Hi Lori:
Depending on the period your cabin represents, you might want to check the website of the Chemical Heritage Foundation, a historic collection of academic chemistry.
From the folk-chemistry perspective, however...
I've met a guy who does a colonial chemistry show at county-fair like events. A chemist of the time he represents was a pharmacist. Drugs were medicinal plants in teas and tinctures, and even ground-up clays or insects. He has a lot of copy of original documentation... ie: letters from historic archives where some mother of the period he represents was writing home to her mother in Europe to describe things like the baby's ailments, which herbs they tried, how they prepared them, and how the kid is progressing as a result. The guy's been collecting and preparing herbal samples for quite a few years and has his own road show pharmacopeia. One of the best road shows I've seen.
diane
>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: Lori Yeager <[log in to unmask]>
>>Hey y'all!
>>
>>We are thinking of giving a chemistry and/or math
>>program in our log cabin.
>>
>>Has anyone ever done anything like this, or know of
>>anyone who has taught the sciences on a historic site?
>>
>>Any advice would be really appreciated. btw, the ages
>>for this could be anywhere from 4th to 8th grade.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Lori
>>
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