I found this great science experiment for kids about magnetism. It teaches your children how to make a compass. All you need is a bowl, some water, a pin, a magnet, and a cork.
Just rub the pin along the magnet in the same direction 20 times. Do NOT rub back and forth since it destroys the magnetism you are trying to create. Push the pin through the cork and put it in a non-metallic bowl filled with water. It should line up with the Earth's magnetic poles.
Would you try this one?
Donna
While looking for more great science experiments for kids and ran across this site called Science Made Simple. They go into some detail on how electricity works, which I found useful for me and the kids, and helped me understand the projects better. I got this from the site: "Everything around us is made of atoms. Scientists so far have found only 115 different kinds of atoms. Everything you see is made of different combinations of these atoms."
One of the experiments is Swinging Cereal. You need a clean comb, Cheerios, and your kid's hair or some wool. You comb your kid's hair (the comb should be cleaned to remove any oils first) or rub it against some wool, then touch it to the Cheerio until it moves away from the comb.
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Donna
For this experiment you will need; balloons, paper funnel, baking soda, vinegar, and a small clean empty bottles.
To try it, start by adding three teaspoons of baking soda to each balloon with the funnel. Next add vinegar to each bottle, fill them to about 1/3 full. Then stretch the end of the balloon over the mouth of the bottle and let the baking soda drop into the bottle. The chemical reaction should cause a gas that will blow up the balloon.
Why does that happen? The article explains it this way “The vinegar mixes with the baking soda to create a chemical reaction that produces carbon dioxide gas. The
gas then blows up the balloon.”
Very neat.
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Donna
I found a wonderful web site called kids-science-experiments.com that has easy science experiments for kids.
To do the experiment just use the markers to color a circle near the bottom of the paper. Then dip the bottom edge in water that has been placed into the pan. Watch what happens to the circle you colored when the water spreads to it.
There are so many fun easy experiments to do that will amaze even the youngest of scientists.
What do you think?
Donna
