Physics Experiments

Coke Can Eruption

Does tapping the top of a can keep you safe from a fizz eruption?

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How fat would you have to be to stop a bullet?

Have you ever wondered how fat you would have to be to stop a bullet with your belly? We went to the Cavendish Laboratory to find out...

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Magnetic Cereal

Find out about one of the things that make up your breakfast cereal using a magnet.

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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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Red Cabbage Litmus

Make some cabbage juice and find out it's unexpectedly colourful properties.

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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 its end and stay there? Find out how in this experiment.

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Making a Mess with Milk

Make something really quite unpleasant out of milk and find out what it has to do with cheese.

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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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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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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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Lemonade Volcano

You may have heard about the Mentos and Coke experiment, find out how to make an erruption with a drinks bottle, and what it has to do with volcanoes.

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Fire Piston

You may have noticed that if you pump up a bicycle tyre your pump gets hot, we find out why, and do a slightly more extreme version

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Electric Slime

Make some seemingly normal slime that behaves very strangely with electricity

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Stimulating Arteries

Ben visited Dr Brian Callingham to find out what an artery can do with the appropriate stimulation.

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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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Freezing lemonade bottles

In this cool experiment you can freeze a bottle of lemonade in front of your eyes.

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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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Custard Fireballs

How the size of what is burning can affect how it burns. We compared burning logs, twigs, paper and custard powder.

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Strange Glows from Sugar

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

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Why sodium street lights make things look orange

Many people are familiar with the phrase 'as sure as eggs is eggs', but can we be as sure that orange is orange? It turns out that the answer is no, and to reveal why, Anna and Dave go to Cottenham to carry out some Kitchen Science with enthusiastic helpers Luke and Alice.

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How a Smoke Detector Works

Most people think radiation is a bad thing, but if you take a look inside a humble smoke detector, you'll find that its radiation that's keeping us alive. However, you should NOT attempt to open the radioactive compartment of a smoke detector as close-up exposure to the radiation could be dangerous.

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Why sausages split lengthways

Although it's freezing in England right now, on the other side of the world the sun is shining. So in honour of the sun-drenched Antipodes, Derek goes for a BBQ at the house of our very own Ozzie Hugh Hunt.

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The mysterious workings of the common dishwasher

If you've ever wondered why some plates dry quicker than others - this kitchen science is for you. This week Derek and Hugh Hunt are with Ali and Sandy, trying to investigate how we can purchase plates that speed up our washing cycle!

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The Science of Energy in the Gym

If you've ever wondered how much energy you are capable of putting using your own body and whether that's enough to power the appliances around you - this kitchen science is for you. This week Derek, Dave and Ali are in a gym trying to investigate how many houses Ali can power using her own and whether it would be worthwhile to hook the nations gyms up to the electricity grid. Imagine having to cycle to watch your TV!

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