You will need: Potassium nitrate(available at chemists orfertilizer shops) Sugar A utensil Aluminium foil Try making your very own smoke bombs with this simple experiment and have loads of fun trying them out with your friends. INSTRUCTIONS Take a unit of measurement and measure out 3 parts of potassium nitrate and 2 parts of sugar […]
You will need: Rose petals or petals ofother flowers that you like Eucalyptus leaves Cloves Orange or lemon treeleaves Mint leaves Rubbing alcohol (availableat a chemist) Small jars and a spoon Paper towel Ear-bud Perfume making is one of the oldest forms of chemistry. Impress your friends by making natural perfumes from these simple ingredients.
You will need: q Empty plastic bottleq Funnel or paper formedinto a funnelq Balloonq Baking sodaq ½ cup of vinegar Next time you have a party, challange some of your friends into blowing a balloon without using their mouths or a pump. When all of them are stumped, show them this experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Take half
You will need: q Soapy water (with liquidsoap and water)q Freezerq Plateq Straw What if you could freeze a bubble and see how it looks? Well, it is not easy to do, but is definitely worth the patience and time involved. INSTRUCTIONS Take the straw or your bubble wand and dip it into the soapy
You will need: 4 tablespoonfuls ofbaking soda 1 litre white vinegar Transparent bowl Disposable utensil Gas stove Fridge Hot ice or sodium acetate is a cool science experiment you could perform and amaze your friends and adults. INSTRUCTIONS Take 1-litre of vinegar in a disposable utensil. To the vinegar, very little at a time add
You will need: q A small transparentbottleq Food colourq Water (normaltemperature)q Bowl of hot waterq Bowl of cold waterq Strawq Clayq Index card and pencil Try this fun experiment to make your very own thermometer at home. Understand how water molecules expand and contract with a change in temperature. INSTRUCTIONS Take a small transparent bottle
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You will need: Potassium nitrate(available in stores, alsoknown as saltpeter) Paper (a heavy paper,like parchment or cardpaper) Water Paintbrush Matchstick Candle You have already tried writing messages in invisible ink. Now amaze everyone with fire writing. Burn a message or drawing onto the paper. INSTRUCTIONS Make a saturated solution of potassium nitrate, by dissolving a
You will need: q 1-2 cups, of dry sandq Silicone spray, or scotchguard sprayq Broad flat dishq Foilq Water Amaze your friends with your very own magic sand. Show everyone how the sand stays dry even when you pour it into water. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, cover your broad flat dish with foil or any other protective
You will need: 2 teaspoonfuls of bakingsoda Vinegar Fridge Drinking glass Gas stove Utensil and a plasticcontainer ½ cup of iodized salt ½ cup of calciumbicarbonate Combine basic chemistry and household items, to make water marbles. The interesting part is that these marbles are not made out of water at all. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, take1 teaspoonful
You will need: q Open flameq Ring stand (to keep thebag over the flame)q Paper bag about 4 to 6inches in breadth, or apaper cupq Water The next time you go for a camp and want to boil some water over the camp fire, don’t go rummaging for a utensil. Simply, boil water over the
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You will need: q Vinegarq Tall, wide glass jarq Hard-boiled egg Have you ever wanted to bounce an egg, without cracking it? Here’s how you can perform this simple trick, with the use of science. The egg is a normal egg, not a hard- boiled egg. INSTRUCTIONS Take your hard-boiled egg and place it in
You will need: A matchbox Matchsticks Coin Here is another party trick. Ask people toremove a coin from under a matchstick withouttouching the matchstick which is placed on it. INSTRUCTIONS Take a matchstick and bend it at 45 degrees. Place the matchstick on a matchbox in such a way that the bent angle is facing
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You will need: Water Food colour Dish or plate Matchsticks Candle Transparent glass Can you think of any way to raise water from a dish into an overturned glass? No? But it’s actually quite simple. Follow this experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Take a dish or plate and pour water into it. Add a few drops of food
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You will need: Pepper powder Liquid soap Water Broad dish It is always fun to convert basic science into a magic trick. One such experiment is pepper in water. Find out what happens to pepper when you add one simple ingredient to it. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, take water in a broad dish. Sprinkle pepper into the
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You will need: Milk Food colours Dish Dish-washing liquid soap Cotton swab If you add colouring to milk, nothing happens. But when you just add one more ingredient to the milk, you are rewarded with a beautiful swirling milk wheel. INSTRUCTIONS Take enough milk in adish so that it may coverthe bottom. Add drops of
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