Kitchen Science Experiments

DIY Photovoltaic Solar cell

Find out how to build your own solar cell, it may not solve the world's energy problem, but it is made from recycled components.

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Water Pressure

Do a classic experiment to show why dams have to be so high and submarines so strong.

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Wind in a bowl - convection

Make your own model weather system in a bowl of water.

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Dancing Raisins

Make raisins dance in front of your eyes using nothing more sophisticated than some fizz.

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Fun with filters

One of the most basic ways of cleaning water is to use a filter. If you fancy getting a little dirty then why not have a go?

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Pepper's Ghost

Confuse your friends with ghostly candles, and find out how it is related to Victorian theater and fighter aircraft

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Exploding Film Canisters

Find out how to make a mini-explosion using a film canister, and how your explosion relates to real explosives, like gunpowder.

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Melting Ice with Salt

We were asked why councils don't use seawater to melt ice on the roads, so why not find out the answer with an experiment?

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Swapping Sounds

Completely confuse your sense of direction using a couple of hose pipes and some funnels...

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How fast is a sneeze?

This time of year coughs and sneezes are a common complaint, but just how fast is a sneeze.

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Cycle Centrifuge

Use a bike and some salad dressing to find out how blood is separated and how nuclear fuel is made.

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Build your own airbrush - Applying Bernoulli

Find out how to build an airbrush to produce beautifully smooth paint finishes, and what it has to do with a car engine.

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Margarine Planets

Use a tub of ordinary margarine to model how a planet forms, and to explain why we get different types of meteorite.

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Shelless Eggs

Make a bizzare shelless raw egg in this easy experiment.

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Build your own helicopter

Build your own helicopter using just a piece of card, some tape and a few pencils.

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