Students will explore multiple purification techniques used in pharmaceutical science to remove unwanted materials and isolate key ingredients:

• Filtration Techniques: Students will explore methods like microfiltration and ultrafiltration, using hands-on tools to understand how filters help clean solutions.

• Centrifugation: Using a mini centrifuge, students will observe how spinning separates components by density in a fast, visual way.

• Hands-On Project – Protein Purification using Gel Filtration: Students will isolate proteins from a sample using gel filtration chromatography, gaining experience in one of the most important methods used in biotech labs.

• Column Chromatography: Youth will learn to separate mixtures using chromatography columns—an advanced version of separating colors with filters—while understanding real-world lab applications.

• Dialysis: Through this demonstration, students will see how a semi-permeable membrane can separate small and large molecules, mimicking how kidneys and purification systems work at the molecular level.