Science

Experiments

 

 

Sink or Float - We filled a couple of sensory tables with water and then gave the children different items to put into the water. Before the children drop the item in, we ask them if they think it will sink or float.

 

Magic Milk - The children each have a styrofoam plate with milk that covers the bottom of it. Then we add drops of food colouring near the centre of the plate (1 drop in 4 spots). The children the dip a q-tip into liquid dish soap and then take their q-tip and dip (not stir) it around the drops of food colouring and watch what happens.

 

Lava Lamps -The children each have a baby food jar which we fill ¾ full of oil. In a separate cup we mixed the water and food colouring together and then add it to the oil in the jar; just enough to cover the bottom of the jar. Then we gave each child a ¼ tablet of alka seltzer. On the count of 3, we had the children drop their piece of tablet in the jar and watch what happens.

 

Fluffy Stuff - We mixed two boxes of cornstarch and one to two cans of shaving cream (depending on the size of the can). **The coolest part about Fluffy Stuff is how soft it is yet able to be molded.

 

Glow in the Dark Slime - First we mixed together the Elmer's glue and the 1 cup of warm water and then stir in the paint and food coloring. In a separate small bowl mix together the 2 teaspoons of borax  with 1/3 cup warm water stirring until the borax is dissolved. Then add about 2 tablespoons of the borax solution to the glue solution. You WILL NOT use all of the borax solution. Stir continuously while adding the solution.

**The more borax solution you add the stiffer the slime will be. So if you want the slime to be more runny, then add less borax solution.

**You can add more green food coloring while stirring these solutions together to get your desired color of slime!

 

List of ingredients: 

· 1 - 4oz bottle of clear or blue gel Elmer's glue

· 1 cup of warm water

· 2-3 tablespoons of glow-in-the-dark paint

· Green Neon Food Coloring (optional)

· 2 teaspoons of Borax

· 1/3 cup of warm water