List of Demos For "A Halloween Story"
- Black Magic Woman (1)
- Bloody Picture
- Bubbling Columns (2)
- Carbide Cannon
- Elephant Toothpaste 1
- Elephant Toothpaste 2
- Flash Paper
- Genie in a Bottle 1
- Genie in a Bottle 2
- Goldenrod messages
- Instant light
- Lycopodium Powder 1
- Lycopodium Powder 2
- Lycopodium Powder 3
- Methane Mamba
- Mysteriously Rising Napkin
- Old Nassau (Halloween Colors)
- Paint Can "tent warmer"
- Two Message Sign
- Whoosh Bottle
(1) One teacher has modified the story by using the Black Magic Woman demo in place of Old Nassau (Halloween Colors).
(2) A teacher suggested using universal indicator in place of food coloring. Start with water that has a pH that is slightly basic (you can adjust with a weak base). When the dry ice is added, the column changes colors as the pH drops!
Many of these demos were taken from one of the following sources:
Becker, Bob
Bilash II, Borislaw; Gross, George R.; Koob, John K.; A Demo a Day: A Year of Chemical Demonstrations; Flinn Scientific, Inc., © 1995; ISBN 1-877991-36-8.
Flinn Scientific's Chem-Fax
Ford, Leonard A.; Revised by E. Winston Grundmeier; Chemical Magic, 2nd Edition; Dover Publications, Inc., New York, © 1993 by E. Winston Grundmeier.
Liem, Tik (book information unavailable)
Shakhashiri, Bassam Z.; Chemical Demonstrations vol. 1-4; University of Wisconsin Press; © 1983.