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Suspended Bottle
Tweet This is another of those experiments that look like magic – but are really science of course. You will need: Coke bottle or any other plastic screw top bottle Uncooked Rice A pencil or chopstick or any other straight rod Instructions 1. Fill the bottle with uncooked rice. 2. Plunge the pencil straight [...]
Scientific Slushy!
Tweet Cool off and amaze your friends by making any soft drink or soda turn into a slushy on command. Here’s how to do this fun and refreshing supercooled science project. You will need: A soft drink A freezer Any soda or soft drink works for this. The slushy project works especially well with 16-oz [...]
Thaumatrope Illusion
Tweet Create a thaumatrope and investigate the phenomenon of persistence of vision. You Will Need Index Cards (4”x6”) Markers Drinking Straw Transparent Tape (Optional) Small Stickers Confetti Buttons Rubber Stamps etc Instructions Fold the index card in half forming a double 4”x3” surface. Draw two pictures that, if combined, would form one picture. Draw [...]
Make a Duck Caller
Tweet Imitate the sounds of nature with a simple straw and some vibrating ingenuity. Your kids will be amazed by the sounds they can produce by doing this easy kids’ science experiment. Best for older kids, above 7 probably, as the cutting needs to be done carefully and the technique of making the noise may [...]
Ant Antics
Tweet An involving and fun, outdoor, fine weather activity In some ways, ants are a lot like humans. For example, they tend to have a particular place they’re going, and they can keep track of their destination. They know what turns to take, they can remember where to walk and where to avoid, and they always find [...]
Mighty Morphin’ Milk
Tweet Who knew that ‘moo juice’ could be so much fun? In this investigation we mix milk and vinegar together to create our own plastic, ready to be moulded into any shape you want! Adults you need to do the first part but the children can explore the stuff once it’s made. You Will Need [...]
Suck and Drop!
Tweet A super-simple activity which also happens to demonstrate a fundamental scientific effect. What will happen when the following three things come together? Kids will love trying this out to see how it goes. You Will Need drinking straw two drinking glasses water Instructions Half fill one glass with water. Put the straw in the glass. [...]
Fizzy Fizzics
Tweet Fizzy Fizzics! Why not do a fun science experiment that leaves you with your own fizzy drink to enjoy afterwards! We’ve been here before but we think you can never have enough different ways to investigate making carbon dioxide in the classroom or at home. In fact this update is really chemistry rather than [...]
Rockin’ Rotor-Copters
Tweet Make and fly your own hand-held rotor-copter. You will need: a piece of thin cardboard (from a cereal box or the back of a notebook), a drinking straw, a paperclip. Instructions Cut a propeller shape out of the cardboard. You will easily find a propeller shape you can download and print out to [...]
Instant Lemonade
Tweet Instant Lemonade ‘Oranges and Lemons – Part 2’ There’s a lot of people out there that like drinking fizzy drinks, probably including you! So why not do a fun science experiment that leaves you with your own lemonade to drink afterwards! A bit of lemon here and a bit of baking soda there and [...]