KIDS 4 HAVING FUN
🎇Experiments🎇
For the big minds in little kids
Remember to check out the How It Works🎇 section of each experiment.
Play dough
I have a few play dough recipes, but if you have one-please send {chat box or kids4havingfun@gmail.com} I'd love to include it in here!
Orange Fiz
What you'll need
An Orange
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
Instructions
Cut the orange into slices or peel separate into sections
Dip a slice or section into the baking soda
Take a bite! As you chew, it should start to bubble in your mouth
How it works​ 🎇
When acids and bases mix, you get some exciting chemistry! Oranges and other citrus fruits are filled with citric acid. It is a safe acid, and it’s what gives oranges, lemons, and limes their sourness. Baking soda is a base, the opposite of an acid. It’s also safe, but doesn’t taste very good on it’s own, and will give you a tummy ache if you eat a lot of it. As the citric acid and baking soda mix, it makes millions of carbon dioxide bubbles, the same gas you breathe out, and the same one that makes soda so fizzy.
Pepper vs Soap
#1 way to teach kids about germs
What you'll need
Black pepper
Soap
Water
Bowls
Instructions
1. Add the water to the bowl.
2. Sprinkle the pepper on the water — really cover it, as the more pepper there is, the more dramatic the experiment will be.
3. Try and see what will happen when you dip your hands in the bowl (nothing will happen).
4. Try and see what if you puts a dab of liquid dish soap on your fingertips and put it in. The pepper will scatter away from your finger!
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How it works​ 🎇
Water has a high surface tension. The pepper floats on top of the water, but when you add the soap, the surface tension breaks…and the pepper scatters!
Storm in a Glass
What you'll need
Shaving cream
A large glass
water
Food coloring
A spoon
Instructions
Fill the glass 1/2 full with water
Spray some shaving cream on top of the water to fill the glass to ¾ full.
Use your finger or a spoon to spread the shaving cream evenly over the top of the water. The top of the shaving cream should be flat.
Mix ½-cup water with 10 drops of food coloring in a separate container. Gently add the colored water, spoonful by spoonful, to the top of the shaving cream. When it gets too heavy, watch it storm!
How it works​ 🎇
Clouds in the sky hold onto water. They can hold millions of gallons! The layer of shaving cream is our pretend cloud in this experiment. The shaving cream layer can also hold onto water. Clouds can’t keep storing more and more water forever, eventually they get too heavy. When that happens, the water falls out (precipitates) as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
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