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Detergent
  • Supermarkets
  • Scientific suppliers
  • Cleaning
  • Making bubbles
 
Epsom salts
[Magnesium sulfate, MgSO4]
  • Garden suppliers
  • Scientific suppliers
  • Growing crystals
  • Bitter tasting
  • Poisonous in large quantities
  • Powerful laxative
Fabric samples
  • Fabric shops
  • Students' homes
  • Sorting activities
  • Investigating properties
  • Electrostatics
 
Felt pens
  • Budget retail stores
  • Stationers
  • Supermarkets
  • Chromatography
Water-based pens are most convenient for chromatography.

Filter paper

(economy grade)

  • Scientific suppliers
  • Chromatography
  • Separation
  • Making indicator pape
Alternatively, use paper towels or coffee filters.
Flour
  • Supermarkets
  • Dissolving – temporary and permanent change
  • Mixtures
 
Food colouring
  • Supermarkets
  • Surface tension
  • Making oobleck and slime
 

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