Food Experiments

Coke Can Eruption

Does tapping the top of a can keep you safe from a fizz eruption?

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Magnetic Cereal

Find out about one of the things that make up your breakfast cereal using a magnet.

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Jamming Rice

Find out how to pick up a jar of rice without touching the jar, and what it has to do with holes in the road.

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Red Cabbage Litmus

Make some cabbage juice and find out it's unexpectedly colourful properties.

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How to tell if your egg is raw

Find out whether your egg is raw or not without having to break it open.

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Make an Egg Stand on End.

Could you make an egg lift up on it's end and stay there? Find out how in this experiment.

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Making a Mess with Milk

Make something really quite unpleasant out of milk and find out what it has to do with cheese.

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Racing Jam Jars

Race Jam Jars down a slope and find out that all things don't allways fall at the same speed.

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Lemonade Volcano

You may have heard about the Mentos and Coke experiment, find out how to make an erruption with a drinks bottle, and what it has to do with volcanoes.

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Freezing lemonade bottles

In this cool experiment you can freeze a bottle of lemonade in front of your eyes.

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Seeing the invisible

Carbon Dioxide is an invisible gas that amongst other things we breath out. In this experiment you can see it.

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Strange Glows from Sugar

How to make strange unearthly glows by torturing sugar cubes...

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Why sausages split lengthways

Although it's freezing in England right now, on the other side of the world the sun is shining. So in honour of the sun-drenched Antipodes, Derek goes for a BBQ at the house of our very own Ozzie Hugh Hunt.

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The Chemistry of Coppers

If you've ever wanted your money to have a little extra shine, you can give it a new lease on life using just ordinary stuff you can find in your kitchen! This week Dave is live in the studio, investigating what happens if you put your copper coins into various liquids. Unfortunately, you can't drink your cola afterwards!

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Lifting Ice Cubes

If you've ever wondered why we salt the roads in Winter time - this kitchen science is for you. This week Dave is live in the studio, trying to investigate what happens when you add some salt to an icecube!

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Simulating Meteor Strikes

Using confectionary to simulate some of the most violent events in the solar system.

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