61 Creative Chemistry Experiments

You will need: A clean comb Thin trickle of water from a tap Your head with cleandry hair Understand the concept of static electricity bysimply bending water away from your comb. INSTRUCTIONS Turn on the water tap and open it till there is only a thin stream of water flowing–not droplets, but acontinuous thin stream. […]

You will need: Thin wire Ice cubes 2 pencils Create the illusion of floating ice cubes sticking to wires without actually melting the ice cubes with heat. INSTRUCTIONS Take a length of the thin wire and wrap its end around the pencils, so as to give you a way to hold the wire without hurting

You will need: 2 glass jars Paper clips Cotton or woollen yarn Spoon 1 plate Hot water Baking soda Stalactites and Stalagmites are crystal-like formations that take thousands of years to form in caves. What if you could make them at home? Of course, it isn’t going to be as large as the real ones,

You will need: Milk, preferably almondmilk Dish-washing liquid soap Ear buds Water colour paper Shallow bowl/tray ordisposable plate Food colour Eye dropper Make your very own marbled paper. Use it as modern art, gift-wrapping paper or a personalized card for your friend or parent. INSTRUCTIONS Cut the paper down to the size which will fit

You will need: Water based felt pen(black colour) White canvas/cloth bag Rubbing alcohol Eye dropper Small cup Tray/plate Mixing science with art is always a good idea. Chromatography may sound scary. But follow this simple project and you’ll be pleased with the results. INSTRUCTIONS Take the black felt pen and the white canvas/cloth bag. Keep

You will need: Steel wool Vinegar 2 jars Lid Thermometer Soak some steel wool in a bowl of vinegar and see what happens. Learn all about exothermic reactions in simple manner. INSTRUCTIONS Take the steel wool and soak it in vinegar for a minute in a jar. Remove the wool and leave it aside to

You will need: Mentos candies Any carbonated drink Stiff paper Sheet of paper Like the baking soda and vinegar volcano, this erupting fountain is loads of fun. But beware; it can be extremely messy, with jets of soda erupting several feet high. Compete with your friends and see whose fountain is the tallest. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly,

You will need: ½ cup of milk ½ cup of heavy cream ¼ cup of sugar ¼ teaspoonful of vanillaessence, or any otherflavour of your choice ¾ cup of table salt 2 cups of ice Thermometer 1 medium-sized zip lock bag 1 large-sized zip lock bag Towel How many times have you fought with your

You will need: Cotton string Wide-mouth jaror utensil White pipe cleaner Borax powder Pencil It isn’t just freezing weather in which you would find snowflakes. Make your very own snowflakes at home, overnight. What’s more? Unlike the real ones, these snowflakes won’t melt! INSTRUCTIONS Before you begin remember for one rock candy to be made

You will need: cup of water 3 cups of regular sugar A tall glass Pencil Rough cotton string or yarn Bowl for boiling water for the solution Spoon Food colour Whether you are planning a birthday-party or a get-together with your friends, edible colourful rock candy is not only awesome to look at but also

You will need: 6 cups of flour 2 cups of salt 4 tablespoonfuls ofcooking oil Warm water Plastic bottle Liquid soap Red or orange food colour Vinegar Large pan or dish 2 tablespoonfuls ofbaking soda A baking soda volcano is the homemade kitchen version of a volcano. It is obviously not the actual thing, but

You will need: Sugar Warm water Food colours–red,yellow, green andblue 5 glasses Tablespoon The same principles of density applied in the density column come into play here as well. However, for this experiment you will change the density of water so as to make it lighter or heavier. INSTRUCTIONS l. Line up 4 glasses and

You will need: Honey Milk Dish-washing liquid soap Food colour (optional) Vegetable oil Rubbing alcohol orsurgical spirit Lamp oil Water A tall transparentglass or cylinder Create your very own colourful column ofliquids while learning about the density ofvarious liquids through this fun and easy project. INSTRUCTIONS l. Take the narrowest and tallest transparentglass that you

You will need: Borax powder Water 120 ml glue Teaspoon Measuring jar orcup Food colour (optional) Amaze all your friends and have tons of fun by creating slime. Make your own personalized slime using edible colours. So, go ahead and scare your friends with this recipe for slime! INSTRUCTIONS l. Pour the glue into a

You will need: Red or purple cabbage Filter paper or coffeefilter Blender or knife Microwave or anotherheat source Strainer Water Chemistry is not apart from, but a part of Nature. As a result, we find many fruits and vegetables that are good indicators of basic or acidic substances. Try this fun experiment using red or