Kitchen Science Experiments

Pinhole camera

Make a moving image of what is going on outside using just a cardboard box and the power of a hole.

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Images from a Magnifying Glass

Make ghostly images on a wall, just using a magnifying glass, and find out what this has to do with a camera.

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Water Fibre Optics

Use a bottle of water and a torch to bend light around corners, and find out what this has to do with the internet.

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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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Fire Piston

You may have noticed that if you pump up a bicycle tyre your pump gets hot, we find out why, and do a slightly more extreme version

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Electric Slime

Make some seemingly normal slime that behaves very strangely with electricity

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Stimulating Arteries

Ben visited Dr Brian Callingham to find out what an artery can do with the appropriate stimulation.

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Build a Hot Air Balloon

Hot air balloons are the most elegant way to fly - build one from normal kitchen materials.

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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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Custard Fireballs

How the size of what is burning can affect how it burns. We compared burning logs, twigs, paper and custard powder.

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Strange Glows from Sugar

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

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Why sodium street lights make things look orange

Many people are familiar with the phrase 'as sure as eggs is eggs', but can we be as sure that orange is orange? It turns out that the answer is no, and to reveal why, Anna and Dave go to Cottenham to carry out some Kitchen Science with enthusiastic helpers Luke and Alice.

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How a Smoke Detector Works

Most people think radiation is a bad thing, but if you take a look inside a humble smoke detector, you'll find that it's radiation that's keeping us alive. However, you should NOT attempt to open the radioactive compartment of a smoke detector as close-up exposure to the radiation could be dangerous.

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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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