Category: Neuigkeiten

Procedure in the Kniffelix Mission for Chromatography

How can you work on the chromatography mission?

You can choose an interesting topic in the mission overview or in the tab and start a mission directly. Alternatively, you can click through the missions step by step (using the arrow below the mission).
If you don’t know a term yet, use the intro or go back a step for an explanation.
You can use the arrows or the tabs to jump between missions.

As with other experiments on Kniffelix, there is the option to carry them out at home or at school using everyday materials or experiment kits. You can follow the instructions online step by step or use the accompanying material offline.

If you don’t have the opportunity to carry out an experiment yourself, you can look at the photos and videos or read the information texts and still complete the blog tasks afterwards. 

Here you will find another guide to using Kniffelix.
Have fun!

Blog Task: Investigating Black Felt-Tip Pens

Felix asks

What do you suspect are the components in the felt-tip pen you are using? How will the black color behave when it is separated using water?

Write your guess in the comments below.

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Help with experimenting

Felix gets a light bulb moment

Does your experimental result look different from the solution image?

Then you have been led astray. Various factors could have influenced your result. In the image gallery, you will find clues as to what might have influenced your experiment.

  • Einflussfaktor 1
    Einflussfaktor 1

Try the experiment again and consciously pay attention to these influencing factors.
The experiment still doesn’t work? Then write to us about your case.

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Help with experimenting

Felix geht ein Licht auf

Does your experimental result look different from the resolution image?

Then you were led astray. Various factors could have influenced your result. In the image gallery, you will find hints as to what might have influenced your experiment.

Try the experiment again and pay conscious attention to these influencing factors.

You still get a different result? Then write to us about your case.

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What does yeast stand for? (Mission 4 Order)

Salt, yeast and oil

Hello everyone!

Were you able to get to the bottom of the yeast?
What does it particularly like and what does it really dislike?
What experiments did you do?

Post your experiment pictures in the comments. If you did different experiments, you can exchange ideas about the results with each other.

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What did your investigations reveal? (Mission 2 Assignment)

Hello everyone!

Have you been experimenting diligently?

What did you find out and did the result surprise you?

Post pictures of your experimental results in the comments and compare them with each other.
Did you all get the same result or can you notice differences?

I’m looking forward to your pictures!

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Yeast at Work (Mission 2)

Dough prepared with yeast

Hello everyone!

So, not all dough is the same! Yeast makes the difference. What did your two doughs look like before and after resting?

Upload your pictures in the comments.

Can you notice any differences?
And if so, what could be the reasons for them?
Does anyone perhaps have the ultimate dough rising tip?

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Small but mighty! (Guessing question)

Yeast cell under the microscope

Hello everyone!

As we now know, yeasts are very small fungi consisting of only a single cell. We humans, on the other hand, have a whopping lot – about 100 trillion cells.

A yeast cell is so tiny that it cannot be seen with the naked eye.

But how tiny is tiny?
What do you estimate?
How big is a yeast cell?
And how many yeast cells are in a 42-gram cube of fresh yeast?

Write your guesses in the comments. I will reveal the solution soon.

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