Things we do in the lab, and things we're thinking about doing
Resources:
- Snap Circuits! (circuits and electricity) 1-10-13
- potions and lotions 12-12
- Melting Chocolate (states of matter/temperature) *9/13*
- Making Quicksand (density plus viscosity)*9/27* 10-11 http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/experiments/quicksand.html
- Testing to see if your body is left side or right side dominant (human anatomy)
- Making music with water (vibrations)
- Edible Slime 10-25
- Make a LAVA LAMP (chemical reactions)
- Making Egg Float in Water (density)
- Rolling cars on ramps, comparing times (showing how the steepness of the ramp affects the cars time
- Parachutes (different sizes have different fall times)
- Rock candy*****
- Testing the ph of household substances, what they mean**
- Lemon voltage
- Salty, sweet, sour and other different tastes (exploring the taste buds in your mouth)***
- Sense day and do something with each of 5 senses
- Taste testing without smell (testing senses)Blowing Up Balloons (using CO2 from chemical reaction)
- Make Glowing Water (UV light + phosphors)
- Stabbing Potatoes with straws (air pressure)
- Food coloring in hot/cold water (watching molecules)
- Gravity Free Water (air pressure)
- Bucket Spinning (water doesn’t fall out of bucket b/c of first law of motion)
- Science: Its a girl thing (website)
- robotics, engineering
- natural pigments
- Taffy
