Funscienceexperiments - Fun And Easy Science Experiments For Kids

This is a homopolar motor.

It’s really easy to experiment with at home. It is driven by the Lorentz force - the force which is exerted by a magnetic field on a moving electric charge. When a battery is placed on top of a magnet, and a wire then connects the top of the battery back down to the magnet, the circuit is complete.

Students in our Summer Schools were making these the other day. This one won the ‘most creative design’ competition <3

Not all shadows are black. The Colored Shadows exhibit is a discovery of the colors hidden in white light. Red, green and blue spotlights shine on a wall. The wall is white because red, blue and green light combine to make white light. These colors are often called the additive primary colors. As you walk (or dance) between the lights and the wall, your body casts three different shadows. 

Materials: 1. Funnel 2. Baking Soda 3. 1/2 Cup of Vinegar 4. Small Balloon 5. Empty Plastic Bottle Steps: 1. First, pour the vinegar into the bottle. 2. Next, use the funnel fill the ballon with half of baking soda. 3. Then, put the neck of the balloon all the way over the neck of the bottle without letting any baking soda into the bottle. 4. Finally, lift the ballon up so that the baking soda falls from the balloon into the bottle and mixes with the vinegar. Lesson: The baking soda, a base, and vinegar, an acid, create an acid base reaction and carbon dioxide. Since gases take a lot of room to spread out, the carbon dioxide fills the bottle and, thus, inflates the balloon.

How to make a lava lamp in a cup! Instructions here.

Clever Octopus Vanishes Into Homemade Quicksand

This little guy is giving Harry Houdini a run for his money.

This is a homopolar motor.

It’s really easy to experiment with at home. It is driven by the Lorentz force - the force which is exerted by a magnetic field on a moving electric charge. When a battery is placed on top of a magnet, and a wire then connects the top of the battery back down to the magnet, the circuit is complete.

Students in our Summer Schools were making these the other day. This one won the ‘most creative design’ competition <3

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

How To Make A Rocket For Less Than A Dollar

You can use sugar and kitty litter to make a rocket that shoots up over 2,300 feet (700 meters). And it cost less than $0.50 to make. Learn how: http://bit.ly/1G0hn8O

Scientists have discovered that hard coral likes eating plastic because it’s tasty to them. More research is needed to figure out why exactly and how it affects them. [Alex Seymour, Duke University]