Kitchen Science Experiments

Brownian motion in hot and cold water

Derek and Sheena visit Downham market high school to find out what effect molecular vibrations have on ink and water.

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Making music with wine glasses

Make some interesting and eerie music with wineglasses.

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How does a submarine work?

Using just a penlid, some plasticine and a lemonade bottle, to find out what principle submarines work on.

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Why is the sky blue?

Build a model atmosphere in your kitchen and use it to find out why the sky is blue.

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Mixing two fluids of different densities

Make some pretty patterns by mixing different fluids.

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Decoding a computer generated voice

Listen to strangely distorted voices and see if you can understand them.

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Hurricanes in a Lemonade Bottle

Build a minature hurricane in a lemonade bottle and find out why it happens.

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Cornflour and Gravy

Thickening liquids using the power of cornflour

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Strange Cornflour Slime

Is it a solid or is it a liquid? Make a really strange mixture and find out how it behaves.

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Cooling Glow Sticks

See what happens to a glow stick when you cool it down, and find out why this is important to snakes.

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Butter from cream

FInd out what happens to cream if you whip it, and the consequences of whipping it slightly too much.

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An Invisible Fire Extinguisher

Put out fires without using water, using an invisible fire extinguisher which won't stain the carpet.

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Boiling Yoghurt Pots

Discover the strange things that happen to a yoghurt pot if you heat it up, and find out what is going on.

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Making Pyrex Invisible

Make a glass bowl disappear, using the power of vegetable oil.

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