Chemistry of Fireworks

• Underwater Fireworks (Flinn Scientific)
  Fireworks have to be up in the air, right? Think again! Try these cool flashes of light—underwater.
• What Do We Know About Fireworks? 
  Nothing ready for the sub? Don’t explode! Check out this emergency lesson plan instead.
• What Is in a Firework? (Royal Society of Chemistry)
  Make your classroom pop and sparkle as students investigate two types of fireworks.
• Sizzling Science (Scientific American)
  Outdoors in the dark is your new laboratory. What colors will you see?

• Fireworks in a Bottle (Exploratorium)
  These liquid “fireworks” give you the splash of color without the fire. Create your own in the kitchen.
• Alka-Seltzer Fireworks (Maryland Science Center)
  Use a fizzing reaction to create explosive art.
• How To Make Black Snakes or Glow Worms (Thought Co.)
  Glow little glowworm, glow. Make your own fireworks with ingredients around the house.
• Design Your Own Fireworks Show (Royal Society of Chemistry)
  Team up to create a simulated show. Can you make it spectacular (yet safe) and still come in under budget?

• Compound Interest—Firework Infographics
  Get the scoop on colors, sound, metallic sparkle, explosions, plus the dark side of fireworks with these infographics.
• What's in Fireworks?
  What makes those splashes of color in the sky? How have they changed through history?
• Fireworks Shower the Sky with Science (Science News for Students)
  What does it take to successfully send up a world-record-breaking firework?
• Why Fireworks Are So Important to Science (Physics World)
  Fireworks have been around for a long time. What made them special way back in history?
• Edible Fireworks (Wired)
  These two modern day Willy Wonkas connected delicious tastes and smells to fireworks.

• Pyrotechnics for the Planet
  “What goes up must come down.” How can we make fireworks safer for the environment?
• Festive Fireworks Create Harmful Pall of Pollution (Forbes)
  Fireworks affect the air around us. How much? What can we do?
• The Science Behind Your Favorite Fireworks (Popular Mechanics)
  Snap 'n' pops. Ground spinners. What gives these common fireworks their kick?
• Learn About... Fireworks! (Science is Fun)
  Chemistry is a real blast! Learn which compounds give you which color, how to stay safe, and more.
• How Fireworks Work (How Stuff Works)
  Check out what goes into a firework long before you see its explosive glow in the sky.

• Kaboom! (PBS)
  Fire up your learning as you dissect the anatomy of a firework and its chemistry.
• I Didn't Know That: Fireworks (National Geographic)
  Get up close and personal with the inner workings of a firework. Go behind the scenes where they're made.
• Fireworks Go Green (American Scientist)
  You can send one up to the sky. But how can you do it without harming the environment?
• An Environmentally Friendly Firecracker? (New York Times)
  They're trying to go green. Will they succeed?