Cabbage
Juice - pH indicator
Make your own acid/base indicator by boiling red cabbage. Use
the juice to pH-test different fluids.
Chemistry
101 for Pound Cakes
In order for a cake to rise, it must have a leavening agent to
make the batter increase in volume. Most of the cakes use carbon
dioxide, which is released from the baking soda or baking powder
in the recipe.
A
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe for Chemists
The following recipe for chocolate chip cookies appeared in Chemical
& Engineering News (June 19, 1995). It was attributed to
Jeannene Ackerman. Enjoy!
The Extreme Diet
Coke & Mentos Experiments
What happens when you combine 200 liters of Diet Coke and over
500 Mentos mints? It's amazing and completely insane.
Homemade Glue from Milk
With this experiment you can make surprisingly good glue from common kitchen items.
How
Spud Guns Work
It's all about expansion of gases. In this article, we will examine
the science behind spud guns' ability to fire potatoes over long
distances. We will also discuss other uses for spud guns as well
as safety and legal issues.
Making
Invisible Ink Appear
Using milk, baking soda, lemon juice or other food sources to
make invisible ink. Which works best?
Science is Sweet
Most people already know about the mentos and soda trick, but here are a few more fun science experiments you can do with your mom. And they involve treats, which just makes them even more compelling. And scientific, it's all in the name of science.
Quick
and Easy Kitchen Chemistry Experiments You Can Share with Your
Kids
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Science. And yes, there are better, more successful ways
to learning science. Let's mix up chemicals that bubble, ooze,
freeze, and change colors.
Soda
Can Cannon
This is a fun experiment, relying on pressure inside a plastic
bottle to shoot a cork several dozen feet into the air. Parental
supervision is recommended.
The Sugar
Cube Page
Includes The burning sugar cube trick and The floating
sugar cube trick.
Sunkist
Kids Experiments
Experiments and recipes using oranges and lemons. From Sunkist.
Testing
for Starch
In chemistry, many substances change color due to reactions with
other substances. An example of this is iodine. Iodine turns
blue whenever it is combined with starch.
Twinkies Test
This is a series of experiments done during finals week by a
bunch of Rice U. students. A humorous look at experiments to
reward you for sticking with me this far.
Water
to Wine
The magician taps the edge of a glass of water with a wand and
quickly pours it into an empty wine glass, and voila! The water
is instantly changed into red wine. Pouring the wine into a third
container changes it back into water.