Physics Experiments

Raising Raisins

Why do raisins always rise to the top of a box of muesli?

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Cup Fountain

Make a fountain, and some fascinating patterns with a polystyrene cup and a piece of carpet.

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Jamming Rice

Find out how to pick up a jar of rice without touching the jar, and what it has to do with holes in the road.

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Measuring the Speed of Light

Measure the highest speed possible in this universe, just using objects you could find in your kitchen.

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Crisp Packet Fireworks

Produce fireworks in your kitchen, using nothing more than a crisp packet and a humble microwave.

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Cloud in a bottle

Build your very own weather system in a bottle, and find out how the same principle can make it rain.

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How to tell if your egg is raw

Find out whether your egg is raw or not without having to break it open.

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Make an Egg Stand on End.

Could you make an egg lift up on it's end and stay there? Find out how in this experiment.

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Images from a Magnifying Glass

Make ghostly images on a wall, just using a magnifying glass, and find out what this has to do with a camera.

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Pinhole camera

Make a moving image of what is going on outside using just a cardboard box and the power of a hole.

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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.

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Racing Jam Jars

Race Jam Jars down a slope and find out that all things don't allways fall at the same speed.

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Electric Slime

Make some seemingly normal slime that behaves very strangely with electricity

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Build a Hot Air Balloon

Hot air balloons are the most elegant way to fly - build one from normal kitchen materials.

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Seeing the invisible

Carbon Dioxide is an invisible gas that amongst other things we breath out. In this experiment you can see it.

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Strange Glows from Sugar

How to make strange unearthly glows by torturing sugar cubes...

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