Recent questions tagged experiments

Description : Experiment to help my nephew! Which direction do you see this dancer spinning?

Last Answer : I saw that spinning counterclockwise for the first 10 or 15 seconds, then the other way around (i was doing math right before looking at it then i started reading the text and it started going the other way ... side). I'm right handed in everything except eating (i use the knife with my left hand).

Description : Bending Water with Static

Last Answer : Bending Water with Static Here's an easy and fun science experiment that's great for helping kids learn about static electricity. Try bending water with static electricity produced by combing your ... ) towards the stream, it attracts the water's positively charged particles and the stream bends!

Description : Invisible Ink with Lemon Juice

Last Answer : Invisible Ink with Lemon Juice Making invisible ink is a lot of fun, you can pretend you are a secret agent as you keep all your secret codes and messages hidden from others. All you need ... ink can also be made using chemical reactions or by viewing certain liquids under ultraviolet (UV) light.

Description : Make an Egg Float in Salt Water

Last Answer : Make an Egg Float in Salt Water An egg sinks to the bottom if you drop it into a glass of ordinary drinking water but what happens if you add salt? The results are very interesting and can teach ... water, they will not have mixed, enabling the egg to amazingly float in the middle of the glass.

Description : How To Make Sound Experiments

Last Answer : Wave Characteristics: Sound travels as a compression wave through the air. The fact that the sound can travel a long distance while the air molecules themselves travel only a short distance can be demonstrated ... fork on the bone behind the ear. Finally, bite the handle for a really LOUD sound.

Description : How To Make Laser Experiments

Last Answer : The Red Spot Visible Laser Diodes (VLDs) and Helium Neon (HeNe) lasers both produce a brilliant red spot at great distances. You can do some very annoying things using this property, ... are generated. They appear as warped netting, fine structured traceries of clouds or alien atmospheric phenomena.

Description : How To Make Experiments With Dry Ice

Last Answer : SAFETY NOTE: NEVER PLACE dry ice into a closed container such as a soda bottle. The bottle can explode with a loud bang, damaging your eardrums. Loose plastic, such as the bottle cap, may fly off, ... or use earplugs, just in case the container bursts. Don't do the experiment in a glass container!

Description : Heat Transfer Experiments

Last Answer : Heat transfer experiments are basically experiments that deal with temperature, its characteristics and qualities. Heat transfer experiments are done for many purposes, but mainly to do investigations on the ... three are learned, it helps to have a better understanding of heat transfers as well.