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Science Experiment: Putting Lit Candles Out with Glass
This is a simple science experiment but so much learning is happening here. We confirmed that oxygen is needed for fire to burn and compared how different volume glasses influence the speed with which candles go off.
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Science Experiment: Saltwater Egg
We are back home and we are going back to experiments. A raw egg sinks in water, but can we increase water's density to make it float? Alex adds salt to see what would happen. Then I carefully add fresh water on top of salted one (not to...
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Science Experiment: Pouring Water Down a String
Alex was really surprised to see what water was able to do when we poured it down a string. All I needed for this simple experiment was 2 cups, piece of string that can absorb water and special properties of water (ability to stick to...
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Science Experiment: Ping Pong Ball Follows Running Water
Here is a simple experiment for children at the kitchen that Alex loved. When a ping pong ball is placed straight under running water tap, it does not move away from the water stream. In fact, the ball sticks to it and follows it even...
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Noisy Coin in a Balloon Experiment
It is just fun to spin a coin in a balloon. But we used a 7-sided 20p coin that made some interesting noise.
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Science Experiment: Testing Head Conduction
Testing heat conduction with Alex. We stuck a bead of butter to the ends of metal, wooden and plastic spoons. We had to wait results a bit after adding hot water to the bowl, but it was worth it. Another lesson is learned here. Metal is...
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Science Experiment: Soap-Powered Boat
Here is our soap powered boat that Alex has made from a business card. He cut corners of the card and put soap at the back of the boat. After he placed the boat onto the water, it scooted across. To try that again, we needed to rinse out...
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Science Experiment: Balloon and Sticking Glasses
Simple science experiment with glasses “magically” sticking to a balloon
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How Vinegar Cleans Old Coins
We are checking what would happen with coins if we add vinegar to them.
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How to Suck a Water Balloon into a Bottle
Alex tried to put filled with water balloon inside the jar, but he couldn't. So we heated the air inside the jar and it expanded. Once we put the water balloon on top it, the flame went out and the air in the jar started cooling and...
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How to Pierce Potato with a Straw
We are experimenting by piercing a potato with a sharp pencil and a straw. Do you know what would pass through easily?
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How to Make a Lung Model with a Balloon
Here is a quick demonstration how lungs work with a plastic bottle and two balloons I have prepared for Alex. When we pull knotted balloon, more space inside the bottle is created. To fill that space more air is sucked in thru the red...
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How to Make Drawings Float with a Magic Water Marker
Subscribe to my channel and wait for Alex’s space adventure floating drawing! To make your art creation float you need just white board makers, a plate and some water. I have seen a few videos about this technique but they all seemed to...
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How to Make Colours Appear from Words
How cool is this activity with magically appearing colours from words! You would need regular markers, a permanent black marker, paper towel and water.
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How to Make a Marble Run with Foil
This DIY toy is from the time I was a child. It is simple but it could blow the mind a person who doesn't know how it is made. Alex was looking for magnets to explain why it moves that way. All you need to make one is a piece of kitchen...
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How to Make a Lemon Battery
When you run out of batteries, but you have a few lemons at home. To start, we put copper coins and galvanized nails on different sides of lemons. Then we connected the nail to the copper coin on the next lemon in a line with a wire....
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How to Make a Balancing Butterfly
We have made a butterfly with Max from a piece of hard paper that can balance on a tip of a pencil. Now Max is looking for magnets to explain why it doesn't fall.
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Science Experiment: Hot and Cold Air
Heating up the air inside a plastic bottle with hot water and then cooling it down with cold to see how balloon reacts.
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Gel Balls Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
If clear gel balls are submerged in water, you cannot see them. It is how Alex did his trick in the previous video and it is what makes this activity so fun for Max.
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Science Experiment: Water and Plastic Bottles
Experimenting with plastic bottles, straws and water
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Science Experiment: Spinning Balloon
If you have a balloon and a straw at home, you can make this fun spinning balloon.
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How to Make a Pythagoras Cup
This experiment shows how Pythagoras Cup works. A long time ago Pythagoras made this cup (also known as a Greedy Cup), that empties itself if too much drink is poured.
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How to Make a Lava Lamp
It’s just mesmerising to watch water beads lava lamp powered by Alka-Seltzer.
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How to Make a Glass Object Disappear
Don't trust your eyes! If you cannot see it, it doesn't mean that it is not there. When you place a Pyrex stir rod in the vegetable oil, it disappears. The secret here is that vegetable oil has nearly the same index of refraction as...