Materials Required:l Leavesl Newspaperl Booksl Scrap paperl Hammer Procedure: Collect several kinds of leaves and place them between the folds of a newspaper. Then put some heavy books on top. Keep the leaves here for a few days, until they become dry and brittle. After the leaves have dried out, remove one from the newspaper […]
Materials Required:l 1-pint jar with lidl Dried peas or beansl Waterl Pail or any other container with high side Procedure: Fill the jar with dried peas or beans. Tap the jar so that all the seeds settle down snugly, then add more seeds until you can’t fit any more. Now, pour water into the jar,
Materials Required:l 4-inch-high flowerpotl Soill 10 corn seedsl Waterl Glass plate Procedure: Fill the flowerpot with soil almost to the top. Poke 10 corn seeds into the soil, then sprinkle more soil on top. Water the seeds thoroughly and place the pot in a warm place. As the soil dries out, give it water. After
Materials Required:l Black construction paperl Scissorsl coleus or geranium plantl Paper clipsl Iodine Procedure: From the black construction paper, cut two squares that are larger than one of the plant’s leaves. Place the leaf (still on the plant) between the two squares of paper and fasten the papers together with paper clips. Set the plant
Materials Required:l Large potatol Small, sensitive scale, such as a postal or dieter’s food scale Procedure: Wash and dry the potato, then place it on the scale. Note the weight and write it down. Now set the potato in a dry place and leave it there for about three weeks. After three weeks, weigh the
Materials Required:l Ripe avocado pitl 3 wooden toothpicksl Small juice glassl Water Procedure: Wash off the ripe avocado pit and peel away the dark brown coating. Insert 3 wooden toothpicks, equally spaced, around the middle of the pit. Then set the pit in a small juice glass so that the toothpicks are resting on the
Materials Required:l Vitamin C tabletl Cupl Waterl Spoonl Paring knifel Peachl 2 platesThe help of one of your parents Procedure: Place a vitamin C tablet in a cup of water. Stir with a spoon until the pill has dissolved. Ask one of your parents to peel a peach, using a small paring knife, then cut
Materials Required:l Chicken wishbonel Jarl Vinegar Procedure: The next time you have chicken for dinner, save the wishbone. Set the bone in a jar and pour vinegar into the container until the entire bone is covered. Let the experiment sit undisturbed for a couple of days. Then take the bone out and bend it. It
Materials Required:l Brown paper bagl Scissorsl Windowl Peanut Procedure: Cut open a brown paper bag, such as a shopping bag. Lay the flat piece against a window. Rub a peanut, without its shell, firmly on the bag. Move the nut back and forth several times over the same area. Soon you will see light coming
Materials Required:l Fresh eggl Bowll Hot tap water Procedure: Place the fresh egg in the bowl, then fill the bowl with hot tap water. Set the bowl on a table or counter top and watch closely as the experiment sits quietly for several moments. You will see a tiny stream of bubbles rising from the
Materials Required:l Cucumberl Vegetable parerl 2 bowlsl Waterl 1 tablespoon salt Procedure: Using a vegetable parer and moving it away from your fingers, peel the skin from a fresh cucumber. When the skin has been removed, continue to use the parer to slice the cucumber into strips. Divide the strips into 2 bowls, then add
Materials Required:l 5 tablespoons pure laundry soap or detergentl 2 cups warm tap waterl 4 tablespoons saltl Large glass Procedure: Place the laundry soap into 1 cup of water. Stir until the soap is dissolved. Next, place the salt into another cup of water and stir until the salt is dissolved as much as possible.
Materials Required:l Candlel Aluminium pie platel Matchesl 1 teaspoon baking sodal Glass (not plastic) measuring cup, marked formillilitersl VinegarThe help of one of your parents Procedure: Set a candle on an aluminium pie plate in the sink. Then ask one of your parents to light the wick. While the candle is burning, place the teaspoon
Materials Required:l ¼ cup waterl ¼ cup laundry bluingl ¼ cup saltl 1 tablespoon ammonial Jarl Spoonl Charcoal briquettesl Bowll Food colouring in various coloursl Old pie tin Procedure: Place the water, laundry blue, salt, and ammonia in a jar, and stir thoroughly with a spoon. Set a single layer of charcoal briquettes in a
Materials Required:l Red and blue food colouringl ½ cup waterl Bowll 1 heaping cup cornstarchl 2 marbles Procedure: Add a drop of red and a drop of blue food colouring to ½ cup of water. Pour this into a bowl. Add the cornstarch and mix well. Pick up a handful of this goo and roll