Kitchen Science Experiments

Inverted Bucket

Have a bucket full of water upside down over your head, and stay dry!

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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!

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Make an Infra Red Camera

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

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Straw Oboe

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

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Levitating plastic bags

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

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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.

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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.

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Stopping fogging

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

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Strange Textures

Confuse your sense of touch with this very easy experiment

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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?

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Jumping Flames

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

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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.

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Build your own Compass

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

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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.

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Make your own Electromagnet

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

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