That is probably going to appeal to about one half of a typical chemistry class, and leave the other half bored and sullen. My experience of chemistry was that

That is probably going to appeal to about one half of a typical chemistry class, and leave the other half bored and sullen. My experience of chemistry was that it was very abstract nonsense that was taught to us, which is incredibly sad, when chemistry is all around us all the time, and understanding how it works is invaluable. There are myriad practical examples to investigate. Why do your baking powder biscuits rise? Why does the octane rating of your gasoline matter? Photography. How does epoxy work? Etc, etc. What we actually did was a lot of tedious equation balancing on paper, and titrating liquids.