Easy science experiments using things you already have at home

Usually, non-purified water has particles that enable ice to form, as ice needs a nucleus in order to form solid crystals. Instead, put purified water in the freezer for three hours, as it can reach a colder temperature before becoming solid, then pour this icy water slowly over a piece of actual ice, thus giving it nuclei and causing it to freeze on impact.

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Play with static energy -

Rub a balloon on your head and deliver some shocks to each other, then hold a charged up balloon next to a thin stream of water and watch it move the water.

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Put some drops of water on a hot pan -

What you’ll see is the Leidenfrost effect, a phenomenon wherein a liquid exposed to a surface significantly hotter than its boiling point produces an insulating vapor layer that keeps the liquid from boiling rapidly and instead makes it run around the pan.

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Raise water levels -

Light a small candle and put it in a plate of water, then place a jar over the candle and wait. You’ll see that the water level goes up in the jar because the air inside shrinks!

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DIY lava lamp -

Pour vegetable oil into a clear cup of water (perhaps with some food coloring), and then sprinkle salt on it to make the blob of oil move. Since oil is lighter than water but salt is not, the salt sinks down and takes some oil with it, but then the salt dissolves and the oil floats back up.

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Another lava lamp variation -

Put oil into a small amount of water with food coloring, then crumble in an alka-seltzer tablet and watch it react with the water, causing colored droplets to rise to the top where they then pop, release air, and sink back to the bottom.

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Easy science experiments using things you already have at home

Fun for the whole family

08/04/20 | StarsInsider

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There are few things more difficult than bored children, or bored adults, if we're being honest. But while it may seem like there's nothing to do at home, there are actually countless eye-opening experiments waiting to be conducted within the regular kitchen ingredients sitting in the cupboards.

Don't worry if you were more of an arts student—these science experiments are extremely easy and a ton of fun. Plus, it's a great way to spend quality time together and learn some things you may have never fully understood. Click through to see some great ideas to try.