61 Creative Chemistry Experiments

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

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

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

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

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

You will need: Transparent tape Toy gun refills Matchsticks Tissue paper Knife Water There is something about a noisy firecracker. It is fun and exciting. But instead of buying one, try making one at home. Have fun with this experiment, but do be careful. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, make thin strips of tissue paper and roll them

You will need: A clear large plasticbottle Water Oil Food colour Eno (or any other antacidwhich has sodiumbicarbonate and citricacid) Lava lamps are quite a rage nowadays. But, instead of buying one, why not make your very own lava lamp–that too without any electricity? INSTRUCTIONS Fill the bottle ¾ of the way with oil. Next,