Kitchen Science Experiments

Vortex Cannon

If you have ever been too laxy to get up and blow out a candle a few feet away, then we might have the answer.

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Does a mint make your mouth cold?

Does a mint actually make your mouth cold? And for that matter does chilli make it hot? We try and find out.

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Colours in CDs

You may have noticed funky colours in CDs before, but where do they come from and why do they look different if you look at different lights?

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Glowing tape

Find out how to make ordinary sellotape glow in the dark, and how it has been used to make an X-ray.

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Ghostly Windows

Make you and a friend seem to appear and dissapear or even stand in the same place, just using a piece of glass.

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The Trebuchet

Build your very own medieval siege machine out of odds and ends you can find lying around the house

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Glueing glasses

Stick two glasses together using the power of hot air.

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Motor learning

Confuse your brain using a mouse. And Ben tries to throw a ball from a differnt perspective.

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Grape Plasmas

Create plasmas from a humble grape in your microwave.

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Rebounding Drop

An experiment you can carry out using a cup of tea and a little milk

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Steam Powered Can Crusher

How to use the power of the atmosphere to crush your drinks cans for you...

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Heat shrink

Find out what happens if you heat rubber, and what it has to do with crisp packets and shrink wrap.

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Fizzes from peroxide

Use the power of catalysis to create oxygen and relight a piece of wood, and we give the same reaction a more explosive twist.

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Impaling Potatoes

If you have ever wondered how to impale a potato with a straw? Then this experiment is for you...

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Whirling forces

Use whirling tennis balls to lift weights and find out what centrifugal force is.

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