Funscienceexperiments - Fun And Easy Science Experiments For Kids

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Materials: 1.granulated sugar 2.food coloring 3.stovetop safe container 4. Cream of tartar 5.candy thermometer 6.light corn syrup 7.water 8.adult 9.aluminum foil pan 10.measuring utensils

Steps: 1. First, add one and three forts of sugar in the stove top safe container 2. next, add 1 cup of water 3.then, add half a cup of corn syrup 4.next, add 1/8 teaspoon of cream of tartar 5.then, combine all the ingredients 6. Next, slowly heat the heat the mixture at a low boil while stirring 7.then, keep the mixture add a low boil and please a candy thermometer in the container. 8.next, keep the mixture boiling until the temperature reaches 300 Fahrenheit 9.then, pour the mixture into the foil pan 10.next, add food coloring to the pan and spread the colors 11.finally, let the mixture cool until hardened.

Lesson: This experiment is used in candy making. When you add corn syrup, it prevents the sugar from re-crystallizing. The cream of tartar separates the sugar crystals into glucose and fructose, which are simple sugars. The light that passes through the translucent sugar glass will take the colors from the food coloring you choose

Materials: 1. A D size battery 2. Paper clips 3. 3 feet of thin coated copper wire 4. A 3 inch large iron nail

Steps: 1. First, leave 8 inches of wire at one end and wrap most of the rest of the wire on the nail ( do not overlap the wires). 2. Next, leave 8 inches of wire at the other end of the nail. 3. Then, remove an inch of the plastic coating from both ends of the wire and attach one end of the wire to one end of the battery and the other wire to the other end of the battery. 4. Finally, put the nail near the paper clips and it should pick them up!

Lesson: Magnets that cannot be turned off like ones on our refrigerators are called permanent magnets. Since the magnet we made can be turned off and on, it is known as an electromagnet. They run on electricity and are only magnetic when the electricity is flowing through the wires, which has the molecules in the nail attract to the metal paper clips.

NASA announced Tuesday the discovery of an unprecedented number of planets beyond our solar system — astronomers have confirmed the existence of 1,284 new worlds orbiting distant stars.

These planets beyond our solar system — exoplanets — were discovered with the help of NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, which launched in 2009.

“When NASA decided to build and launch the Kepler Space Telescope, we did not know if exoplanets — especially small, rocky exoplanets — were common or rare in the galaxy,” says Paul Hertz, director of the Astrophysics Division at NASA Headquarters. “We now know that exoplanets are common, that most stars in our galaxy have planetary systems, and that a reasonable fraction of the stars in our galaxy have potentially habitable planets.”

NASA Spots 1,284 New Planets, Including 9 That Are ‘Potentially Habitable’

Photo: W. Stenzel/NASA

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Materials: 1. 9" balloon 2. CD 3. water bottle pop-top cap 4. A hot glue gun 5. Push pin Steps: 1. First, cover the center hole of the CD with a piece of tape and poke 6 holes in the tape with a push pin. 2. Next, use the hot glue gun to glue the cap to the center of the CD. 3. Then, blow up the balloon and pinch its neck. 4. Next, make sure the pop-top is closed and fit the neck of the balloon over the pop-up portion of the cap. 5. Finally, put the craft on a smooth surface and pop the top open. Lesson: The air flow created by the balloon causes a cushion of moving air between the disc and the surface. This lifts the CD and reduces the friction, which allows the CD to hover.

The human brain in comparison with those of other animals. The diverse yet unified pattern of nature never fails to amaze me.

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The new class of NASA astronauts if finally gender-balanced: 50% are women. What’s more — this class might be the one that gets to fly to Mars. (📷: @glamourmag)

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