Monday, November 22, 2010

Utensil Balance Science Experiment

Utensil Balance Science Experiment Let's have a great time using a spoon, fork, toothpick and glass to do a cool science experiment. We will learn about the balancing point and center of gravity while doing it.

Magnetic Field Science Experiment

Magnetic Field Science Experiment Let's have some fun using a magnetic field demonstrator to do a cool science experiment. We will demonstrate the magnetic fields that exist inside the earth! We will see how the earths magnetic shield or magnetosphere looks and explore what it does.

Money Magnet Science Experiment

Money Magnet Science Experiment Let's have some fun using a super strong neodymium magnet and dollar bill to do a cool science experiment. We will demonstrate that our currency is composed of magnetic ink. The government uses this as a means of defeating counterfeiters.

Buzz Magnet Science Experiment

Buzz Magnet Science Experiment Let's have some fun using a pair of powerful egg shaped hematite magnets to do a cool science experiment. Toss these two into the air and they'll come down making an electrifying buzzing, clattering sound as they battle for equilibrium! The magnets are known as buzz magnets or rattlesnake eggs! We will see how opposite magnetic fields attract and like fields repel.

Million Dollar Bet Science Experiment

Million Dollar Bet Science Experiment Let's have some fun using a plastic bottle and small ball of paper or tissue to do a cool science experiment. We will demonstrate that air actually occupies space. Amaze your friends and bet them a million dollars if they can blow the paper ball into the bottle!

Burping Bottle Science Experiment

Burping Bottle Science Experiment Let's have a great time using a plastic bottle, quarter, and the freezer to do a cool science experiment. We will demonstrate that the when air gets warmer it expands and rises and when air is cold is contracts.

Monday, November 15, 2010

Magic Toothpick Star

Magic Toothpick Star

In this awesome science demonstration we will take five bent toothpicks and make them magically

form into a perfect star without touching them. In the process we will learn about capillary action.
Your friends and family will be amazed as the toothpicks rotate into place right before their eyes.

Balloon Inside A Bottle Science Experiment

Balloon Inside A Bottle Science Experiment
In this cool science experiment we will do the impossible and inflate a balloon inside a bottle! This is a great trick that will baffle your friends. In the process we will learn about the properties of air and prove that although invisible, air actually occupies space.

Magic Moving Straw Science Sxperiment

Magic Moving Straw Science Sxperiment

In this cool science experiment we will harness invisible forces to make a straw magically move across the top of a wine glass and fall inside without touch it with our hands. In the process we will
learn about sympathetic vibrations and resonation.

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Tea Bag Missile

Tea Bag Missile In this science experiment we will explore the concept of rising heat or thermal currents. We will also learn about the scientific principle of convection. We will use a tea bag and lighter to demonstrate.

Leaky Water Bottle Trick

Leaky Water Bottle Trick In this science experiment we will explore air pressure and gravity using a water bottle and push pin. In the process will do a fun demonstration in which water seems to defy gravity and not leak out through holes we make in a bottle filled with water.

Make A Rocking Seesaw Candle

Make A Rocking Seesaw Candle In this science experiment we will explore Sir Isaac Newton's third law and make a seesawing candle. When we light the candle it will rock back and forth like a child on a
seesaw at the playground.

Balloon CD Hovercraft

Balloon CD Hovercraft In this science experiment we will explore how hovercrafts work and even build our own using a balloon, CD, pop-up lid, and glue. We will learn about friction in the process.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Balloon Screamer

Balloon Screamer
In this science experiment we will explore sound, the laws of inertia, and centripetal force. In the process we will make some really cool sounds and create a balloon that screams! Your friends will love it and your family will hate it.

Color Changing UV Beads

Color Changing UV Beads
In this science experiment we will explore ultraviolet radiation from the sun. In the process we can make some cool UV bead bracelets and conduct experiments to see which sun screen works the best to protect us from the suns invisible radiation that causes sunburns!

Vanishing Water Balls

Vanishing Water Balls
In this science experiment we will explore super absorbent polymers and light refraction. In the process we will make some really cool polymer water balls that appear magically when scooped out of water and simply vanish when we drop them back into the water.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Making Oobleck And Glurch

Making Non_Newtonian Fluid Oobleck Glop 
In this science experiment we will make Oobleck and Glurch while learning about Solids and Liquids.

A great way to teach early grade schoolers about solids and liquids is with Oobleck and Glurch.
Oobleck is a Non-Neutonian fluid. This means that when a small amount of force is used, it acts like
a liquid, but when more force is applied, it acts like a solid. For instance, one can slowly put a spoon
in Oobleck, but it is impossible to stir it quickly. Another fun activity (though potentially messy!) is to
pour a little Oobleck in the palm of your hand and watch it puddle like a liquid. Now make a fist and
quickly open your hand. The Oobleck will have formed a hard ball from the pressure of your fist; but when the pressure is release, it will seem to "melt" into a liquid again.

Sound Hose

Sound Hose
In this science experiment we will explore sound waves, the Bernoulli Effect, Vortices and the movement of air molecules. In the process we will make some really cool sounds and create a music instrument that changes pitch as you twirl it! Your friends will love it and your family will hate

it.

Model Rocket

Model Rocket

In this science experiment we will explore Newton's third law which states for every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction. We will also learn about thrust, lift and drag. In the process we will launch a model rocket up about 1500 feet in the air.

Balloon Rocket

Balloon Rocket
In this science experiment we will explore Newton's third law which states for every reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction. In the process we will make some really cool sounds and launch balloon rockets up about 40 feet in the air.

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

3-D Model of DNA

3-D Model of DNA

In this science project we will make a 3-D cut out model of DNA. We will learn about the structure of DNA. It will take about and 1 1/2 hours to complete. Our model will have 16 nucleotide units.

Make Fake Blood

Make Fake Blood

In this science experiment we will make a fairly realistic prop blood for stage, or Halloween from Karo white corn syrup and red food coloring.

Make Gluep Experiment

Make Gluep Experiment

In this science experiment we will make Gluep. Plastics are all around us. Plastics are made of polymers or tiny chains of molecules. There are many different kinds, with a wide range of properties. Some are hard, others are soft. Some are transparent, others are opaque. Most plastics are made in factories, but here’s one you can make at home. We will try to answer the question as to whether Gluep is a solid or liquid.

Dry Ice Experiments

Dry Ice Experiments

Let's have some fun using Dry Ice to conduct some science experiments. Dry Ice simply put is solid carbon dioxide. The neat thing about it is how it changes states of matter. It goes directly from a solid to a gas. Unlike regular ice that goes from a solid to a liquid.

Alka-Seltzer Rocket Experiment


Let's have a great time using some old film canisters and Alka-Selter tablets to make rockets that blast from a chemical reaction. We will demonstrate how expanding carbon dioxide gas creates pressure. And have allot of fun while doing it!

Friday, July 30, 2010

Egg in a Bottle Experiment

Egg in a Bottle Experiment

Here's the classic egg in the bottle science experiment that is more than a hundred years old and is guaranteed to entertain. We will learn about air pressure while conducting it. The object is get the hard boiled egg into and out of the bottle without breaking the egg.

Copper Coated Plated Steel Nails

Copper Coated Plated Steel Nails

In this science experiment we use white vinegar and pennies to coat a steel nail with copper. So dig out that old pile of pennies you have been saving and make yourself a copper coated nail. This science experiment show the bonding characteristics of atoms of different materials.

Make Your Own Lava Lamp

Make Your Own Lava Lamp

In this science experiment we will create an awesome science toy guaranteed to amaze! Everyone understands oil and water don't mix. Let's put a new spin on this by adding food coloring and Alka-Seltzer tablets to the solution. The bubbling colorful lava lamp is sure to impress! So lets get started and make a bubbling lava lamp.

Make Rock Candy Crystals

Make Rock Candy Crystals

In this fun science experiment we will make rock candy crystals. We will grow sugar crystals on a string and eat our delicious creation when finished. In the process we will make a super saturated solution.

Oil and Water Don't Mix Experiment

Oil and Water Don't Mix Experiment

Have you ever seen the aftermath of an oil tanker that spills into the ocean? Or oil on puddles in the street after a rain? In this science experiment we will learn we will learn to understand why oil and water don't mix. So lets do the Oil and Water Don't Mix Experiment.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Genie In A Bottle Exothermic Reaction Experiment

Genie In A Bottle Exothermic Reaction Experiment

The Genie in a Bottle experiment is an exothermic reaction. This means it releases heat. The soda bottle will get hot and shrink slightly. Oxygen is stored in liquid form in Hydrogen Peroxide. When we add the Manganese Dioxide (catalyst) it decomposes the Hydrogen Peroxide and oxygen is formed. The oxygen is rapidly released and steam vapor comes spewing out the top.

Make A Batch Of Bubbles That Dont Pop - They Bounce. Yeah Thats Right They Bounce!:

Make Bouncing Bubbles

The science of bouncing glycerin bubbles is fun. We all know bubbles normally pop when they are touched or come into contact with something. The walls of bubbles are tiny, a few millions of an inch thick at best. Normal bubbles pop when they come into contact with dirt or oil (common on hands, clothes and surfaces). Glycerin gives our bouncing bubbles their added strength. It's important the cotton gloves are clean when bouncing bubbles. If they have dirt or oil particles on them the bubbles will pop.

Blow Up An 8 Foot Long Bag In One Single Breath! Bernoulli bag aka Wind Bag Experiment Video

Bernoulli bag aka Wind Bag Experiment Video

This experiment is explained by the Bernoulli effect. The faster a fluid moves the lower the pressure it creates.Ask a volunteer to come forward to test his lung capacity against the champ "iron lung" science guy. The volunteer is asked to blow up the 8 foot long Bernoulli wind bag. After 20 or more blows his air is trapped and squeezed to the bottom to measure its volume. After the air is released, the science guy brings the bag to his mouth and fills it up with one single large breath. Amazing!

Bernouilli's Flying Toilet Paper and Mid Air Hovering Beach Balls

Bernouilli's Flying Toilet Paper and Floating Beach Balls

Amuse the neighbors for hours as you make toilet paper and beach balls float in mid-air. Believe it or not, the secret to this mystery of levitation is right in front of your nose. In this science experiment we will learn about air pressure and Bernoulli's Principle

Imploding Soda Can - The Can Crusher!

Collapsing Can Experiment

Use air to crush a can in this science experiment. We are so accustomed to the pressure of the air around us that we don't even notice it. However, air pressure is great enough to crush a soda can when you know how to do it. This classic experiment is called the collapsing can.

Why Do Lemons Float and Limes Sink Science Experiment

Floating Lemons Sinking Limes Experiment
Everyone enjoys experimenting with things that either float or sink. In this science experiment we will make some observations and try to figure out why lemons float and limes sink. The answer is not so clear.


Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Hurricane Tornado in a Bottle Video

Hurricane Tornado in a Bottle Video

Hurricanes form out in the ocean when powerful storms meet up together and start swirling around generating vortexes. Vortexes are also formed in Tornado's, Whirlpools, and Dust Devils. In the experiment below you can make a Hurricane / Tornado in a bottle!

Singing Wine Glass Experiment And Video

Singing Wine Glass Experiment And Video
So you want to be the hit of the party. Here is a classic that is guaranteed to please the crowd. All you need is a wine glass and some water. In this demonstration we will make a wine glass sing. Lets do the Singing Wine Glass Experiment!

Poke It Experiment And Video!

Poke It Experiment And Video!

Amaze your friends, family and schoolmates by poking pencils through a ziplock bag filled with water. Imagine the shock when nothing leaks out. Learn about the sealing properties of polymers. Lets do the Poke It Experiment.

Whoosh Bottle Experiment And Video

Whoosh Bottle Experiment And Video

The bottle begins full of air and oxygen. After we put the Methanol in the bottle it becomes volatile and evaporates rapidly. The liquid Methanol becomesMethanol vapor as we swirl it around the bottle. As it evaporates, a mix of air / oxygen and methanol is left inside the bottle. By adding a flame in the form of a
match, we are adding heat energy. This causes a combustible chemical reaction to occur between the oxygen and another Methanol vapor). The result is an exothermic reaction (a reaction in which heat is released). When you hear the sound of the "Whoosh" most of the oxygen has been used up and a jet of flame shoots up from the bottle neck . After which you may see a flame dance around inside the bottle and pulse for a few seconds. This happens due to left over methanol remaining in the bottle. However most the oxygen has been used up, so fresh oxygen is sucked down into the bottle from outside which re-ignites the methanol vapor again. This repeats until the vapor is gone. After the experiment you will notice the bottle has liquid in the bottom. This is carbon dioxide and water which is produced as a by-product of the reaction.

Water Suspension Experiment And Video

Water Suspension Experiment And Video

A fun and simple science experiment using a jar or wine glass, water, and a laminated card. Without a doubt it's guaranteed to make your audience go crazy with anticipation and astonishment! We will explore the properties of air pressure while entertaining the crowd. So lets try the Water Suspension Experiment.

Fire From Batteries and Steel Wool Experiment And Video

Fire From Batteries and Steel Wool Experiment And Video

In this experiment we will make fire from batteries and steel wool. We will demonstrate how to use electricity to make heat and sparks. Then harness the sparks to create a fire. The project is easy and definitely fun to see. A regular 9 volt battery and extra fine steel wool are all we need for this experiment. We will also learn about fire safety and the "Fire Triangle".



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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Electrostatic Box

Electrostatic Box

In this super cool science experiment we will explore the principles of static electricity, electrostatic charges, and induction. We will learn about electron transfer, repulsion of like charges and how opposite charges attract. We will witness graphite balls do amazing things as they jumps, dance, and stick.

Dust Off Cloud In A Bowl

Dust Off Cloud In A Bowl

In this experiment we will make a cloud in a bowl. Clouds form when water vapor cools down. Warm moist air in the atmosphere rises and the pressure reduces as it goes higher. As pressure reduces it gets colder. Eventually the water vapor cools enough to form clouds. We will use dust off compressed air and warm water to make condensation.

Elephants Toothpaste

Elephants Toothpaste

In this experiment we will make a oozing foamy batch of elephants toothpaste. We will use 30% Hydrogen Peroxide and catalyst of Sodium Iodide to create the eruption for the Elephants toothpaste. In the process we will instantly release oxygen, water, and heat in an exothermic reaction that decomposes the hydrogen peroxide.

Polymer Hydrogel Oil Spill Experiment

Polymer Hydrogel Oil Spill Experiment

Lets have some good old fashioned science fun and do an experiment to find out which materials best clean up an oil spill. We will use a super absorbent polymer called a hydrogel (also known as water gel or slush powder) to conduct our experiment. The polymer is the same stuff used in baby diapers. We will turn the oil into a solid then scoop it out! In the process we will learn about how oil spills effect the environment.

Make A Cloud In A Water Bottle

Make A Cloud In A Water Bottle

In this experiment we will make a cloud in a water bottle using a little rubbing alcohol. Clouds form when water vapor cools down. Warm moist air in the atmosphere rises and the pressure reduces as it goes higher. As pressure reduces it gets colder. Eventually the water vapor cools enough to form clouds.

Balloon Screamer

Balloon Screamer

In this science experiment we will explore sound, the laws of inertia, and centripetal force. In the process we will make some really cool sounds and create a balloon that screams! Your friends will love it and your family will hate it.

Static Tube - Static Electricity Styrofoam Balls

Static Tube - Static Electricity Styrofoam Balls

In this science experiment we will explore static electricity and make small styrofoam balls stick to the sides of a plastic tube magically. In the process will learn how opposite charges attract (negative electrons and positive protons) and transferring electrons from one surface to another. It's called a static tube.

Static Electricity Balloon Soda Can Racer

Static Electricity Balloon Soda Can Racer

In this science experiment we will explore static electricity and make a soda can race across the floor chasing a balloon that has been negatively charged with a wool cloth or hair. In the process will learn how opposite charges attract (negative electrons and positive protons) and transferring electrons from one surface to another.