61 Near Nature Experiments

You will need: Large bowl Small toy (to be used asthe victim) Jug of water Large box of cornstarch Understand the scary composition of quicksand and why it is so tricky to get out of it once someone has fallen in. INSTRUCTIONS Take a large bowl and add about a quarter of the cornstarch from […]

You will need: Sand Large straight stick(2 feet long) Pebbles + Chalk Large shallow dish Watch INSTRUCTIONS Take your large shallow dish outdoors and fill it with sand. Place it in an areawhere there is plenty of undisturbed sunlight. Fix the straight stick into the sand, in an upright position at the very centre ofthe

You will need: 12 pieces of coal 2 tablespoonfuls of salt 2 tablespoonfuls ofammonia 4 tablespoonfuls of ujalaor any other ‘blue’fabric whitener Food colour Glass jar Plastic plate Spoon Try turning coals into beautiful crystals with this fun experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, prepare the solution to be pouredover the coal pieces. Take the salt,ammonia and ujala,

You will need: 4 clear glasses Red and blue foodcolour 2 square pieces of cardpaper Hot water (2 glasses) Cold water (2 glasses) Understand the science behind hot springs by conducting a simple experiment using hot and cold water. INSTRUCTIONS This experiment can get messy, so perform it outdoors. Firstly, fill a glass with cold

You will need: Plastic container Rocks (limestone, sandstone, granite, etc.) Water Figure out which kinds of rocks are more prone to breaking once they have been frozen and thawed a few times with this experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Try hypothesizing with yourfriends, on which type of rock will bemost prone to breaking and crackingafter freezing. Place the

You will need: Glass bowl Knife Water Root end of springonion (could also useroot end of carrots,onions, garlic, etc.) We have tried growing plants from seeds. Now,try growing vegetables from the left-over scrap of old vegetables. INSTRUCTIONS Ask an adult to help you chop off one inch off the spring onions, from the root end.

You will need: 5 bowls 5 small index cards Warm water+sugar Marker 5 clear zip-lock plasticbags While bees do not have good vision, they do have a sharp memory. Observe these little creatures in their natural habitat and learn their habits. INSTRUCTIONS Take 5 small index cards and draw different shapes covering the entire cards

You will need: Large jar Small glass Very hot water Red food colour Plastic wrap Rubber band Knife Cold water Learn all about convection currents while conducting this simple experiment with friends. INSTRUCTIONS Ask an adult to help you pour very hot water into a small glass. Add a few drops of red food colour

You will need: 2 zip-lock bags (1 biggerthan the other) Crushed ice Salt Water Thermometer In winters, while lakes and ponds freeze over the oceans don’t. Figure out with this experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Fill the bigger zip-lock bag with crushed ice and one cup of salt. Mix it up well. Keep massaging the bag between your

You will need: 2 large pans Lots of ice cubes Sand Candle Room Oven Mittens Every time you go to a beach, there would have always been a cool breeze blowing. With this project figure out why beaches are always so breezy. INSTRUCTIONS You will need a room with no breeze.Shut all the doors, windows

You will need: Saucepan Stove Kitchen cloth or mittens Tin pie pan Hammer + nails Water Follow this simple experiment and figure out how fumaroles work. INSTRUCTIONS Ask an adult to help you. Take a tin pie pan, turn it over and ask the adult to hammer a nail into it so as to make

You will need: 2-litre bottle of water(filled) String Long sturdy stick Paper + felt pen Long sheet of paper Aluminium foil Table, Books Cello tape Create your own seismograph which will record an earthquake in the event of its occurrence. INSTRUCTIONS Tie the mouth of the bottle with a string. Be sure it won’t break

You will need: Newspaper Large wide tub + sifter Flour/White cement q Cocoa powder Small rocks (1/2 to 2inches in diameter) Measuring tape Camera 2 stools Understand how craters are formed by creating your own. INSTRUCTIONS Place the newspaper over a stool which situated a large area of the ground. Keep a large wide tub

You will need: Large sheet of whitepaper Magnifying glass Magnet Large open field with notrees or cover Weight Undertake this project to find your very own micro meteorite from space. INSTRUCTIONS This project requires a bit of patience. While micro meteorites fall from the sky every day, it is not easy to find them. Take

You will need: Clay 4 paper cups Clove 2 cardboardstrips (3″x12″) Sharp pencil with aneraser on the other end Stapler+board pin Timer Understand the workings of an anemometer while you create a simple homemade version to measure wind speed. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, colour only one of the paper cup. Take the cardboard strips and place one