Kitchen Science Experiments

The Secret Sounds of the Oven Shelf

The kitchen has always seemed an unlikely place to find a musical instrument - until now. This week Derek and Dave are with Matt and Nick at Hinchingbrooke School in search of the hidden harmonies of the oven shelf. Prepare to be amazed!

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How does sun cream work?

With the summer holidays approaching, Derek and Dave head off to Hinchingbrooke School to find out why wearing the white stuff is the cool thing to do.

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How to make Ugali

This week Kitchen Science travels all the way to Tanzania to find out how to make ugali, the staple food of Tanzania and other parts of East Africa.

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How to extract DNA from a kiwi fruit

You've heard about DNA, but have you ever seen any? This week Derek and Lucy extract DNA from Kiwi fruit using just simple kitchen items.

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Catching Insects with Pitfall Traps

Set a pitfall trap for some of the wild animals in your garden, using just an old plastic cup, and investigate the fascinating world of bugs.

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Freezing Objects in Liquid Nitrogen

Derek and Chris cool down various objects down to about -196°C and discover their properties have radically changed.

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Matchstick Boats and Surface Tension

Build matchstick boats that will zip across a water surface, just powered by soap.

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Making Music with Harmonics

Wendy has a look at what happens when you spin a pink tube around your head.

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Sounds from a Mug

Make some quite perplexing sounds with a common coffee mug, and a pen.

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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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