Science is Fun in the Lab of Shakhashiri

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University of Wisconsin-Madison Chemistry Professor Bassam Z. Shakhashiri shares
the joy of science through home science activities, public presentations, scholarship,
and other programs of the Wisconsin Initiative for Science Literacy.

• About Bassam Z. Shakhashiri •

Recommended Reading for All Ages

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Musical Water Glasses

Distinguishing Smells

Mystery Bead Bottle

Superabsorbent Diapers

Dancing
Raisins

Do You Always Believe What You See?

Floating Soap Bubbles

Bernoulli's Principle

Fireproof
Balloon

Explaining PhD & Postdoctoral Research to
the Public

Social Contract & Grand Challenges

Science, the Arts, & the Humanities

The Public Face of Science in America

Science,
Religion
& Ethics

Graduate Education

Wisconsin Longitudinal Study

Facts Matter
& They Don’t Care How
You Feel

Climate
Science

Personal & Community Action

Faculty & Teacher Workbook

Bubbles, Carbonation & Climate Change

Madison Lakes
and
Climate Change

Limiting
Climate
Disruption

Greenhouse Gases

Periodic Table
of the
Elements

Lead and the Badger State

Mercury: A Liquid Metal

The Chemistry of Autumn Colors

Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

Chemistry of Fireworks

Presentations
by Professor Shakhashiri

News
& Events

The Christmas Lecture

Science on
the Radio

Bassam's Statements
& Writings

Our Mission

Our People

Handbook
of Chemical Demonstrations

The
Wisconsin
Idea

MORE Experiments
You Can Do At Home

Why Democracy Lives and Dies by Math

ACS Climate
Science Toolkit

Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Requires Caution

Superabsorbent Polymers

Learn About: MORE

For more information contact: SciFun@chem.wisc.edu