Have you ever had a static shock from a shopping trolley or an escalator? The shock is because of static electricity which can cause materials to attract or repel each other.A fun way to ...
Chemistry for kids
Candy Cane Experiment
We actually did this experiment before Christmas, but it'd also be a fun way to use up your extra candy canes after Christmas too!Photo by Pro Church Media on UnsplashTry to set this up as a ...
Viscosity and Jelly
We recently tried exploring viscosity of fluids using water, oil, golden syrup and honey. The main problem we had was that for some of the liquids the marble dropped too fast for us to time. With this ...
Exploring Viscosity
What do you put on your porridge?We noticed that sometimes our honey and golden syrup take a long time to pour, whereas water and milk pour almost too fast.We've done viscosity experiments ...
Candy sorting
In the UK we have some chocolate covered sweets called Revels. Inside each bag are different flavoured chocolates, maltesers, plain chocolate, coffee flavour, orange flavour, toffee and chocolate ...
How to make a red cabbage indicator
Acids and alkalis are substances that can be found in the science laboratory and at home all around us. We can make a very easy red cabbage indicator to find out whether a substance is an acid or ...
Baking soda ice cubes
Today is the first day of the summer holidays for us, and I have a big plan to post an activity every day for the six weeks.We're kicking off with a favourite reaction, baking soda and vinegar. The ...
Filtering Experiment – can you do better?
We've tried a filtering experiment using dirty water before, using kitchen roll as the filter. Today we tried something a little different.We looked in the garden for three things that might make ...
Why Popping Candy pops
Do you know why pop rocks pop? We're going to find out in this easy kitchen science investigation. Why Popping Candy ( Pop Rocks) PopsWe all tried the popping candy first and giggled as it burst ...
Fizzing Rocks Valentine Style
What do you think these rocks are made from? They are just bicarbonate of soda ( Baking Soda ), water and food colouring. We've made fizzing rocks before, they are very simple, but great fun to ...
