Make a Big Dry Ice Bubble

What you'll need:

Water
A large bowl with a lip around the top
(a smaller bowl or cup will work too)
A strip of material or cloth
Soapy mixture for making bubbles
(water and some dishwashing liquid
should do the trick)
Dry ice - one piece for a cup, more for
a bowl. Places where adults can buy
dry ice include large grocery stores
and Walmart. Butchers and ice cream
stores might have some too.

Safety first! Be careful with dry ice as it can

cause skin damage if not used safely. Adults
should handle dry ice with gloves and avoid
directly breathing in the vapor.

Instructions:

1. Place your dry ice in the bowl and add some water (it should start looking like a
spooky
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/images/experiments/dryicebubble260.jpgcauldron).
2. Soak the material in your soapy mixture and run it around the lip of the bowl
before dragging it across the top of the bowl to form a bubble layer over the dry
ice.
3. Stand back and watch your bubble grow!

What's happening?

Dry ice is carbon dioxide (CO2) in its solid form. At temperatures above -56.4 C (-69.5
F), dry ice changes directly from a solid to a gas, without ever being a liquid. This
process is called sublimation. When dry ice is put in water it accelerates the sublimation
process, creating clouds of fog that fill up your dry ice bubble until the pressure becomes
too much and the bubble explodes, spilling fog over the edge of the bowl. Dry ice is
sometimes used as part of theater productions and performances to create a dense
foggy effect. It is also used to preserve food, freeze lab samples and even to make ice
cream!
Make an Easy Lava Lamp

What you'll need:

Water
A clear plastic bottle
Vegetable oil
Food coloring
Alka-Seltzer (or other tablets that fizz)

Instructions:

1. Pour water into the plastic bottle until it is around

one quarter full (you might want to use a funnel
when filling the bottle so you don't spill anything).
2. Pour in vegetable oil until the bottle is nearly full.
3. Wait until the oil and water have separated.
4. Add around a dozen drops of food coloring to the
bottle (choose any color you like).
5. Watch as the food coloring falls through the oil and
mixes with the water.
6. Cut an Alka-Seltzer tablet into smaller pieces
(around 5 or 6) and drop one of them into the
bottle, things should start getting a little crazy, just
like a real lava lamp!
7. When the bubbling stops, add another piece of
Alka-Seltzer and enjoy the show!

What's happening?

If you've tried our oil and water experiment you'll know that the two don't mix very well. The oil
and water you added to the bottle separate from each other, with oil on top because it has a lower
density than water. The food coloring falls through the oil and mixes with the water at the bottom.
The piece of Alka-Seltzer tablet you drop in after releases small bubbles of carbon dioxide gas
that rise to the top and take some of the colored water along for the ride. The gas escapes when
it reaches the top and the colored water falls back down. The reason Alka-Seltzer fizzes in such a
way is because it contains citric acid and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate), the two react with
water to form sodium citrate and carbon dioxide gas (those are the bubbles that carry the colored
water to the top of the bottle).

Adding more Alka-Seltzer to the bottle keeps the reaction going so you can enjoy your funky lava
lamp for longer. If you want to show someone later you can simply screw on a bottle cap and add
more Alka-Seltzer when you need to. When you've finished all your Alka-Seltzer, you can take
the experiment a step further by tightly screwing on a bottle cap and tipping the bottle back and
forth, what happens then?
 FOAMY FOUNTAIN
What you'll need:

A clean 16 ounce plastic soda bottle

1/2 cup 20-volume hydrogen peroxide liquid (20-volume is a 6%
solution, ask an adult to get this from a beauty supply store or hair
salon)
KMNO4
3 Tablespoons of warm water
Safety goggles

NOTE: The foam will overflow from the bottle, so be sure to do this
experiment on a washable surface, or place the bottle on a tray.

Instructions:

1. Hydrogen peroxide can irritate skin and eyes, so put on those

safety goggles and ask an adult to carefully pour the hydrogen
peroxide into the bottle.
2. Add water in a plastic bottle, then add 8 tbsp of KMNO4.
3. Add 1tbsp of dishwashing liquid
4. Then add H2O2
 Rain cloud in a jar science experiment
What you need
1 x jar
tap water
shaving foam
blue food colouring
pipette or glass dropper (if your food colouring doesn't have one)

Instructions:

ill your jar about three quarters full

with water from the tap.
Use the shaving foam to create a
cloud on top of the water.
Let the foam settle a bit.
Now drop food colouring into the
'cloud'. As your cloud fills up, the food
colouring will fall down into the water
creating a rain-like effect.

How do clouds work?

Clouds are formed when water vapor
rises into the air. When the vapour hits
cold air, it turns back into droplets of water. Those tiny drops of water floating in the air
collect and "stick" together to form clouds. When clouds get so full of water that they can't
hold any more, the water falls back to the ground as rain.

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 MAKE YOUR OWN ROCK CANDY

What you need

A wooden skewer (you can also use a clean wooden
chopstick)
A clothespin
1 cup of water
2-3 cups of sugar
A tall narrow glass or jar

Instructions
1. Clip the wooden skewer into the clothespin so that it
hangs down inside the glass and is about 1 inch (2.5
cm) from the bottom of the glass. (as shown)
2. Remove the skewer and clothespin and put them aside for now.
3. Get a helpful adult!
4. Pour the water into a pan and bring it to boil.
5. Pour about 1/4 cup of sugar into the boiling water, stirring until it dissolves.
6. Keep adding more and more sugar, each time stirring it until it dissolves,
until no more will dissolve. This will take time and patience and it will take
longer for the sugar to dissolve each time.Be sure you dont give up too soon.
Once no more sugar will dissolve, remove it from heat and allow it to cool for
at least 20 minutes.
NOTE: While it is cooling, some people like to dip half of the skewer in the
sugar solution and then roll it in some sugar to help jump start the crystal
growth. If you do this, be sure to let the skewer cool completely so that sugar
crystals do not fall off when you place it back in the glass.
7. Have your friendly ADULT carefully pour the sugar solution into the jar
almost to the top. Then submerge the skewer back into the glass making sure
that it is hanging straight down the middle without touching the sides.
8. Allow the jar to fully cool and put it someplace where it will not be disturbed.
9. Now just wait. The sugar crystals will grow over the next 3-7 days.
10. Want colored rock candy? Add food coloring to your sugar water and make
sure that it is pretty dark in color for the best result.

How does it work?

When you mixed the water and sugar you made a SUPER SATURATED SOLUTION.
This means that the water could only hold the sugar if both were very hot. As the
water cools the sugar comes out of the solution back into sugar crystals on your
skewer. The skewer (and sometimes the glass itself) act as a seed that the sugar
crystals start to grow on. With some luck and patience you will have a tasty
scientific treat! Enjoy!
 MAKE A BALLOON ROCKET

You will need

1 balloon (round ones will work, but the longer airship
balloons work best)
1 long piece of kite string (about 10-15 feet long)
1 plastic straw
tape

What to do
1. Tie one end of the string to a chair, door knob, or other
support.
2. Put the other end of the string through the straw.
3. Pull the string tight and tie it to another support in the
room.
4. Blow up the balloon (but dont tie it.) Pinch the end of the
balloon and tape the balloon to the straw as shown above.
Youre ready for launch.
5. Let go and watch the rocket fly!

How does it work?

So how does it work? Its all about the airand thrust. As the
air rushes out of the balloon, it creates a forward motion called
THRUST. Thrust is a pushing force created by energy. In the
balloon experiment, our thrust comes from the energy of the
balloon forcing the air out. Different sizes and shapes of
balloon will create more or less thrust. In a real rocket, thrust
is created by the force of burning rocket fuel as it blasts from
the rockets engine as the engines blast down, the rocket goes
up!
MAKE PLASTIC MILK

You will need

One cup of milk
4 teaspoons of white vinegar
A bowl
A strainer
Adult help

What to do
1. Ask your friendly adult to heat up the milk until it is hot, but not
boiling
2. Now ask the adult to carefully pour the milk into the bowl
3. Add the vinegar to the milk and stir it up with a spoon for about a
minute
4. Now the fun part, pour the milk through the strainer into the sink
careful it may be hot!
Left behind in the strainer is a mass of lumpy blobs.
When it is cool enough, you can rinse the blobs off in water while
you press them together .
Now just mold it into a shape and it will harden in a few days.
Cool!

How does it work?

Plastic? In milk? Well, sort of. You made a substance called CASEIN. Its
from the latin word meaning cheese. Casein occurs when the protein
in the milk meets the acid in the vinegar. The casein in milk does not
mix with the acid and so it forms blobs. True plastics, called polymers,
are a little different. If you want to make a true plastic and learn more
about polymers, try the Homemade Slime experiment. Have fun!
 HOW TO MAKE SLIME METHOD 1

You will need

* 1/4 cup of water
* 1/4 cup of white craft glue (like Elmers glue)
* 1/4 cup of liquid starch (used for clothes)
* Food coloring (optional)
* Mixing bowl
* Mixing spoon

What to do
1. Pour all of the the glue into the mixing bowl.
2. Pour all of the water to the mixing bowl with the glue.
3. Stir the glue and water together.
4. Add your food color now about 6 drops should do it.
5. Now add the liquid starch and stir it in.
6. It should be nice and blobby by now. As you play with your slimy
concoction, it will become more stretchy and easier to hold.
7. Explore your slimy creation and store it in a zip bag when you are
not using it.

How does it work?

The glue is a liquid polymer. This means that the tiny molecules in the
glue are in strands like a chain. When you add the liquid starch, the
strands of the polymer glue hold together, giving it its slimy feel. The
starch acts as a cross-linker that links all the polymer strands together.
 Make Slime with Glue and Borax

You will need

Elmers glue (most kinds of white craft glue will work)
2 disposable cups
Food coloring (you pick the color)
Water
Borax Powder (available at most large grocery stores near the laundry
detergent)
A plastic spoon (for stirring)
A tablespoon (for measuring)

What to do
1. Fill one small cup with water and add a spoonful of the Borax powder and
stir it up. Then set it aside.
2. Fill the other small cup with about 1 inch (2.5 cm) of the glue.
3. Add three tablespoons (20 ml) of water to the glue and stir.
4. Add a few drops of the food coloring and stir it up until mixed.
5. Now the fun partAdd one tablespoons of the Borax solution you made
earlier and stir well. Watch the slime form!
6. After the slime forms let it sit for about 30 seconds and then pull it off the
spoon and play with it!
7. Tip: Keep your slime in a tightly closed plastic bag when you are not playing
with it, and keep it away from carpet and your little sisters hair.

How does it work?

Now for the SCIENCE part. This POLYMER is unique because it has qualities of
both a solid and a liquid. It can take the shape of its containers like a liquid does, yet
you can hold it in your hand and pick it up like a solid. As you might know, solid
molecules are tight together, liquid molecules spread out and break apart (drops)
POLYMER molecules CHAIN themselves together (they can stretch and bend like
chains) and that makes them special. Jell-O, rubber bands, plastic soda bottles,
sneaker soles, even gum are all forms of polymers. The polymer you made should be
kept in a sealed plastic bag when you arent playing with it. Also, be sure to keep it
away from young kids or pets who might think its food. Have fun!