What is a colloid ? A colloid is a mixture is two or more substances mixed together but not chemically combined ( they can be separated ). They are a special type of mixture where tiny particles of ...
Chemistry for kids
Blow Up a Balloon with Lemon Juice
We have had lots of fun blowing up a balloon with lemon juice today, although it's taken several attempts to perfect our technique. What you'll need A small bottle or jar Lemon ...
Easy Baking Soda Experiments
This month, Inspiration Laboratories and I are challenging you to do an easy baking soda experiment.Baking Soda, also known as Sodium Bicarbonate has many uses.Mixed with water as an ...
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 ...
Why Popping Candy pops
As part of our MAD Blog award from Seagate we received an amazing box of retro sweets, including this Fizz Wizz popping candy which we couldn't resist using for an experiment to find out why Popping ...
Fizzing rocks
We love a good baking soda experiment. I spotted this brilliant and very simple idea on Reading Confetti, who kindly said I could post about it here. These are our fizzing rocks. What you ...
Which solids dissolve in water?
Today's experiment is very simple, but hopefully fascinating for even very young children. We're going to investigate which solids dissolve in water. When a substance dissolves in water, you can't ...
