Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Observation of a Candle
In this activity, students observe and test a candle to try and determine what must be present in order for a candle to burn and what the products of combustion are.
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: The Science of Candles
Click on each question to find the answers to how a candle works.
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TOPS Learning Systems
Tops Learning Systems: Top Science: Will Iron Burn? [Pdf]
Explore the oxidation of iron in a candle flame using a nail and steel wool.
American Chemical Society
Middle School Chemistry: Lesson Plans: What Is a Chemical Reaction?
After observing a demonstration of a chemical reaction between a burning candle and the oxygen in the air, students use atom model cut-outs to model the reaction and see that all the atoms in the reactants show up in the products.
Read Works
Read Works: Stay Candle Safe
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about safety tips to follow when burning candles. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in author's purpose.
BioEd Online
Bio Ed Online: Finding the Carbon in Sugar
Students learn that fossil fuels release energy when they are burned, and this takes the forms of light, heat, gases, etc. For this lesson they explore combustion with a candle and with sugar. The lesson and accompanying PowerPoint can...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Candle Drop
By using this discrepant event, students will be guided through an investigation using a burning candle in a jar. The teacher will hold a burning candle in a jar over his/her head. When dropped, the candle will extinguish when caught....
PBS
Pbs Kids: Dragonfly Tv Do It: Carbon Dioxide
PBS site offers an experiment kids can do at home to see how carbon dioxide can put out burning candles.
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas Mc Donald Observatory: Color of Stars
Learners observe colors in the flame of a burning candle to explore connections between matter, light, color, and temperature, the basic concepts of matter and energy.