Dominoes – Uranium chain reaction – Chemisty
You can't really do an experiment using uranium, because it is radioactive and if you experimented with uranium it would make you sick or kill you. So to see how a chain [...]
You can't really do an experiment using uranium, because it is radioactive and if you experimented with uranium it would make you sick or kill you. So to see how a chain [...]
Steel soup can To see how tin keeps a steel can from rusting, get an empty can. A can from canned green beans or canned peaches or something like that would [...]
A hard-boiled egg To check out some sulphur for yourself, take an ordinary chicken egg and hard-boil it for about twelve minutes. Then break it open and smell the yellow [...]
Steam escaping from a tea kettle To see water turning into steam, boil some water in a pot. When it boils, do you see the steam? What does the steam [...]
Sodium exploding on contact with water You really shouldn't experiment with sodium at home, because it blows up. When sodium touches water, it mixes with the water so that two [...]
Sand castle by the ocean If you want to see some real silica, go to the beach or to a playground with a sandbox. Beach sand (which is also what [...]
Candles burn carbon using oxygen You can do experiments to show that you need oxygen for a fire to burn. Light a candle, and when it is burning well, put [...]
A jug of nitrogen fertilizer It's pretty easy to see just how much a plant needs nitrogen to grow. Just take any two plants (they could be small house plants, [...]
Unfortunately, you should not play around with mercury because it can be poisonous. It's hard to get these days anyway, now that they don't sell mercury fever thermometers anymore. But you can [...]
Lead weights used for fishing How heavy is lead? See for yourself how heavy lead weights are. Go to a sports store and get some small lead fishing weights (make sure [...]