April 2022

You will need: A large plastic bottle Scissors A few eggs (in case yourpractice egg breaks!) Cello tape Water Salt We all have at some point or the other triedthis experiment. And we all have also at somepoint or the other failed this experiment. Butfollow the steps below and you will find afullproof way of […]

You will need: Pencil Cotton/ Jute string(something sturdy tohold the weight of themug) Plastic mug (just in caseyou do drop it in practice) Nut (from a hardwarestore, should weigh about5-10 gm) Have fun trying to drop a mug from shoulder-height but not letting it break. The trickrequires a few household items and gravity. INSTRUCTIONS Conduct

You will need: A stiff cardboard 3 pencils (1 long and 2short pencils, allsharpened) Large cello tape Scissors Measuring scale Marker Have fun by constructing your very ownhelicopter rotors and learning how the lawsof physics apply to a flying contraption. INSTRUCTIONS Take 2 shorter pencils and tape them on either side of the long pencil.

You will need: Plastic canister of acamera reel Water Fizzing tablets (likeantacid tablets) We all love fireworks and exploding canisters. But do you know that you can create an explosion without any fire power? Carry out the following experiment to find out how you can create a no-fire explosion. INSTRUCTIONS Conduct this experiment outside where

You will need: A sharp knife Potatoes A set square No matter how beautiful a building looks, an archway always adds some beauty to the construction. Find out how to construct an archway with the helpof potatoes! INSTRUCTIONS Start out by making a simple arch. Ask an adult to help you chop a potato into

You will need: Birthday candle Bottle Small box Blowing out a candle kept right in front ofyou is quite easy. But do you think it is possibleto blow out a candle if it is placed behindanother solid object? The answer to that is‘yes’ or ‘no’. Find out how! INSTRUCTIONS Light a candle and place it

You will need: q 4-6 birthday candlesq Aluminium foilq Large thin plastic bagq 6-10 strawsq Cello tape Hot-air balloons are fun to look at. But how can a balloon filled with hot-air float in mid-air? Try this fun experiment and find out physics behind hot-air balloons. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, take a large thin plastic bag (like

You will need: A small thin balloon Plastic bag Scissors All of you are well aware by now that almost each magic has its basis in science. And to prove that, try out yet another simple science project which makes for a really cool magic trick. INSTRUCTIONS Cut out a small piece of the plastic

You will need: Transparent cello tape Dark room Do you know that even your ordinary transparent cello tapes can glow in the dark? Conduct this experiment and find out how and why. INSTRUCTIONS Wait till it gets dark, or else draw the curtains in a room; switch off the lights and make it extremely dark.

You will need: Butter knife Pen or any other objectto hit the knife with Understand the science of sound and music, by trying out a simple experiment and collating your result. INSTRUCTIONS Holding the knife in various places along the length of the handle, strike it gently with a pen and hear the variations in

You will need: Empty 1-litre plasticbottle Drinking straw Small objects (like apopcorn kernel, tinycrumpled paper ball,etc.) Try another cool trick at your next get-together. Challenge your friends to understand this simple-looking game. No matter what this next trick, it is just impossible to accomplish. INSTRUCTIONS Take an empty plastic bottle and make it lie on

You will need: Glass bottle Clay Boiling hot water Straw Bowl Create your very own vacuum bottle, by following this simple experiment, and amaze your friends by sucking in water into an empty bottle with the help of a straw. INSTRUCTIONS Ask an adult to help you fill boiling water into a glass bottle. Let