Whether you are a teacher looking for ways to engage your students, a young person eager to learn, or a curious adult who wants to experiment with science, these 13 experiments are for you.
What experiments will you find here? All kinds: from the most basic definition of pressure or building a water bottle rocket, to boiling water at room temperature or bursting a test tube with just a little water from the top of a building. Below you will find an index of all the experiments and a PDF viewer so you do not need to download anything. Although, if you prefer, you can download all 13 experiments here.
- Understanding what pressure is with a needle and a melon (pages 1-2)
- Lifting a full glass of water with a 2€ coin (pages 3-4)
- Creating a vacuum with just a straw and a bag (pages 5-6)
- Holding a full glass of water upside down with just a piece of paper (pages 7-8)
- Holding the weight of people with pressure alone (pages 9-10)
- Building a rocket with a water bottle (pages 11-12)
- Building a homemade vacuum chamber to experiment with vacuum (pages 13-14)
- Watching balloons inflate and deflate on their own (pages 15-16)
- Watching sound disappear in a vacuum (pages 17-18)
- Boiling water at room temperature (pages 19-20)
- Proving that pressure only depends on the fluid above you, and nothing else (pages 21-22)
- Defying gravity with nothing but your breath (pages 23-24)
- Bursting a barrel with no more water than a couple of 2L bottles (pages 25-26)
