Snap, Crackle and Pop Your Way into Science Part

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Gail Dickinsongdickinson@madison-

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1. Elephant Toothpaste

2. Shaving Cream (solid, liquid or gas)

3. Magic CandlesTeacher Materials• 2 rectangular aluminum pans• 3 glasses• Food coloring• 6 birthday candles • Putty• Water to fill ½ way up the pan• Matches

4. Magic Water (surface tension lab)• You only need a few common kitchen

ingredients to perform this science magic trick.

• black pepper • water • dishwashing liquid • plate or bowl

Milk lab

5. Christmas Lights Circuits• Christmas tree lights (The length of wire on each end should be• long enough to stretch from one end of a battery to the other. • This will also give you a way to test the lights and batteries to• make sure they are working. This also creates a very simple • circuit.)• Tape • Scissors (also a knife or a pair of wire strippers)• Ruler• Pencil (marker)• Batteries (3 or 4)• Electrical tape, or play dough (to hold the batteries in place)• Aluminum foil (heavy duty works best) Cut to the width of the• ruler and folded in half.• Long copy paper (or bulletin board paper cut to size, etc.• whatever works and is most economic)

6. CD Bubbles• CD scraped • Lighter or match

*** The fumes can be noxious****

7. Flying Tea Bag

1. Get a teabag 2. Remove the metal clip and empty its contents 3. Form it into the shape of a cylinder 4. Place it upright on a flat surface 5. Burn it from the top.

After a while, the burning teabag will start to rise as it is less dense than air.

8. Insta Snow• Insta-Snow® is actually derived from the

superabsorbent polymer found in baby diapers.

• The polymer soaks up water using the process of osmosis (water molecules pass through a barrier from one side to the other).

• When water comes in contact with the polymer, it moves from outside the polymer to the inside and causes it to swell.

• The polymer chains have an elastic quality, but they can stretch only so far and hold just so much water.

9. Miracle Fish• Good introductory

lab• You can buy them at

Oriental Trading Co.• Have students

design an experiment to explain why the fish moves