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_{Part 1} _{Part 2} Crystals on a piece of wool Make some strange crystals on a piece of string with things you would find at home.	_{Part 1} _{Part 2} How you could drink your own urine safely? If you were trapped on a desert island with nothing to drink what would you do? We show you how to purify various unappetising liquids...
Stopping fogging We show you how to stop your mirrors, glasses windows etc. from fogging up in one easy step.	_{Part 1} _{Part 2} Why Does Bubble Bath Change Colour We were asked why it is that Mr Matey bubble bath changes colour when you mix it with water. We did an experiment to find out, and you could find out too!
_{Part 1} _{Part 2} Floating a Needle Float steel on water with nothing more sophisticated than a piece of toilet paper.	Cup Fountain Make a fountain, and some fascinating patterns with a polystyrene cup and a piece of carpet.
Coke Can Eruption Does tapping the top of a can keep you safe from a fizz eruption?	Cloud in a bottle Build your very own weather system in a bottle, and find out how the same principle can make it rain.
Water Fibre Optics Use a bottle of water and a torch to bend light around corners, and find out what this has to do with the internet.	Freezing lemonade bottles In this cool experiment you can freeze a bottle of lemonade in front of your eyes.
Build a Lava lamp Build a cool lava lamp using just materials from yor kitchen and find out how a real one works.	Matchstick Boats and Surface Tension Build matchstick boats that will zip across a water surface, just powered by soap.
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.	How does a submarine work? Using just a penlid, some plasticine and a lemonade bottle, to find out what principle submarines work on.
Why is the sky blue? Build a model atmosphere in your kitchen and use it to find out why the sky is blue.	Mixing two fluids of different densities Make some pretty patterns by mixing different fluids.

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