Can you float a ping pong ball in mid air? According to Outreach Science Educator Jason Lindsey you can and all you need is a hair dryer. This is a great way to demonstrate wind and gravity with household objects.
Check out this demonstration from Hooked On Science to learn more about science firsthand. Bring science right to your kitchen with these creative ways to demonstrate chemistry, physics and earth science to your kids.
Make Slime Without Borax:
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Make potassium nitrate at home
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The Best Investigatory Projects in Science: 16 Fun & Easy Ideas to Kickstart Your Project
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Make fire water or "Negative X" (Zn, NH4NO3, NaCl)
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Make hydrochloric acid from salt
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Make Your Own Homemade Glow Sticks
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How Do You Balance 14 Nails on a Single Nailhead? Find Out with This DIY Gravity Puzzle
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Make simple dark green slime without borax
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There's Metal Hiding in Your Pepto-Bismol and Here's How You Extract It
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Do a simple experiment using copper wire and battery
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What Happens When You Mix Coca Cola and Milk
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Make Potassium Chlorate from Ordinary Household Bleach and Salt Substitute
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Make a Paper Plate Speaker That Actually Works for Under $1
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Make Black Snake Fireworks With & Without Fire
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Make a crazy foam explosion science experiment
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Make nitric acid
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Use baby powder to reveal latent fingerprints
Classic Chemistry:
Colorize Colorless Liquids with "Black" Magic, AKA the Iodine Clock Reaction
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Make Glow Powder Out of Household Chemicals
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Revive a drowned fly
Make Slime Without Borax:
5 Easy Recipes for Gooey Homemade Ooze
How To:
Make potassium nitrate at home
How To:
The Best Investigatory Projects in Science: 16 Fun & Easy Ideas to Kickstart Your Project
How To:
Make fire water or "Negative X" (Zn, NH4NO3, NaCl)
How To:
Make hydrochloric acid from salt
How To:
Make Your Own Homemade Glow Sticks
How To:
How Do You Balance 14 Nails on a Single Nailhead? Find Out with This DIY Gravity Puzzle
How To:
Make simple dark green slime without borax
How To:
There's Metal Hiding in Your Pepto-Bismol and Here's How You Extract It
How To:
Do a simple experiment using copper wire and battery
News:
What Happens When You Mix Coca Cola and Milk
How To:
Make Potassium Chlorate from Ordinary Household Bleach and Salt Substitute
How To:
Make a Paper Plate Speaker That Actually Works for Under $1
How To:
Make Black Snake Fireworks With & Without Fire
How To:
Make a crazy foam explosion science experiment
How To:
Make nitric acid
How To:
Use baby powder to reveal latent fingerprints
Classic Chemistry:
Colorize Colorless Liquids with "Black" Magic, AKA the Iodine Clock Reaction
How To:
Make Glow Powder Out of Household Chemicals
How To:
Revive a drowned fly
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In the early 70's there was a toy moon lander consisting of balloons simply air inflated, little plastic landing baskets you taped onto the balloon, and a handheld variable speed D-cells battery operated fan you aimed at the balloon from 3 or 4 feet, captured it with the fan with incrementally higher air speed, and the balloon could be moved from one location to another with a steady hand... Whatever happened to simple toys like that?
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