface%20Tension-Teacher.pdf

Week 31:

• Make mini-composters
• http://files.earthday.net/lesson%20plans/bobbybigfoot/ES-MS_Classroom_Composting.pdf
• Make different kinds of paper from old paper
• http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryactivities/a/howtomakepaper.htm

Week 33:

• Grow a salt rock garden
• http://mrsstewart.com/magic-salt-crystal-garden/
• Make rock candy 
• http://chemistry.about.com/od/foodcookingchemistry/a/rockcandy.htm
• Make string crystals
• http://www.sciencecompany.com/Experiment-1-Simple-Crystals-on-a-String-W140.aspx

Week 36:

• Minerals: streak test, hardness test, acid test and magnetic test to identify five unknown minerals (hematite, magnetite,calcite,quartz, talc)
• Can buy a quality mineral test kit that includes all of this for $16.97 @ http://www.amazon.com/American-Educational-Hardness-Collection-Test/dp/B00657V3NU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1374039297&sr=8-3&keywords=mineral+test+kit