by Aurora Lipper | Jul 29, 2013 | Homeschool Science Curriculum Resources, Science Experiments
Can we really make crystals out of soap? You bet! These crystals grow really fast, provided your solution is properly saturated. In only 12 hours, you should have sizable crystals sprouting up. DO NOT EAT!!! Keep these crystals out of reach of small kids, as they look...
by Aurora Lipper | Jul 22, 2013 | Homeschool Science Curriculum Resources, Science Experiments
This is one of those ‘chemistry magic show’ type of experiments to wow your friends and family. Here’s the scoop: you take a cup of clear liquid, add it to another cup of clear liquid, stir for ten seconds, and you’ll see a color change, a state change from liquid to...
by Aurora Lipper | Jul 15, 2013 | Homeschool Science Curriculum Resources, Science Experiments
We’re going to create the fourth state of matter in your microwave using food. Note – this is NOT the kind of plasma doctors talk about that’s associated with blood. Plasma is what happens when you add enough energy (often in the form of raising the...
by Aurora Lipper | Jul 8, 2013 | Homeschool Science Curriculum Resources, Science Experiments
Did you know that supercooled liquids need to heat up in order to freeze into a solid? Supercooling a liquid is a really neat way of keeping the liquid a liquid below the freezing temperature. Normally, when you decrease the temperature of water below 32 degrees...
by Aurora Lipper | Jul 1, 2013 | Homeschool Science Curriculum Resources, Science Experiments
Sparks flying off in all directions…that’s fun. In this lab, we will show how easy it is to produce those shooting sparks. In a sparkler you buy at the store, the filings used are either iron or aluminum. The filings are placed in a mixture that, when dry, adheres to...
by Aurora Lipper | Jun 24, 2013 | Homeschool Science Curriculum Resources, Science Experiments
This is the kind of thing I wish I had back in grade school. I could have launched these across the room without anyone being the wiser. Be sure to fold the nose down securely, or you’ll have air leaks (and no launch!)
