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Corrosion Toolkit (cKit)

The cKit was developed in 2005 by the NACE Foundation as a fun and challenging learning experience for students and a hands-on curriculum for high school teachers to challenge, inspire and educate their students on corrosion science and engineering.  We challenged our industry's top corrosion experts to come up with a way to reach high school students to teach them about corrosion. They answered this challenge by designing the cKit and gladly donated their time and energy in exchange for the opportunity to be part of this exciting project.

The experiments contained in the cKits are designed to provide a fun and challenging learning experience about the awesome effects of corrosion.  Included in the kits are the basic materials necessary to perform the experiments:

• Alligator Clips
• AA Battery & Battery Holder 
• Electrode Set (which contains metal strips of aluminum, copper, lead, magnesium, tin and zinc) 
• Voltmeter
• Teachers Guide 
• A CD which contains a PDF version of the experiments to use as handouts for your students

In addition, you will also find supplemental information such as:

• A public awareness video on corrosion (airing on affiliated PBS stations in the US) 
• A brochure on our Foundation and programs. 
• An action-packed comic book adventure which we designed, called "Inspector Protector and the Colossal Corrosion Fighters."

Currently the cKits are used in the week-long ASM Materials Camps for Teachers that are held during the summer months, across the United States and in Canada.

For more information on how to obtain a cKit, please contact the NACE Foundation.