61 Super Science Experiments

You will need: 3 jars of the same size (1 empty, 1 filled with jam, 1 filled with water) Inverted wooden table Carpeted area or cushions Bet your friends to figure out which jar would win. INSTRUCTIONS Set up your ‘race track’. Invert a wooden or plastic table and place it at an angle from

You will need: Paper cup Water Carpeted area (beware, water might fall on it) Create a simple fountain of water using paper cups and understand the science behind it. INSTRUCTIONS Fill a paper cup with water, and place it on a carpeted area. Very gently, touch your fingers to the bottom of the cup and

You will need: Bottles of different sizes Water Recorder (not compulsory) Create some musical notes with a bottleand water. INSTRUCTIONS Pinching your mouth as if you are about to whistle, blow a constant stream of air onto the mouth of the bottle. Adjust the angle until you hear a musical note. Remember the angle and

You will need: 2 good-quality rubber balloons Small piece of pipe or a tube (size should be slightly larger than the mouth of the balloon) Bet your friends to get 2 balloons on a tubeof the same size. Try as they might, they can’t. INSTRUCTIONS Take a balloon and attach it to one end of

You will need: 2-litre clear plastic bottle filled with water Pen-cap Modelling clay Understand the science behind submarines with this simple experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, block the pen-cap opening with modelling clay. Then stick a 1-inch (in diameter) ball of clay on the bottom extended part of the pen-cap. Put the pen-cap and clay contraptioninto the

You will need: Crystal wineglass (or any other crystal glass) Water Create some musical notes using a wineglass. INSTRUCTIONS Pour 2 cm of water into the wineglass. Make sure your hand is not oily or greasy even a little bit. Gently dip a finger in water and slide it along the rim of the wineglass.

You will need: Drinking glass Water Tissue paper Needle Create some magic with a needle and be a master of scientific techniques. INSTRUCTIONS. Fill a glass to the brim with water. Do this slowly so that it may not spill over. Wait for a minute, and then tear the tissue paper into a thin square

You will need: Scissors 2-litre empty plastic bottle A4 sheet of paper Lampshade or unique patterned ceiling light (most likely to find in your school) A glass of water INSTRUCTIONS Ask an adult to help you cut a circular piece of plastic from just below the neck of the bottle. Fill water in this circular

You will need: 2 paperback books (make sure they are of the same size and thickness) Stick two books together without the use of glue and have a hard time pulling them apart. INSTRUCTIONS Take 2 paperback books and hold them in such a way that the open sides are facing each other and the

You will need: 2 mugs Hot tea Milk (room temperature) Thermometer When is the exact time to add milk in tea, before or after brewing tea? Figure it out with this experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Pour hot tea of the same temperature into 2 mugs. Make sure you pour the same amount intoboth cups. Add milk in

You will need: Candle with long wick Match box Create a bit of magic with pyrotechnics using simple science. INSTRUCTIONS Ask an adult to help you light a candle. Make sure the candle has a long wick. Wait for the wick to catch fire properly and the flame becomes steady. Gently ask the adult pour

You will need: A volunteer (with visible veins) Your own hand Have fun playing with your veins while youlearn something new about your anatomy. INSTRUCTIONS Ask an adult to help you get this experiment right. Place your index and middle finger on the vein of your volunteer’s hand. Pressing down on it, move only your

You will need: TV remote Radio Cell phone Have you ever been listening to the radio only to hear some weird static before you receive a call? Figure out why that happens with this experiment. INSTRUCTIONS Firstly, fidget with the radio till you reach a silent area between stations. Next get the TV remote next

You will need: An old web camera(no longer in use) Completely blackexposed negatives TV remote Simple tools (like a pencilor small screwdriver) Tape Computer INSTRUCTIONS Ask an adult to help you open the webcamera by opening the case. Once opened, the lens will be placed on a circuit board of sorts. Find a way to

You will need: Water Dish-washing liquid soap 2 empty drinking glasses Fridge INSTRUCTIONS Take an empty drinking glass and place it in the fridge to cool. Take the other glass and make a solution in it by mixing 1 teaspoonful of dish-washing liquid soap with 15 teaspoonfuls of water. Mix it well. Remove the glass