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How to Make a Tornado in a Bottle
It’s an experiment time! We have connected two bottles with a tube but you can just connect them with a tape, just make sure you put a metal washer between bottles to make the hole smaller. Spinning the top bottle in a circular motion...
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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...
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Bubble Science Experiments
We mixed dish soap with water in a big container to experiment with 3-dimensional shapes and bubbles.
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Science Experiment: Borax Crystal Snowflake
This crystal snowflake is made by dipping shaped pipe cleaners into borax dissolved in boiling water. As the water cools, borax forms crystals that cling to pipe cleaners making this incredible Christmas tree decoration.
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Science Experiment: Baking Soda and Vinegar Balloon
This is how my little scientist inflates balloons!
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Science Experiment: Anti-Gravity Ping Pong Ball
Breaking the Law of Gravity with a ping pong ball! If you take a bottle completely full of water and place a ping pong ball on top, you can turn the bottle upside down and the ball won’t fall and water won’t spill.
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Science Experiment: Walking on Eggs
This experiment proves that eggshells are not as fragile as one might think. Let's see how many eggs will break when Max stands on them.
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Science Experiment: What Shape is Strongest?
Here is a fun engineering challenge that is easy to do if you have paper and books at home. Fold three pieces of paper in differently shaped columns and compare how many books you can put on top of each!
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Science Experiment: Static Electricity
Isn't it a magic when you can move a pencil without touching it?! We are exploring the magical world of static electricity.
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Science Experiment with Water and Glove
We are taking a concept behind a syringe and upscaling it with this easy-to-make toy using a glove.
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Simple Music Science Experiment
When Alex played music this way no one could hear it but him. To change the sound he pulled the string a bit tighter or slid hand that was holding the string to change the length of it.
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Physics for Kids: Centrifugal Force Demonstration
Here is a simple DIY demonstration of centrifugal force. This physics experiment shows how two ping pong balls move away from the centre when we start spinning.
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Science Experiment: Water Siphon
In this simple presentation, we see how siphons work. I asked Alex and Max to pay attention and tell me at what level should be water so that it starts going through the straw. So they did, had fun and learned something new. A siphon can...
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How to Grow a Bean Plant in a Jar
Here is a simple way to grow beans in a jar with kitchen paper towels. We love activities that involve growing plants. Results in those are usually noticeable only a few days later. So the process requires a lot of waiting and taking...
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5 Food Science Experiments
You should not play with food, but you must do these mind-blowing experiments with it to discover electricity in lemon, metal in corn flakes and much more.
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5 Summer Activities for Kids
Get outside and try these incredible projects with children!
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Science Experiment: Melting Ice Using Salt
Melting ice with salt and adding food colouring is a simple science project for kids of all ages. I added water in balloons and left them in freezer overnight. In the morning we started the experiment. Salt that was added to the ice,...
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How to Pick Up a Ball With a Glass
Here’s something that’s really amazing, but it also takes a bit of skill and patience too! How can you pick up a ball with a glass without touching the ball itself? Place the glass over the ball and then start spinning the glass around...
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How to Make Pom Pom Launcher from Toilet Paper Roll
Great for sneak attacks or a game of pom-pom tag. It's really fun, and my boys were entertained for a while time with this quick and easy craft.⠀ ⠀ Materials:⠀ - 2 toilet paper rolls⠀ - pencil⠀ - scissors⠀ - 2 rubber bands⠀ - tape⠀ - pom...
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How to Make Music with a Straw
Who doesn't like to dive in into the science of sound by creating a fun musical instrument your children could play with? To create a sound, you need to create a vibration. In this experiment, when you blow the air, you make the column...
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How To Make Elephant Toothpaste
For this fun experiment, we have transformed our kitchen into a laboratory. We put on our lab coats, gloves and safety glasses to observe this amazing reaction that produces a lot of foam and a bit of heat too. Materials needed: - 1/2 a...
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How to Make Eggshell Spin on a Plate
How fun is this breakfast trick?! It's magically spinning eggshell on a plate! The secret ingredient is water. I have dipped eggshell in water, and now it rotates instead of just sliding every time we tilt the plate. If instead of making...
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How to Blow Out a Candle Behind a Bottle
Challenge of the week! Blow out a candle behind a bottle! It shouldn't be difficult because even so, the air cannot go through a bottle, it can curve all the way around and still blow out the candle. We have experimented with different...
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Friction Experiment: Rice in a Bottle
We are exploring friction with this simple science experiment. Max put raw rice inside a bottle and taped it against the table, the rice settled, reducing air pockets between each grain. So much so that when Max pushed a wooden spoon...