This is an in-class demonstration.  I would like the students to get a vivid picture of what tarring and feathering would look and smell like.  I would like them to have the opportunity to try and clean off the tar and feathers to see the aftermath. I would like to demonstrate a hot tar method, which I believe would have been around 140 degress.  I need a material that will react in a way comporable to skin, or would at least get the point across.
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A pig would be the closest thing to human skin........as any CSI fan knows
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You can out smart him and give him more than 25.\n\nCheck out the link and print the page and take it in.\nThere is another link on that page at the bottom called Chemical composition of living beings.  That will give you even more resources and info.\n\nHave fun getting the upper hand this time, but be nice to your teacher.  Please.
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Decent idea:\n\nTLC with m&ms.  I did this once for a "show and tell" to an 8th grade class, and it worked great.\n\nUsing coffee filters cut into strips, water, plastic cups, a Q-tip and different colored m&ms, you can spot the dye from the surface on the m&m onto the coffee filter and then place it into a shallow cup of water.  The water wicks up the paper and carries some of the color at different rates.  \n\nRed m&ms show 2 red spots\nBlue m&ms have 2 blue spots\nPurple m&ms have a red and blue spot.\n\nIf you don't want to do m&ms, you can use ink from a narrow tipped marker.\n\nGood luck!
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This lab involves putting iron (steel wool) into a solution of copper sulphate. The reaction produces metallic copper and iron sulphate solution. I've never been really sure if it's iron(II) sulphate or iron(III) sulphate as the product. I've used both equations with good results. \n\n   Fe   +  CuSO4   --->  Cu  +  FeSO4\n   2 Fe   +  3 CuSO4   --->  3 Cu  +  Fe2(SO4)3\n\n\nFor prelab, make up a saturated copper(II) sulphate solution\nTrust me. Otherwise, the kids will be filtering for hours.  \n\nHave containers available for appropriate disposal of reagents. And make sure they clean up all of the bits of steel wool from the lab benches. Those little bits will haunt you for weeks if they don't.\n\n\n\n\nMethod\n\n1. Obtain 100 mL of copper (II) sulphate solution in\n   a clean, dry beaker. \n\n2. Obtain about 10 g of steel wool. Record the exact mass.\n \n3. Place the steel wool into the copper(II) sulphate solution.  Stir with a glass rod. When the solution loses its blue colour, add more copper(II) sulphate solution.\n\n4. Continue stirring (and adding solution, if necessary)until the strands of steel wool are no longer apparent, and only particles of a reddish brown solid are visible.\n\n5. Record the mass of a piece of filter paper.\n   Place it into a funnel.\n \n6. Pour the mixture through filter paper in a funnel.\n   Rinse any residue in the beaker into the filter        paper      with distilled water. Rinse the solid in the filter paper with distilled water.\n\n7. Allow the solid and filter paper to dry, then find the combined mass.\n\n\nAnalysis\n\n1. If iron was the limiting reactant, predict the mass of copper which should have been formed. Show work.\n  \n2. Calculate the percentage difference between  the mass of copper predicted in question 1 and the actual amount of copper produced. Show all work.\n\n3. Discuss possible explanations for your results in question 2.\n\n\n\nGood luck !
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How about doing a report on the anatomy of the scalp/hair.....show the layers of skin along with the hair follicles, oil glands, etc. Also, add how the chemicals in hair coloring affects the hair follicles/scalp. Include a few detailed illustrations and it should be acceptable. Plus, you can get a lot of info via the internet. Good luck.
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I am sure the kids will be happy about that!!   It is a good idea to do some lessons with them about the care of small animals though.  Possibly you could offer to go in and help the teacher with that?\n\nBut have you warned them that hamsters will probably cause an odor in the classroom?  My kids had hamsters and they always seemed to cause a smell in the room.\n\nAnd I would assume you have checked about the school policy about animals in the classroom and whether there are children with allergies?\n\nLet the teacher know that they will probably need separate cages.  Hamsters tend to be solitary animals.\n\nGive the teacher the supplies necessary to get started and a few good sites about hamster care.  Tell him/her she can call you if there are any questions or concerns.  That should help.  Take care.
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enough.   The question should be how many licks does it take to get of my childrens hands, and how much stain remover does it take to get out of clothing.lol   p.s. Sean get that sucker out of your sisters hair.lol
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It probably requires a mass spec technique.  Infrared might work.  Your detection level will be the problem.
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I just took a college adolescent literature class and learned lots of fun things.  Is your assignment to do a creative book report?  I had to do 3 of them.  On one I used the "Real story of the Three Little Pigs".  I did a puppet show.  It was fun to do but took quite a bit of time.  I also did a book box once.  You read a story, I used "The Whipping Boy", and put 5 or so things in a box, or container from the story.  I used a basket for my container and put a loaf of bread, a crown, a Mr. Potato Head and a few other things in it.  You will have to read the book to understand.  The last one I did was the sequel to "Holes", "Small Steps".  I made a poster filled with clip art pictures from the computer of things from the book and called it an I Spy.  Then I cut out the letters for small steps and glued over the items.  It is meant to be a creative way to tell about a book you read instead of the boring old writing of a two page book report.  The thing to remember is to pick a book you like and have fun.
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try the old fashion baking soda and vineger trick! they have a chemical reaction and foam up. thats what i did back in middle school.
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cotten, feathers, foam, (this one sounds stupid) buckwheat & that's all i know! : )
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I have explained this many times. First yes it is total bunk. There is no way no how to detox anything through the feet period. These foot bath things work like this, the gunk is simply metals from the two dissimilar metals used as the electrodes, in fact the water will turn the same color even if there is no body part in the water. First you need electrodes made of two different metals, next you need to make the water conductive by say adding a small amount of salt. Next just run a small electric current through the water, there will be an electroplating effect where some of the metal from the electrodes will deposit in the water. Simple as that, this process is used for electroplating metals like gold or silver for example. It is amazing that people will be taken by this, and believe anything they hear. You on the other hand are questioning it and that is healthy. Total and I say total scam, it won't cure anything but it will take money from your wallet.
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this question is sooo odd. there is no way someone will no this without actually doing an experiment. you dont deserve to pass the class if you didnt do an experiment to find it.
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Well, Dead Meat, you came to the right place.  And at the end of this I am gonna slip you an idea or two.  And YOU, unthinking person, gave me the idea.\n\nBut at the wrong time.\n\nOK, OK, I'm a grownup and I HAVE to tell you that waiting until tonight, and THEN asking a universe of strangers to help you is nearly the dumbest thing a kid could do.\n\nAnd yeah, you KNOW that.\n\nYou just hope some caring sucker will help you get out of this mess.\n\nSo do me a favor, and pay attention to the absolutely terrible spelling in your question so you can later answer with correct words when you tell us how this disaster came out.\n\nNow remember, I am a stranger and do not fully know what your teacher means by the terms you used.\n\nBut in your shoes I would find a piece of meat and put it into a closed container - maybe a leftover plastic salad tub with a snap-on plastic top, or a jelly glass with some plastic film or aluminum foil over it.  leave it out all night, and carry it with you all day at school until science class.  NEVER, EVER OPEN THIS CONTAINER AFTER YOU SET IT UP.  Tape it tightly closed if you have some tape - duct tape is best.\n\nTake it to the front of the room and make a point of showing everyone how the top is pushed up into a bulge.  Ask some classmate who would not know any better to come up and join you for the demonstration.  Hold the container away from you and ask your "helper" to take off the tape and open the top.\n\nWatch your helper pass out or barf from the horrible stink.\n\nThe purpose of this experiment is to show that decomposition of organic materials takes place in a short period of time and that it produces unpleasant gases.\n\nThe conclusion is barf.
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Check with your local carpet store.  They would probably be happy to donate them.  Usually when they get new samples in they sell the old ones for a minimal price, but for a school they might would help you out!
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That's what we did at our school, we started a cultural club and put together shows. Bake sales are good idea, just make good stuff. I dont know how big your school is or how much the school and the community values cultures, but maybe you could write something up about what it is your doing and ask local business to make a donation.  You could do this thing i think it's called slave for a day. where you auction off students to other students and they have to wear the clothes they tell them, they can put makeup on them, do their hair, and make them do silly things like sing in the cafeteria. obviously inapropriate things dont' work. Ok hope you get some stuff together
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Well you have to understand that the turtle's skeleton is attached to the inside of the shell, so it wont all come off. You should maybe go speak to someone who does taxadermy in oyur area. They most likely use some sort of beetle (Dermestidae) to clean the flesh off of dead animals. so just ask them if they have any Dermestid beetles you could have