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Kitchen Science ExperimentsThe Naked Scientists: Science Radio & Science Podcasts |
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Burning Iron - Igniting wire woolYou don't really think of iron as being particularly flammable, but as this experiment shows, get it hot enough, and it will burn away. | |
Microscopic Laser Shadow ImagingJust using a simple laser pointer you can see microscopic creatures far too small for the human eye to detect. | |
Stiffening Paper Clips - Metallurgy in the kitchenDo some metallurgy in your kitchen, and thoroughly change the prperties of a paperclip | |
Balancing Brooms - finding the centre of massHow to keep a broom balanced on your fingers, while moving them, without even trying! | |
Bashing balloons - why balloons suddenly stop.This is an experiment you have probably done by accident bash a balloon really hard, does it behave as you expect? | |
 Snap bracelets from tape measures - Bistable structuresMake a snap bracelet from an old tape measure | |
Magnetic Fingerprinting - Reading a Credit CardMagnetic Fingerprinting - see the data which is stored on the magnetic strip of your credit card. | 
Stringy and bobbly spit - why spit beadsInvestigate some of the strange properties of a fluid you are very close to - spit. |
Superconducting LevitationOne of the most bizarre and beautiful pieces of physics is superconductivity |  Mysterious forces - Eddy CurrentsHere is a lovely little experiment you can do if you can get hold of a small rare earth supermagnet. Using just a couple of tubes you can produce surprising forces. |
The Potato ArchThe Arch is an ancient piece of technology that is still common today. If you have a potato or another root vegetable, why not have a go at building one. | 
Why is your breath sometimes warm and sometimes coldWhy do you blow on your fingers when you touch something hot, but if you breath out slowly your breath feels warm? |
How does popping candy work?Popping candy or pop rocks is a strange sort of children's sweet which seems to explode inside your mouth we try to investigate what is going on. | 
Cloud ChamberA really classic physics experiment that helped to understand some of the most fundamental particles in the universe. |
Laser diffractionMake strange patterns using a laser pointer and use them to discover a fundamental property of light |  Wallpaper paste volcanoes - why some volcanoes go bang!Some volcanoes go off bang whilst others just ooze rapidly - this experiment shows why... |
Bubble Colours - Interference ColoursMake beautiful nanoscale structures using nothing more sophisticated than the washing up... | 
TEA Laser - How lasers workThe homemade UV TEA nitrogen laser is very dangerous, but useful to understand how a basic laser works. |
Can Bees Fly? - Insect AerodynamicsThere is an urban myth that 'science' says that a bee can't fly - so we thought we should look into it. You can try too with just a pond and your hand... |
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