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The CHEXS/CHESS Lending Library is a scientific equipment loan program hosted by the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source that provides free hands-on experiment kits for empowering teachers and engaging students in high quality labs. Kits are designed for specific scientific fields such as biology, chemistry, and physics, as well as different age groups including elementary, middle, and high school grade levels.

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Kit Request Form
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Complete this form to reserve one of the kits shown below.

2023 Brochure
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Setup for food preference experiment

The World of Crickets

A series of brushes and powders used for fingerprinting

Fingerprint Making and Lifting Kit

Picture of assorted conch shells

Mollusk Dichotomous Key

A picture of a ruler

Metric Measurement

Diagram of a stereo microscope, with each part labeled

Microscopy and Cell Biology

Plastic evidence bags used for fiber analysis in the lab

Case of the Missing Diamond Maker

The nine hominin skulls

Mystery of the Skulls

DNA encoding table

Building Blocks of Life

DNA Profiling kit

DNA Electrophoresis

DNA Model

DNA Molecule Activity

Comparative Skulls

Comparative Skulls

Mitosis kit

Mitosis

Notebook Circuits title art

Notebook Circuits for Beginners

SolCycle title art

SolCycle

Atomic Force Microscopy title art

Atomic Force Microscopy

Arecibo's Giant Mirror title art

Arecibo’s Giant Mirror

Water Analogy title art

Water Analogy to Electric Circuits

Phantastic Photon title art

Phantastic Photon & the LEDs

Diffraction of Light and DNA title art

Diffraction of Light and DNA

Discovering Ohm’s Law

Discovering Ohm’s Law

Magnetic Force on a Wire with Current

Magnetic Force on a Wire with Current

Exploring Wave Phenomena

Exploring Wave Phenomena

Clearly Colorful Thin Films

Clearly Colorful Thin Films

Resonance in Transverse Waves

Resonance in Transverse Waves

Power to the People

Power to the People

Graphing Lab

Graphing Lab

Biocircuits

Biocircuits

Notebook Circuits

Notebook Circuits

Stunt Car Challenge!

Stunt Car Challenge!

Physics of Rock Climbing

Physics of Rock Climbing

Too Cool to Resist!

Too Cool to Resist!

Cloud Chamber

Cloud Chamber

Introduction to Oscilloscopes

Introduction to Oscilloscopes

Communicating with Light

Communicating with Light

The Nature of Resistance

The Nature of Resistance

Snap Crackle Pop!

Snap Crackle Pop!

Double Pendulum

Double Pendulum

Physics on a Guitar

Physics on a Guitar

Measuring the Speed of Light

Measuring the Speed of Light

Photovoltaic Cells

Photovoltaic Cells

Energy Conversion in a Light Bulb

Energy Conversion in a Light Bulb

Foutan Board

Foutan Board

Playing in Newton’s Lab

Playing in Newton’s Lab

Pipettes

Pipette Practice Kit

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