Kids are natural chemists. They love to mix things together and see what happens. My kids call it making potions. They would pull every powder and liquid they could find out of the pantry, pour a little bit of everything
Hot and Cold Chemistry
Circadian Rhythms
Last week the 2017 Nobel Prize winners in six different categories were announced. This month I continue to write about the winning projects in the science fields – physics, medicine & physiology and chemistry. The 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry
Eureka! Soap Boats
Note: This is the part of a series of posts about science activities to be done in the bathroom – the lav-oratory if you will. I sat down today to create a new business card since it’s been over 5 years since I’ve had
How to Grow a Food Scrap Garden
Next time you head to the grocery store, hang out in the produce section for a while. How many foods do you see with roots still attached? In fact some of the foods, like potatoes and carrots, ARE roots! And
Self Folding Plastics – Shrinky Dinks, the Next Generation
As you might know I’ve been working on a book of 365 (!!!) science experiments. In doing research for a project I cam upon some work on self-folding plastics being done at NC State University. My first though was– I
Just Another Static Monday – May the Force be with you
This post is part of a series of static electricity activities. Check out the whole series! For a brief discussion of static electricity basics, check out the first post. Have you ever wished you could control the motion of objects with
Eureka! X-Ray Tube
Note: This is the part of a series of posts about science activities to be done in the bathroom – the lav-oratory if you will. Have you ever wished you could see through walls or inside your birthday gift before you were supposed to
Mardi Gras Inertia Beads
Mardi Gras means partying, parades, king cake and of course beads. Lots of beads. And if you have kids the beads are probably their favorite part. Instead of tossing them after the kids have lost interest, try this simple (and
Magnus Flyer
Have you seen the video of Harlem Globetrotter Buckets Blakes making the highest basketball goal off the top of the Tower of the Americas in San Antonio yet? 583 feet high! The shot was made to commemorate World Trick Shot
Bottle Flipping Science
If you have a middle school kid you know about bottle flipping. You are fed up with bottle flipping. You will lose your flipping mind if you hear another bottle flip. Since your kids are flipping out already, why not