Cathy Ivey

Ivey's "Yes! You Can Do Chemistry in Elementary School" brings high school chemistry students to elementary school classes to conduct chemistry experiments with the younger students. The class is broken into groups of three or four with one high school student serving as a lab assistant for each group. Experiments usually demonstrate chemical and physical changes, such as making oxygen gas from hydrogen peroxide and yeast, making hydrogen gas from zinc metal and hydrochloric acid, or making slime. Experiments are adapted to the age and level of the students. The program sparks interest in chemistry among the younger students and lets the high schoolers share what they've learned.