Background/Applications: Every year on the fourth Thursday of November, Americans celebrate one of the country’s biggest holidays of the year: Thanksgiving. This event has been celebrated as a holiday nationally…
Read MoreIntroduction: Along with trick-or-treating, carving pumpkins, and watching scary movies, skeletons are synonymous with the Halloween spirit. The inclusion of both skeletons and ghosts in Halloween festivities can be traced…
Read MoreBackground/Applications of Experiment: Peaches belong to a family of fruits known as stone fruits. Characterized by the large single seed in their center (also known as the stone or pit),…
Read MoreBackground of Experiment and Application Meteorites are extraterrestrial rocks that fall to the surface of Earth, as opposed to meteors that burn up before making contact. Meteorites have played a…
Read MoreBackground/Applications: Fireworks have long been tied to both spiritual and secular celebrations. Their origins are often attributed to China around 200 B.C.E., though “modern” fireworks utilizing gunpowder (a mixture of…
Read MoreBackground/Applications: We were intrigued by a claim that the composition of an Oreo™ cookie’s interior, consisting of two chocolate biscuits and a sweet cream filling, bore a resemblance to a…
Read MoreBackground/Applications: Colorimetry is a measurement method used to quantify the color of a substance or object by the intensity and wavelength of light absorbed, transmitted, or reflected by the sample.…
Read MoreBackground/Applications: Valentine’s Day is one of the most popular holidays both nationally and globally. The holiday of romance as we know it began around the 14th century as a celebration…
Read MoreBackground/Applications: Each year, many people make New Year’s resolutions which are personal goals or commitments that a person makes for the New Year, often related to self-improvement. One of the…
Read MoreBackground/Applications: Chlorophyll is the essential pigment that allows plants to absorb energy from light. It absorbs light most strongly in the blue and red portions of the visible spectrum and…
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