Hot Science Experiments Posts
How To: Make a penny glow
Here is a fun science project that makes Abraham Lincoln glow! Make a penny glow.
How To: Demonstrate the force of air pressure
Put a Ruler Under Pressure. Mad Scientist Jack Martin will show you how to perform this simple experiment to demonstrate the force of air pressure. Demonstrate the force of air pressure.
How To: Make iron oxide or rust
This will teach you how to make rust or iron oxide.
How To: Trick your sensory system with a rubber hand
Watch how you can trick your brain by stroking a fake rubber hand and your real hand at the same time.
How To: Build a homemade telescope
There is no greater, simpler pleasure than having a picnic with your boyfriend or girlfriend at night in a deserted park while gazing at the night sky. Unfortunately, you probably can't see much of the night sky anymore because of all the light pollution in the city.
How To: Experiment with a mobius strip
This video shows you how to make and experiment with a mobius strip. There is no magic used with this strip.
How To: Zoom into human skin
Explore the inner workings deep inside your skin. Watch this video to understand this visually stunning wonderment!
How To: Zoom into a clay pot
Explore the atomic structure of clay. Understand this visually stunning view.
How To: Zoom into aluminum
Explore the atomic structure of aluminum. Understand this visually stunning wonderment!
How To: Understand how odor and taste effects animal mating
Watch this video to understand how odor and taste drives the mating behavior of much of the animal kingdom.
How To: Zoom into the eye of a fruit fly
This atomic zoom takes you deep into the eye of a fruit fly. Understand this visually stunning wonderment.
How To: Zoom into a human eye
Take a journey deep into the details of a human eye, all the way down to the atomic level. Understand this visually stunning wonderment.
How To: Zoom into a kernel of corn
Take a wild journey into the structures and molecules that comprise a piece of corn. Understand this visually stunning wonderment!
How To: Zoom into lice
Take a journey into a louse, a tiny bug clinging to a human hair. Explore the inner workings of this nasty beast. Understand this fascinating wonderment!
How To: Understand mating practices of dominant female animals
The animal kingdom is a vast landscape of bizarre behaviors. Watch this video to understand the mating practices of intense dominant female animals.
How To: Zoom into the cellulose of wood
Explore the veins and structures that create the cellulose of wood. Understand this visually stunning wonderment.
How To: Understand mating in the animal world
The ritual battles for dominance is a key factor in which animals get to have intercourse and which do not. Eventually someone wins and carries on their genes. Understand this example of survival of the fittest.
How To: Explore the atomic structure of a tooth
Infinitely zoom into a tooth to discover its atomic composition. Understand this incredible, visually stunning wonderment.
How To: Explore the atomic structure of a carbon fiber
The atomic world that makes up a carbon fiber bicycle is visually stunning. Understand this wonderment with this cosmic zoom to the atomic level.
How To: Explore the atomic composition of steel
Watch this video to go deep into the molecular and atomic makeup of steel. Understand this visually stunning wonderment.
How To: Make elephant's toothpaste
A science project/trick video showing how to make an easy version of elephant's toothpaste, with materials that everyone has around the house.
How To: Light candles with a microwave oven
Say you're hosting a birthday party and the birthday girl's cake needs to be lit up, but you've just run out of matches. What to do? While you can certainly go to the store and purchase more, doing so would take at least half an hour (an eternity to wait for little kids), it's probably easier to make a flame with what you've got at home.
How To: Make a lava lamp
This video shows you how to make your own lava lamp.
How To: Make plasma in your microwave with cork, fire & glass
Stick a lit match in a cork, cover it with glass and set it on styrofoam in the microwave. NO2 is produced immediately, so don't breath it in.
How To: Make Glow Sticks
Wired Science teaches you the science behind glow sticks by showing you how you can make your own with chemicals that you can obtain.
How To: Suck an egg into a bottle
This amazing experiment demonstrates how atmospheric pressure will push an egg into a bottle. A great science experiment for children. Suck an egg into a bottle.
How To: Put an oil bubble in alcohol and water
Cool experiment with oil, water and alcohol. You must see! Put an oil bubble in alcohol and water.
How To: Make a coin spin inside a balloon
Mad scientist Jack Martin shows us how a coin spins inside a balloon. This experiment is easy to do but it'll give you hours of fun. Make a coin spin inside a balloon.
How To: Make a simple bulb thermometer
Learn how to make a bulb thermometer out of simple household items.
How To: Get an egg into a milk bottle
Learn the science behind what makes the hard-boiled egg get sucked into the milk bottle.
How To: Make soap souffle in the microwave
See what happens to a regular bar of soap when you nuke it in the microwave.
How To: Extinguish a candle without blowing on it
This video shows one way to put out a candle without blowing on it, or in fact, touching it at all! It may not be efficient, but it's still pretty cool. Extinguish a candle without blowing on it.
How To: Build a simple electric motor
Great professional tutorial, on how to build an electric motor and how it works.
How To: Understand magnetic levitation
This video describes how the cool technology of superconductors in magnetic levitation works
How To: Make magic rainbow milk
Though your kids will think this "rainbow" milk looks really cool and will instantly want to consume it, doing so may not be the best idea. That's because in order to create this rainbow milk you'll need to mix in color additives and very non-edible soap.
How To: Demonstrate atom halving using noodles
A clip from Philip Morrison's 1987 PBS program "The Ring of Truth: Atoms" featuring chef Kin Jing Mark making noodles to demonstrate the principle of halving.
How To: Catch coins falling from your elbow with inertia
Catch Coins Falling From Your Elbow. Find out how to catch a stack of coins before it falls to the ground. Mad Scientist Jack will show you how inertia makes it possible. Catch coins falling from your elbow with inertia.
How To: Create patterns with frequency
Watch these cool patterns created using frequency (A process known as cymatics).
How To: Make a compass with a magnet & cutting board
In this video you will learn a very easy way to make a compass with just a magnet and a cutting board.
How To: Make hydrogen
In this video series, our expert Michael Raines will teach you how to make hydrogen. He will talk to you about why hydrogen is important, and show you all the supplies and tools you'll need to make hydrogen. Michael will also show you different type of containers for making hydrogen, he'll show you some stainless steel arrays, and teach you how to assemble the electrical connections for your hydrogen making rig. Make hydrogen - Part 1 of 17.