by Aurora Lipper | Jul 8, 2013 | Homeschool Science Curriculum Resources, Science Experiments
Did you know that supercooled liquids need to heat up in order to freeze into a solid? Supercooling a liquid is a really neat way of keeping the liquid a liquid below the freezing temperature. Normally, when you decrease the temperature of water below 32 degrees...
by Aurora Lipper | Jul 1, 2013 | Homeschool Science Curriculum Resources, Science Experiments
Sparks flying off in all directions…that’s fun. In this lab, we will show how easy it is to produce those shooting sparks. In a sparkler you buy at the store, the filings used are either iron or aluminum. The filings are placed in a mixture that, when dry, adheres to...
by Aurora Lipper | Jun 24, 2013 | Homeschool Science Curriculum Resources, Science Experiments
This is the kind of thing I wish I had back in grade school. I could have launched these across the room without anyone being the wiser. Be sure to fold the nose down securely, or you’ll have air leaks (and no launch!)
by Aurora Lipper | Jun 17, 2013 | Homeschool Science Curriculum Resources, Science Experiments
You’ll see these in toy stores, but why not design your own version? You can add weight to the nose, widen the fins, and lengthen the slingshot part to figure out how to get to to soar further.
by Aurora Lipper | Jun 10, 2013 | Homeschool Science Curriculum Resources, Science Experiments
These rockets use air pressure to launch your lightweight rocket skyward. Using simple materials, you‘ll not only be able to make your launcher in minutes, but also as many rockets as you want. The first time I flew these, they got stuck on the roof! So be prepared...
