Dancing Milk Show A popular experiment among young scientists, a dish of milk is made to dance through a rainbow performance! Follow these simple steps to create the magic! Duration: 5-10 minutes First, the experimenters must gather a list of items for the activity. STEP 1 You will need: Milk Cotton swab A dish Paper…
\The recent resurgence of slime toys has been winning the hearts of children all around the world. It is possible to form your very own version of the gooey delight right from the comforts of your home. So, get ready, put on your lab coats, gather the right ingredients and be in for a laboratory-scale…
Pigments are important in the lives of all organisms, most especially plants. Pigments in the leaves of plants are called chlorophyll. There are different types of plant pigments: • Anthocyanins—red chlorophyll • Carotenoids—orange or yellow • Green chlorophyll—the most common type of chlorophyll Chlorophyll is a key ingredient in the process of photosynthesis. Through this…
Our planet and our bodies are composed mainly of water. That is why we need water to survive. We get water from the food and drink we take in every day. What if you go to a place where you are uncertain of the water’s quality? This is where water purification steps in. When you…
KNOWLEDGE TO DRINK This is a project that enables you to create a drink, from which you can acquire great knowledge about the density of liquids. You can go ahead and drink the healthy concoction as well when you’re finished. What you need: • Baster or an eye dropper • A clear, narrow tumbler or…
When a strange light brightened the sky of our planet 2.6 Million years ago, it stayed there for weeks and even months. The event was known as a supernova, 150 light years from the Earth. A century after what happened, a huge wave of energy from the star that exploded could have damaged our atmosphere.…
WORSENING CLIMATE CHANGE There have been repeated claims that global warming went on “pause”. Newly published studies disprove this. According to a group of international climate researchers, there was never any statistical proof of this global warming pause. In their conclusion, the interval could be a misalignment of expectations and observations from established climate models.…
You know yeast as an ingredient in baking bread and pizza. Once it is mixed with water and sugar, it forms bubbles in the liquid. That is because the yeast has just been activated. It produces gas. In this project, you will harness that gas and use it to fill a balloon. What you need:…
One of the earliest activities we engaged in when we first got into astronomy is the same one we like to show our children just as soon as their excitement about the night sky begins to surface. That is the fun of finding constellations. But finding constellations and using them to navigate the sky is…
It’s hard to say when in our lives each of us become aware of this thing called “astronomy”. But it is safe to say that at some point on our lives, each and every one of us has that moment when we are suddenly stunned when we come face to face with the enormity of…