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levitating water

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  Become a water bender!   Materials: 1. Baking pan, dinner plate 2. Water 3. Tea light candle 4. Matches 5. Empty glass jar that fits over the candle. Step 1: Fill a baking pan (or dinner plate) with about ½ inch of water. Place a tea light candle in the water. Step 2: Light the candle. Be careful to do this on a fireproof surface. Also,  blow out the match and dip it in the water to completely cool it off. Step 3:  After the candle has been burning for about a minute, invert a glass  jar and place it over the candle. Watch what happens. The Science Behind It: When the candle is burning, the hot gas above it expands. As you place  the jar over the top of the candle, the oxygen in the jar will allow the candle to  burn for a few seconds. After the candle goes out, the gas in the jar will rapidly  cool down. As the gas cools down, the volume of gas goes down and the water  rises. If the candle is floating, it will levitate with the water surface. This is what we call as the effec
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Bounce an egg

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Bouncing an egg with no magic, however science!              Materials: 1. Raw egg 2. Clear glass 3. Vinegar 4. Spoon 5. Plate or shallow bowl. Step 1: Gently place a raw egg in a clear glass. Step 2: Fill the glass to about 1 inch (2.54 cm) above the egg with vinegar. Step 3: Watch what happens as the egg is in the vinegar. What do you observe? The bubbles point out a chemical response is taking place. It will take about two days to rubberize your egg, so find a vicinity where the glass can remain undisturbed for that long. Step 4: Remove the Rubber Egg from the vinegar with a spoon. Rinse it off in the sink and place it on a plate or in a shallow bowl. Step 5: Push your fingertip into it. What does it feel like? You can drop it from few inches onto the plate and watch it strive to bounce. You should thoroughly wash your arms when performed seeing that Rubber Eggs (and raw eggs) can dangle onto some nasty germs. The Science Behind It : The calcium of t
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pepper science experiment

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Make pepper hate you!    Materials: 1.  Bowl 2.  Water 3.  Pepper 4.  Toothpick 5.  Liquid soap Step 1: Fill a bowl with water. Sprinkle pepper throughout the top of the bowl. (This is a perfect use for the little paper pepper packets you get from restaurants, but a pepper shaker will additionally work.) Step 2: Dip a toothpick with the aid of the floor of the water to the bottom of the bowl. What do you observe? Step 3: Pull the toothpick out of the water. Now dip one provide up of the toothpick into some liquid soap. Put the soapy cease of the toothpick into the water and watch what happens. The Science Behind It: The pepper flakes will go with the flow on pinnacle of the water. Pepper is hydrophobic, meaning pepper is no longer attracted to water. Pepper, in contrast to salt, will through no capability dissolve in water. The pepper floats on the “skin” of the water created by using way of ground tension. Although the smooth toothpick penetrates the
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