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You will need: Candle Matchbox Metal sieve (large chalni) or metal gauze Do you know the flame produced by a candleis hollow? Find out how and why through thisexperiment. INSTRUCTIONS Ask an adult to help you light a candle. Wait for the flame to grow a bit in height. Once the flame is large, gently […]

You will need: Mouth Hand Figure out why your breath may sometimesblow hot and sometimes coldwith this experiment. INSTRUCTIONS First, keep your hand 15 cm away from your mouth and blow onto your hand by keeping your mouth open. Keeping your hand at the same distance, purse your lips and blow out air again. Next,

You will need: Sandpaper Spoon Rust powder (anything) Old plastic card (which has a magnetic strip at the back) Learn all about magnetic fingerprinting withthis experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Ask an adult to help you sand some rust off the rusty by object using sandpaper. Be careful not to hurt yourself. Collect ¼ th teaspoon of rust

You will need: A large jar Hand-washing liquid soap Small plastic bottle Have some fun with any hand-washing liquid soap and learn the science behind that viscous liquid too. INSTRUCTIONS You need a small plastic bottle so that you may easily pour the hand-washing liquid soap in a narrow stream into the large jar. So

You will need: The diagram Pen Paper Clock We have already conducted one experiment to try and understand how our brain works, but figure out this experiment to seehow much of your prefrontal cortex you use. INSTRUCTIONS Take your pen and paper and draw out the 9 dots on a piece of paper. Taking 9

You will need: A stove (open flame) 4 paper clips (plain steel without the colourful plastic coating) A cup of ice cold water Plate Prongs/Tongs Understand the science behind the molecularactivity in metals with this experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Take your paper clips and gently open all of them into straight lines. Ask an adult to help

You will need: Broom (with a long handle) Hands Try this simple experiment to find the centre of gravity of any object. INSTRUCTIONS Start by resting the handle of the broom on your hands. Place the index finger of both your hands at the extreme ends of the broom as shown in the diagram. Gradually

You will need: 2 glass bottles (plastic bottle will also do, butthey should not havebendable walls) Sink or a place outdoors Stopwatch Race your friends with this watery experiment to figure out the fastest way to empty a bottle. INSTRUCTIONS Ask your friends what they think is the fastest way to empty a water bottle.

You will need: Rolling pin Paper Pen Stopwatch Figure out what it takes to think outside the box with this experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Conduct a test of sorts with your friends by showing them the given image and asking them to write down, what the object is and what it is used for. Next, tell them

You will need: Buttered toast Newspaper Table How many times have you accidentally dropped toast onto the floor and how many times has it landed with the buttered side down! But trythis experiment to figure out how or why. INSTRUCTIONS Place an open newspaper below the table in the general area your toast will fall.

You will need: 3 large jars (2 litres) 2-3 bowls of ice 2 litres of cold water 2 litres of hot water (40° Celsius) 2 litres of normal room temperature water Try confusing your senses with this experiment and understand how the brain interprets touch. INSTRUCTIONS Line up your 3 large jars. Label them ‘Ice

You will need: Your eyes 4 images Find out how a simple optical illusion indicates the level evolvement andadvancement of the human brain. INSTRUCTIONS Carefully study the images given in Section 1. Do they look normal? Note down what you may find different about the images. Have a look at the faces in Section 2.

You will need: Microwave oven An empty wafer packet (should be shiny) Create sparks in your kitchen with this simple experiment. But ask an adult to perform this experiment for you. INSTRUCTIONS Remember to ask an adult to do this experiment for you. Take your empty wafer packet and place it in the microwave oven.

You will need: q 2 cups packaged drinking waterq 1 teaspoonful of Epsom saltq 2 clean empty plastic bottlesq Dish-washing liquid soap Understand the science behind hard water and soft water and how they affect washing. INSTRUCTIONS Take 2 empty plastic bottles, and pour 1 cup of packaged drinking water in each bottle. In one

You will need: q Packet of Gems (or any other candy which is coated in colour)q Coffee filter paper (3 inches by 3 inches in size)q 1/8th teaspoonful of salt and 3 cups of waterq Tall glass and large empty bottleq Aluminium foil (8 inches by 4 inches in size) and toothpicksq Ruler and scissors