Student Activities

These areas contain activities for students

How and Why Do Things Burn Up?

• Thinking About Combustion

Some Uses of Fire

• Fire in Our Lives

How and Why a Candle Burns

• Observations of a Burning Candle

Flames in Space

• Effects of Gravity on a Burning Candle

Save Baby Paul

• How Cotton Burns

Cellulose and How it Burns

• Activity 1: Flammability of Cellulose and its Derivatives
• Activity 2: Incomplete Combustion
• Activity 3: Combustion Products of Cellulose Nitrate
• Activity 4: Calculating Heat of Combustion
• Activity 5: Comparing Heats of Combustion

Firehouse Visit

• Visiting Your Local Firehouse