Experiments

Weird, wonderful and wacky experiments that will dazzle your friends and family
Build a solar oven

Build a solar oven

Cook a tasty treat using sunlight!
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Make your own drinks cooler

Make your own drinks cooler

Can you really make a paper fridge?
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Star Wars Science: Experiment 1

Star Wars Science: Experiment 1

Be Han Solo with a homemade blaster sound effect
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Make a plant obstacle course!

Make a plant obstacle course!

Can a potato get through a maze?
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Make a spud gun

Make a spud gun

Ready...aim...fire that potato!
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Build your own bug palace!

Build your own bug palace!

Can you make a creepy-crawly hotel and attract some guests?
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Make your own yoghurt

Make your own yoghurt

Another tasty science treat
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Gloopy oobleck

Gloopy oobleck

Is it a liquid or a solid?
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Take a deep breath

Take a deep breath

How much air can your lungs hold?
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Make an air rocket

Make an air rocket

3...2...1...blast off!
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Somewhere over the rainbow...

Somewhere over the rainbow...

Learn about density and make a rainbow in a glass
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Can you make something roll uphill?

Can you make something roll uphill?

Defy gravity!
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Make your own fire extinguisher

Make your own fire extinguisher

Use chemistry to put out a fire.
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Spinning eggs

Spinning eggs

Have a go at this egg-speriment!
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Make a teabag fly

Make a teabag fly

You'll never look at teabags in the same way again
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Make a cloud in a bottle

Make a cloud in a bottle

Control the clouds!
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How do animals stay warm in winter?

How do animals stay warm in winter?

It's cold outside. How do animals keep warm?
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Halloween Science - Frankenstein!

Halloween Science - Frankenstein!

This Halloween try being Dr Frankenstein and generate your own electricity! (Warning - this experiment does NOT help you to bring anything back to life...)
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Are your eyes playing tricks on you?

Are your eyes playing tricks on you?

Try these experiments to find your blind spot and understand the way your eyes work.
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Fizzy lemonade

Fizzy lemonade

If life gives you lemons...
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Singing Rod

Singing Rod

Can you make aluminium sing?
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Down the drain

Down the drain

Does where you are in the world affect water swirling around your plughole?
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Does your nose really know?
Be a smell scientist!

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Can you make a rainbow disappear?
You can now...with a Newton colour wheel.

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Have you heard the one about a chemist who was reading a book about helium and just couldn't put it down?

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