Explosions and threats of explosions bring many kids (middle/high school/freshmen) into it. If you have money, this is nice for the younger ones: https://melsc

Explosions and threats of explosions bring many kids (middle/high school/freshmen) into it. If you have money, this is nice for the younger ones: https://melscience.com/ https://melscience.com/ Or one of the numerous chemistry sets available- preferably something with a lot of chemicals that are unsafe. I personally almost killed myself mixing things when I was an adolescent. And in the 80s there was this: https://archive.org/details/Chem_Lab_1985-Simon_and_Schuster_side_A https://archive.org/details/Chem_Lab_1985-Simon_and_Schuster... If kids aren't interested in chemistry, it's that the teacher/cirriculum/resources available to the students is just piss poor... and unfortunately that is the norm. It's so easy to keep kids engaged if you continue doing experiments that astound.