You will need: q Small marshmallows or small white jelly beansq Bright red candyq Corn syrup or any other thick liquid (like honey)q Small candy sprinkles (or any small pellet-size candy)q Glass jar Understand what goes in building up that bright red liquid we call blood, with this experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Fill a glass jar a-little […]
You will need: 2 clear bowls 2 hard-boiled eggs with their shells Toothpaste Toothbrush Dark cola Small tub Try this simple experiment to learn how teeth can go bad when not brushed regularly. INSTRUCTIONS Place a hard-boiled egg in each of the two bowls and fill both the glasses with dark Cola. Make sure your
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Chapter 7 The Carnegie Institute of Technology at one time gave intelligence tests to one hundred prominent business men. The tests were similar to those used in the army during the war; and the results led the Institute to declare that personality contributes more to business success than docs superior intelligence.That is a very significant
You will need: q Stopwatchq Drinking straw (preferably a fat one)q Clear tapeq Paper and penq Clay The next time you want to check your pulse, don’t bother running to a parent or your school nurse. Try this neat experiment to measure your pulse rate with a fewhousehold items. INSTRUCTIONS First, ask an adult to
You will need: Paper & pen Information about your family history Create a family traits card and understand the science behind dominant genes, dormant genes and recessive family traits. INSTRUCTIONS Make 7 columns on a sheet of paper. Write down the names of your grand- parents (on both sides), parents, siblings and your name in
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You will need: Swimming caps (1 for each thinking cap you want to make) Permanent markers in various colours including black Pen and paper Get together with friends and make a creative thinking cap. INSTRUCTIONS Get a diagram of the human brain. Ask afriend to wear the swimming cap. Mark and label the cerebrum, cerebellumand
You will need: 2 portions of coconut oil with 1 portion of beeswax ½ portion of honey ¼ portion of baking soda Small containers to keep the lip balm Edible food colour Microwave safe bowl Wax paper Essential oils like rose oil or lavender or tea tree oil (optional) Microwave oven Girls of all ages
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You will need: Sugar Sugar-free powder/pill like Splenda or Equal Fresh orange juice Orange juice from a concentrate or pack Regular Cola Diet Cola Pen & paper Blindfold Volunteers Conduct this experiment and understand whether artificial sweeteners do more harm than good to the body. INSTRUCTIONS Take a small sample of the sweet items youwould
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You will need: 2 identical circular mirrors Fevicol/superglue 2 unsharpened pencils Conduct this simple experiment to understand how the brain gets confused by what the eyes show us. INSTRUCTIONS Ask an adult to help you superglue the 2 piecesof circular mirror back to back, so that you maysee a reflection on both sides. Next, superglue
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You will need: 9 slices of apple 9 volunteers 9 chewing gums : fruit-flavoured mint-flavoured cinnamon-flavoured Pen and paper Ear buds/cotton swabs Preparation of agar or jelly in petri dish Labels, water, clock It is time to decide whether chewing gum is healthy or not once and for all by this simple experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Ask
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Chapter 6 Shortly after the close of the First World War, I met two brothers in London, Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith. They had just made the first aeroplane flight from London to Australia, had won the fifty thousand dollar prize offered by the Australian government, had created a sensation throughout the British Empire,
You will need: Plastic container Ear buds, Ruler, Tweezers Latex gloves Paint brush (small size) Small pouch of cocoa powder Magnifying glass Evidence markers (cut out from square pieces of paper) Note pad and pen You can create your very own detective CSI kit. Let us find out. INSTRUCTIONS Place all the items mentioned above
You will need: Vanilla essence Apple Cotton ball Blindfold It’s time to befool your tongue with thissimple experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Blindfold a friend and give him a slice of apple. Ask him to eat it. Next, take a few drops of vanilla essence on a cotton ball and hold it as close to his nose as
Chapter 5 The day these lines are written, January 5th, is the anniversary of the death of Sir Ernest Shackleton. He died while steaming southward on the good ship “Quest” to explore the Antarctic. The first thing that attracted one’s eyes on going aboard the “Quest” were these lines engraved on a brass plate:If you
You will need: Mp3 player with some relaxing music Blindfold Clock and stopwatch 5 cans of a caffeinated drink 5 cans of a non-caffeinated version of the same drink Pen, paper and tape Volunteers, room, stool Conduct this simple experiment to find out howcaffeine affects the heart and your pulse rate. INSTRUCTIONS First, learn to
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