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Science is fun at the Children’s website! Here you’ll find instructions for easy experiments to do at home and at school.

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Red cabbage litmus paper

Make your own litmus paper to test household substances and see whether they are acid or base.

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Marblized Paper

Marblized paper

Create beautiful papers while you learn why oil and water don’t mix.

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Indicator egg

Indicator egg

A fun experiment using red cabbage soaked eggs to explore acids and bases.

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Static electric snake charmer

A fun experiment using static electricity to make a tissue paper snake come alive!

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Box Kite

Box Kite

Build a box kite inspired by Australian inventor Lawrence Hargrave. A perfect project for the summer holidays.

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Christmas crystal decoration

Christmas crystal experiment

A science experiment to create crystals for your Christmas tree.

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Balloon Universe

Balloon Universe

Watch the universe expand before your eyes!

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Solar System Chalk Trail

Solar system chalk trail

Understand distances between the planets in our solar system.

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Jet Balloon Rocket

Jet balloon rockets

Discover lift, thrust and drag.

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Marshmallow Space Face

Marshmallow space face

Feel the power of compressed air.

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Pinhole Sun Viewer

Pinhole sun viewer

Discover the strange science of seeing.

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Spaced Out Colour

Spaced out colour

Why does the sky appear blue from the earth? And how do different lightwaves create different colours?

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Solar System Mobile

Solar system mobile

Create all the planets of our solar system in a mini mobile.

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Solid Liquid

Is it a solid or a liquid?

Explore the amazing properties of corn flour by simply adding water and make your own corn flour slime!

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Shake It

Shake it!

What happens when you shake a jar of cream? Yes, you get a tired arm! But what else?

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Chemistry Cake

Bake a chemistry cake

What happens to your cake when you leave out key ingredients – oil, egg or baking powder?

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Slime

Super Slime

Slippery slimy goo for you!

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Spinning Egg

Amazing spinning egg!

Spin an egg and watch as you make it stand on its end!

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Explosive Fun

Explosive fun!

Create some explosive fun with baking soda and vinegar!

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