OTHER FUN SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS

WEIRD KITCHEN SCIENCE . WAYS TO MAKE GOO . EDIBLE EXPERIMENTS . COOL EXPLANATIONS         These experiments range from pre-school level to high-school and above. Always read through the directions before you begin and heed all safety precautions, especially adult supervision!   WHICH IS DIET?   If you are ever in a foreign country and don't know which can of drink is the sugary one, here is a way to find out.   BUTTER-SIDE DOWN  Are you the sort of person who finds that whenever you knock some toast off the table it ends up butter side down. Find out if the toast gods are unhappy with you, or if there is something more scientific going on.   LEMON-POWERED IPOD  There have been various spoof films showing how to charge your ipod using fruit and vegetables. But is it actually possible? Find this out along with how a battery works.   RAISING RAISINS   Why do raisins always rise to the top of a box of muesli?   MAGNETIC CEREAL  Find out about one of the things that make up your breakfast cereal using a magnet.   COKE CAN ERUPTION  Does tapping the top of a can keep you safe from a fizz eruption?   JAMMIN'RICE  Find out how to pick up a jar of rice without touching the jar, and what it has to do with holes in the road.   RED CABBAGE LITMUS TEST   Make some cabbage juice and find out it's unexpectedly colourful properties.   MAKE AN EGG STAND ON END  Could you make an egg lift up on it's end and stay there? Find out how in this experiment.   MAKING A MESS WITH MILK  Make something really quite unpleasant out of milk and find out what it has to do with cheese.   HOW TO TELL IF YOUR EGG IS RAW  Find out whether your egg is raw or not without having to break it open.   BUILD A  CRYSTAL GARDEN  Build a really cool crystal garden using salt, and watch it grow.   COLORFUL CELERY  Capillary action in action.    A FUN ACID-BASE EXPERIMENT FROM PBS ZOOM  Unites the red cabbage litmus test and penny polishing experiments.   MAKING NAKED EGGS  A naked egg is an egg without a shell. Using vinegar, you can dissolve the eggshell—without breaking the membrane that contains the egg.  Major cool!   EXPERIMENTING WITH NAKED EGGS  Dissolve the eggshell—without breaking the membrane that contains the egg. Then use your naked egg to experiment with osmosis, the movement of water across a membrane.   SUPERCOOLED WATER DROPS  Touch supercooled water drops with an ice crystal and trigger them to freeze instantly.  During candy making, a single sugar crystal can cause an entire batch of sugar syrup to crystallize, just as a single ice crystal in this activity causes an entire water drop to freeze.   GOODNESS GRACIOUS! GREAT BALLS OF GLUTEN   Why is gluten so important? Without it, there would be nothing to hold the gas that makes bread rise.   YEAST AIR BALLOONS  The purpose of any leavener is to produce the gas that makes bread rise. Yeast does this by feeding on the sugars in flour, and expelling carbon dioxide in the process.   KOSHER DILL CURRENT  High energy prices got you down? Discover how pickles can ease your troubles.   PICKLE LAB - MAKING VIRTUAL PICKLES!  Fun, interactive , colorful.   THE SCIENCE OF MEAT: THE MAILLARD REACTION  Cook amino acids and sugar and discover the range of aromas released!   SCAVENGER HUNT: LOOKING FOR ANIMAL BYPRODUCTS IN EVERYDAY ITEMS  Meat is not the only thing we get from animals that we eat. Learn about some common consumer goods and the meat by-products that are often found in them. FIND THE FAT: HOW MUCH FAT IS IN GROUND BEEF?  Fat is a very important component in our diet. It's the most efficient source of energy in our bodies, and plays an important role in the flavor of foods. Here's an experiment you can try to see just how much fat is in ground beef. MAKE A SALT SCULPTURE  Salt is a crystal that can be nurtured to grow in many different directions and shapes.   CHART YOUR SENSE OF TASTE  Take a tour of your tongue and chart the results of your taste tests.   THE DIET COKE AND MENTOS EXPERIMENT   What happens when you combine 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints? It's amazing and completely insane.  See an amazing video!  You can do this on a smaller scale, of course.   MAKE GLUE FROM MILK  Make glue from common kitchen supplies, then test it.   MAKE INVISIBLE INK   There are are several ways to make invisible ink.  Here you will find a few different recipes for making your own invisible ink and how it works.   THE BURNING SUGAR CUBE TRICK   Place a sugar cube on a fireproof surface (an ashtray, for example). Challenge your mark to set it on fire using a match. They won't be able to do it.  But you will know how to do it.       THE FLOATING SUGAR CUBE TRICK   You can make a "trick" sugar cube that will sink in a cup of hot liquid, then float without dissolving.   TESTING FOR STARCH   Test various foods with iodine.   MAKE A YEAST AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE VOLCANO   Here's how to make a safe and easy chemical volcano using two common, inexpensive household ingredients.   RAINBOW IN A GLASS DENSITY EXPERIMENT   You don't have to use lots of different chemicals to make a colorful density column. This project uses colored sugar solutions made at different concentrations.   BEND WATER WITH STATIC ELECTRICITY   When two objects are rubbed against each other, some of the electrons from one object jump to the other.  One way to collect charge is to comb your hair with a nylon comb or rub it with a balloon. The comb or balloon will become attracted to your hair, while the strands of your hair (all the same charge) repel each other. The comb or balloon will also attract a stream of water, which carries an electrical charge.   BOBBING RAISINS    Use carbonated water or soda pop and raisins to learn about density and other cool stuff.   DANCING SPAGHETTI   A bit like the bobbing raisins, but really cool to watch.   CHROMATOGRAPHY OF FOODS   Uses M&Ms, felt tip pens, Koolaid, and coffee filters.