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Kitchen Science Experiments

Seeing Remotes


If you have ever wondered how a remote control communicates with a TV? Well here is your chance to see them chatting away!

Make an Infra Red Camera


See the world from a completely different point of view using an old webcam and some exposed film.

Straw Oboe


Can a drinking straw be a musical instrument? Here is how to make a very simple if annoying oboe.

Levitating plastic bags


Amaze your friends by making a piece of plastic levitate using nothing more sophisticated than a party balloon.

Butter Side Down


Are you the sort of person who finds that whenever you knock some toast off the table it ends up butter side down. Find out if the toast gods are unhappy with you, or if there is something more scientific going on.

Flying Tubes


Make an old kitchen,or toilet, roll tube fly and find out what it has to do with David Beckham's free kicks.

Stopping fogging


We show you how to stop your mirrors, glasses windows etc. from fogging up in one easy step.

Strange Textures


Confuse your sense of touch with this very easy experiment

When to add the milk


We were asked whether if you are going to leave your tea for a while should you add the milk at the start or end of your wait? Which way gives the hottest tea?

Jumping Flames


Make a flame jump several centimetres using just a humble candle.

Magnets and TVs


In a 'only do at home if you don't like your TV' experiment find out what a TV has in common with a particle physics experiment.

Build your own Compass


Build your own navigational aid from stuff you could find in your kitchen.

Waterproof Hanky


A handkerchief is not something you think of as very waterproof. Find out how waterproof a hanky can be and how this helps make coats waterproof yet breathable.

Make your own Electromagnet


Make yourself an electromagnet powered by a small battery and find out some of the mysteries of magnetism.

Separating Books


Using nothing but a tiny bit of friction stick two books together so you can't pull them apart.

Warping Wineglasses


Amaze your friends at a party by making some really strange sounds from a wineglass.

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