61 Creative Chemistry Experiments

You will need: Tarnished piece orpieces of silver Pan or dish (should bedeep enough to immersethe silver completely) Aluminium foil to coverthe bottom of the dish Hot (nearly boiling) water(to fill the dish) Baking soda (add ½ cup ofbaking soda for 8 cups ofwater) Next time, your mother takes the household silver to the jeweller […]

You will need: q 2-3 cups of iron-fortifiedbreakfast cerealq Strong magnetq Zip lock plastic bagq Water Next time you are about to eat your favouritebreakfast cereal, why not test it, whether it isactually fortified with iron (as the box says), or not? INSTRUCTIONS Pour the cereal into a plastic bag which can be sealed so

You will need: A bowl or dish withlarge surface area Water Liquid soap Cutouts of fish (madefrom cardboard) Cotton swab Work with the principles of surface tension and create your own swimming fish. Watch how your fish swims around in the water by following this simple experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Take water in a large dish, which

You will need: Raisins Colourless soft drink orsoda Transparent glass Vinegar Pour your favourite colourless fizzy drink into a glass and drop a few raisins into it. Watch them bounce about. INSTRUCTIONS Take a transparent glass and pour soda into it. You could also pour vinegar into the glass and add a bit of baking

You will need: Milk Vinegar Baking soda Water Strainer Plastic container Gas stove Pan Follow this experiment to see how you can convert your bedtime drink into glue! INSTRUCTIONS Heat 1 and a ½ cups of milk in a pan. Once it is warm, add 3 teaspoonfuls of vinegar to the milk. Keep heating this

You will need: Sponge 6 tablespoonfuls of water 6 tablespoonfuls of salt 6 tablespoonfuls of Ujalaor Robin (Detergent liquid bluing) 1 tablespoonful ofammonia Shallow dish Glue or tape Create your very own miniature Christmas tree which looks like it is covered in snow. Follow this simple experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, make the magic solution by dissolving

You will need: Potassium permanganate(your mother probablyhas it in the kitchen) Glycerin Water Dish Tablespoon Another way to amaze your friends is to ask them to try lighting a fire with water. They cannot use matchsticks either. Show your friends this cool trick which is nothing but chemistry. INSTRUCTIONS Take about 2 tablespoonfuls of potassium

You will need: q A candleq A transparent glassq Baking sodaq Vinegarq Glassq Tablespoonq Matchstick You may have poured water over a flame to put it out. But have you ever tried to pour air? Try this experiment to see how air can be poured over a flame. INSTRUCTIONS Light a candle and place it

You will need: Large empty plastic bottle 3% hydrogen peroxide(available at any chemist) 1 packet of active dryyeast Food colour 3 tablespoonfuls of warmwater Liquid soap Almost each of us has tried squishing a toothpaste tube just to see all that toothpaste squirt out for fun. But imagine what it would look like if someone

You will need: Glass bowl Bubble wand 1 cup of regulardish-washing liquid soap ½ cup of corn syrup(light or darksyrup will do) Spoon Bubbles are fun, but they are also extremely fragile. What if you could make gigantic bubbles which did not pop. Follow this simple experiment to find out. INSTRUCTIONS Take a glass bowl

You will need: Bowl Alcohol or fuel oil Baking soda Sugar (preferablypowdered sugar Lighter Even though the name sounds scary yet this experiment is quite a lot of fun. Black snakes or glow worms, as they are also called, are small tablets, which when ignited produce long black snakes of ash. INSTRUCTIONS Mix 4 teaspoonfuls

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

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.