You will need: Hot water Alum Fluorescent highlighter Jar String Rubber/Latex glovesq Glassq Newspaper & Tissue paper Growing your very own crystals is fun, but imagine how much more exciting it would be if they could glow in the dark! INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, cover the entire workspace with a newspaper and put on the rubbergloves, because […]
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Chapter 11 At the head of his caravan, proudly rode Sharru Nada, the merchant prince of Babylon. He liked fine cloth and wore rich and becoming robes. He liked fine animals and sat easily upon his spirited Arabian stallion. To look at him one would hardly have guessed his advanced years. Certainly they would not
You will need: Potassium nitrate(available at chemists orfertilizer shops) Sugar A utensil Aluminium foil Try making your very own smoke bombs with this simple experiment and have loads of fun trying them out with your friends. INSTRUCTIONS Take a unit of measurement and measure out 3 parts of potassium nitrate and 2 parts of sugar
You will need: Rose petals or petals ofother flowers that you like Eucalyptus leaves Cloves Orange or lemon treeleaves Mint leaves Rubbing alcohol (availableat a chemist) Small jars and a spoon Paper towel Ear-bud Perfume making is one of the oldest forms of chemistry. Impress your friends by making natural perfumes from these simple ingredients.
Chapter 10 St. Swithin’s CollegeNottingham UniversityNewark-on-Trent Nottingham October 21, 1934 Professor Franklin Caldwell,Care of British ScientificExpedition,Hillah, Mesopotamia. My dear Professor:The five clay tablets from your recent excavation in the ruins of Babylon arrived on the same boat with your letter. I have been fascinated no end, and have spent many pleasant hours translating their inscriptions.
You will need: q Empty plastic bottleq Funnel or paper formedinto a funnelq Balloonq Baking sodaq ½ cup of vinegar Next time you have a party, challange some of your friends into blowing a balloon without using their mouths or a pump. When all of them are stumped, show them this experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Take half
You will need: q Soapy water (with liquidsoap and water)q Freezerq Plateq Straw What if you could freeze a bubble and see how it looks? Well, it is not easy to do, but is definitely worth the patience and time involved. INSTRUCTIONS Take the straw or your bubble wand and dip it into the soapy
You will need: 4 tablespoonfuls ofbaking soda 1 litre white vinegar Transparent bowl Disposable utensil Gas stove Fridge Hot ice or sodium acetate is a cool science experiment you could perform and amaze your friends and adults. INSTRUCTIONS Take 1-litre of vinegar in a disposable utensil. To the vinegar, very little at a time add
You will need: q A small transparentbottleq Food colourq Water (normaltemperature)q Bowl of hot waterq Bowl of cold waterq Strawq Clayq Index card and pencil Try this fun experiment to make your very own thermometer at home. Understand how water molecules expand and contract with a change in temperature. INSTRUCTIONS Take a small transparent bottle
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Chapter 9 The hungrier one becomes, the clearer one’s mind works— also the more sensitive one becomes to the odors of food.Tarkad, the son of Azure, certainly thought so. For two whole days he had tasted no food except two small figs purloined from over the wall of a garden. Not another could he grab
Chapter 8 Old Banzar, grim warrior of another day, stood guard at the passageway leading to the top of the ancient walls of Babylon. Up above, valiant defenders were battling to hold the walls. Upon them depended the future existence of this great city with its hundreds of thousands of citizens.Over the walls came the
Chapter 7 Fifty pieces of gold! Never before had Rodan, the spearmaker of old Babylon, carried so much gold in his leather wallet. Happily down the king’s highway from the palace of his most liberal Majesty he strode. Cheerfully the gold clinked as the wallet at his belt swayed with each step—the sweetest music he
Chapter 6 A bag heavy with gold or a clay tablet carved with words of wisdom; if thou hadst thy choice, which wouldst thou choose?”By the flickering light from the fire of desert shrubs, the sun-tanned faces of the listeners gleamed with interest.“The gold, the gold,” chorused the twenty-seven.Old Kalabab smiled knowingly.“Hark,” he resumed, raising
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