Materials: Shallow bowl or pie tin, Water, Pepper Dish soap, Toothpick, Paper & Pencil

Procedure:

1. Fill the bowl or pie tin with about an inch of water.

2. Sprinkle pepper evenly across the surface.

3. Try not to sneeze! The pepper flakes should float, not sink, upon the surface of the water.

4. Squeeze a tiny bubble of dish soap onto a clean counter. Touch the tip of the toothpick to the bubble of dish soap.

5. You'll want just a tiny amount of soap on the end of the toothpick. Set the toothpick carefully aside and pick up your notebook and pencil.

6. What do you think will happen when you touch your soapy toothpick to the water? How will the pepper flakes react?Write down your best, often called a hypothesis, in your notebook.

7. Now poke the soapy toothpick into the water, right in the center of the tin.What happens? Was your hypothesis correct?

8. Next, Try it again with your hands. This experiment shows why it is so important to wash our hands after everything we do. The pepper represents the germs, and what happens when we just "rinse" our hands with water and not use soap. Once you put soap into the mix, you can see how the germs "move away" from our body!! Pretty cool right??

Results: Most of the pepper flakes should have darted to the sides of the pan, and some of the flakes should have fallen to the bottom of the pan. It may have looked like the soap was chasing the pepper flakes away.

Materials:

• Pan or tray
• Lemons
• Cutting knife
• Butter knife
• Spoon
• Measuring cup
• Baking soda
• Food coloring

Prep Work

1. Have an adult cut the top and bottom off the lemon so it stands upright.
   

Procedure

1. Use a butter knife and spoon to break up/partially scoop out the inside of the lemon.
   
2. Add a few drops of food coloring to the inside of the lemon.
   
3. Pour some baking soda on top of the lemon.
   
4. Use the butter knife to mix the baking soda with the inside of the lemon.

5. Watch it go! What happens?
   
6. Keep mixing with the knife periodically, and adding more baking soda, until the reaction stops.

Cleanup

What Happened?

You Will Need:

• One balloon

• Small plastic bottle

• Flour

• Paper DIY Funnel

• Pens and wool for decorating

How to Make:

1.Fill your plastic bottle with flour using your funnel! There is no exact amount of how much flour to add, but imagine the size of your stress ball.

2.Blow the balloon up a little and [op the balloon around the bottle top. And turn round.

3.Gently squeeze the bottle – keep clicking it – and the flour will slowly go into the balloon!

4.And now.. enjoy your Stress Balls How To and see you here again soon!

5.Hold the balloon tight and GENTLY let the air out.

6.Once it is all out, tie a knot and decorate!

Supplies

*Lunch paper bag

*Crayons. Markers (glitter optional)

*Hole punch

*Ribbon

*Scissors

*Glue stick

How to Make:

1.Decorate the large and bottom panel of a paper bag with paint and paint brush. Dry 1 hour.

2.Paint a design on the other large panel, then dry 1 hour.

3.Follow the same process on both side panels. Dry 1 hour.

4.Repeat Steps 1-3 on 7 more paper bags. Use markers to decorate with no dry time!

5.Hold a folded, decorated paper bag with open end at top. Make an upside-down “T” on the large panel with glue. Put another paper bag on top and press down. Repeat up until the last bag.

6.With scissors, cut a point at the open end of the paper bag stack.

7.Make upside-down “T” with glue on the large panel of the last bag. Gently fan the paper bags, then connect and glue together the first and last paper bag to make a paper star.

8.Hole punch the top of the paper star, then feed through and tie the ribbon

Materials:

• Baking soda

• White vinegar

• Balloon (12’’ or lager)

• 2 liter plastic bottle(empty)

• funnel

How To/ Step by Step:

1.Pour baking soda into your balloon ,filling the balloon hallway .

2. Use the funnel to pour vinegar into the water bottle,filling about ⅓ of the bottle.

3.Cover the top of the bottle with the bottom of the balloon.

4.When ready,lift the balloon and let the baking soda fall into vinegar.

5.Watch as the mixture fizzes bubbles ,and inflates your balloon .

What You Need:

*2 Small flexible plastic cup

*Balloon

What You Do:

• Step 1: Hold the neck of the balloon to your mouth with one hand. Place the round end of the balloon into a small plastic cup.

• Step 2: Inflate the balloon while gently applying pressure by squeezing the sides of the cup. Pinch the neck closed when you are done.Step 3: Attempt to separate the cup and the balloon. What happens?

• Step 4: Deflate the balloon. Now hold the neck of the deflated balloon in your mouth, pick up a cup with each hand and press the opening of each one against the balloon. Try inflating the balloon between the two cups while gently squeezing their sides. Pinch the neck closed when you are done.

• Step 5: Try to pull the two cups off the balloon. What happens?

What’s Going On:

There is air all around us. It is the Earth’s atmosphere. This air pushes on us, and we call this push “air pressure”. When your balloon is small, it traps a pocket of air inside the cup. As your balloon gets bigger, the air pocket inside the cup gets bigger too, but no more air molecules can get in. This means that the air pressure inside the cup becomes lower than the air pressure outside the cup. Air always flows from an area of higher pressure to an area of lower pressure. We think of this as “suction”, but really, it is the air pressure pushing the cup against the balloon. That is why it is hard to pull them apart. No air molecules can get in as long as there is a seal between the balloon and cup. If you twist the balloon, you can break this seal, and then you can easily pull them apart!

Now Try This:

Try adding more cups as you inflate the balloon! You can do this by gently squeezing the sides of the cups, pressing the cup openings onto the balloon, and then slowly releasing the sides. See how many cups you can attach to the balloon!

What you will need:

*Vanilla extract *Paintbrush

*Liquid dish soap *2 sheets of white paper

*Small cup *black ballpoint pen

*Tablespoon

What to do :

1.Use the pen to draw a picture on a sheet of paper.Make the lines of the drawing as thick as possible.

2.In the cup, mix one tablespoon of vanilla extract with one tablespoon of liquid dish detergent.

3.Use the paintbrush to paint a thin layer of the vanilla extract and detergent mixture over your drawing.

4.Cover your drawing with the second sheet of white paper.

5.Use the back of the spoon to press down on the top of the sheet .Gently rub your drawing by moving the spoon in small circles.

6.When you can see your drawing through the paper,peel off the top sheet.What do you see ?

**You copied your drawing,the detergent in your mixture binds to the ink in your picture .The ink mixture transfers to the second page when you press the sheets together.If you draw thick lines and use lots of ink,you can make more than one copy!!!

What you will need :

*Clear glass jars, cups or small clear vase

*Fresh Celery stalks with leaves. Preferably the lighter leafier stalks near the center.

*Water

*Food Coloring

Instructions :

*Separate and select stalks of celery with leaves. Cut about a quarter inch off the bottom. The lighter stalks near the center will show the most color.

*Put about 8 ounces of water into a glass jar or vase.

*Drop 3-4 drops of food coloring into the jar.

*Place stalks into the water and use a stalk stir very gently until food coloring is dispersed evenly.

**Make 2-3 observations and write them down. Check at intervals depending on availability, you will see slight results after 3 hours, significant results overnight and again at 48 hours.**

What you'll need:

• Water

• A clear plastic bottle with a cap (that won't leak)

• Glitter

• Dish washing liquid

Instructions:

1. Fill the plastic bottle with water until it reaches around three quarters full.

2. Add a few drops of dish washing liquid.

3. Sprinkle in a few pinches of glitter (this will make your tornado easier to see).

4. Put the cap on tightly.

5. Turn the bottle upside down and hold it by the neck. Quickly spin the bottle in a circular motion for a few seconds, stop and look inside to see if you can see a mini tornado forming in the water. You might need to try it a few times before you get it working properly.

What's happening?

Spinning the bottle in a circular motion creates a water vortex that looks like a mini tornado. The water is rapidly spinning around the center of the vortex due to centripetal force (an inward force directing an object or fluid such as water towards the center of its circular path). Vortexes found in nature include tornadoes, hurricanes and waterspouts (a tornado that forms over water).

What you will need:

Corn syrup

Dish soap

Water

Glass jar

Marker

Chenille stem (pipe cleaner)

Spoon for mixing

A Measuring Cup

What You Do:

• Step 1: Pour 250mL (1 cup) of dishwashing soap, 125mL (½ cup) of corn syrup, and 62.5mL (¼ cup) of water into the jar.

• Step 2: Slowly mix the three liquids together with the spoon. Do not mix quickly, otherwise bubbles will form.

• Step 3: Wrap a chenille stem end around a marker to make a bubble wand. Slide the chenille stem off the marker, and twist the stem on itself.

• Step 4: Dip the wand loop into the solution. Wait for five seconds the first time you do this to let the bristles soak up the solution.

• Step 5: Remove the wand from the solution and blow through the loop. What do you see? What happens when the bubbles pop?

What’s Going On:

Water molecules are attracted to each other. They pull on each other. When water meets air, the water molecules stick together in a layer at the surface. This is because they are more attracted to each other than to the air molecules. We call this surface tension. Normal water has too much surface tension to make bubbles. Adding a detergent like dish soap weakens the surface tension so bubbles can form. When the water in a bubble dries up, or evaporates, the bubble bursts. Corn syrup slows down this process, so the bubbles are stronger and last longer. When the water finally does dry up, the bubble pops, leaving a ghostly film of corn syrup and soap.

Now Try This:

Try making bubble solutions with different ratios of corn syrup, dish washing soap, and water. Do the bubbles last longer? Are the bubbles as strong? Does the bubble solution become stronger or weaker over time?

What You Need

Tall glass jar

Food coloring green/red/blue

¼ cup honey

¼ cup of blue dish soap

¼ cup of water

¼ cup of olive oil

¼ of rubbing alcohol

Few jars

Teaspoons for mixing

Instructions

1. Add one drop of red food coloring and one drop of blue food coloring to 1/4 cup of honey and stir until combined. This creates a purple color liquid. Pour the purple liquid carefully into the tall jar.

1. Next add about 1/4 cup of blue dish soap to the tall jar

2. Then add a few drops of green food coloring to 1/4 cup of water and mix until combined. Then carefully pour the green liquid into the tall jar. Tip: When pouring in the green liquid, tilt the jar so the liquid runs down the side of the jar slowly.

3. Wait a few moments and then slowly pour 1/4 cup of olive oil into the jar. Tip: Again, be very careful when pouring in the liquid. Make sure to tilt the jar and pour very slowly so the colors don’t mix.

4. Add a few drops of red food coloring to 1/4 cup of rubbing alcohol and mix until combined. Then carefully pour the red liquid into the tall jar.

Materials

• Scissors

• Cardboard

• Paint

• Markers

• Pencil

• Paint brushes

How to/ Step by Step:

1. 1. Start by drawing the animal's outline. Which animals do you want to make? What are their key features? For example, an elephant (try to keep it simple) with big ears, a giraffe with a long neck.

   2. Create “U” shaped legs. Cut little slits into your animal's “main body”, for those U shapes to slot into place. The elephant will need an extra piece for the ears.

   3. Once the base coat is dry, you can add extra details with black paint or a black marker pen to bring the animals to life.

   4. Once everything is dry, you can assemble all the pieces together.

What you will need :

• Empty plastic bottle

• Dry yeast

• Warm water

• Liquid dish soap

• Liquid food coloring

• 3% hydrogen peroxide.

• Measuring cups and spoons

• Safety glasses

• Large tub or tray to catch the foam, or outdoor location to do the experiment

What to do :

1. Pour 1/2 cup of hydrogen peroxide into the bottle.

2. Add a big squirt of dish soap into the bottle, and swirl gently to mix.

3. If you want to make your foam a single color, add a few drops of food coloring directly into the hydrogen peroxide, and swirl the bottle gently to mix. If you want to give your foam stripes like some toothpastes, put the drops along the inside rim of the bottle's mouth. Let them drip down the inside of the bottle, but do not mix.

4. In a measuring cup, mix together 1 tablespoon of yeast and 3 tablespoons of warm water. Stir for about 30 seconds.

5. Pour the yeast mixture into the bottle, then quickly step back and watch your reaction go!!!

What you will need :

Sturdy cardboard tube (We used the empty cardboard tube from an aluminum foil roll.)

Paint

Large, brown paper grocery bag

Yarn

Rubberbands

Scissors

Pipe cleaners and/or craft wire

Beads, rice, beans, or other material for inside the rainstick

Step by step:

1.Start by painting your cardboard tube & let it dry.

2. Cut out two circles from a large, paper grocery bag. We crumpled the paper up to make it soft and look worn. If you want you can cut some fringe around the outside of the circle.Attach one circle to the end of your cardboard tube using a rubber band.

3.Place a few twisted pipe cleaners or aluminum foil into the rain stick along with rice or whatever you chose for the sound effect.Once you’re happy with the sound of your rain stick, rubber band the other paper circle to the opposite end

What you will need :

*Plastic bottle or milk carton (make sure they’re clean)

*wire or string

*bird seeds

*scissors

Step by step :

1.Cut a hole in the side large enough to allow a free flow of seeds, but in such a way that it won’t all fall out on the ground in the slightest puff of wind, and won’t get wet if it rains.

2.Make a few small holes in the bottom of your feeder to allow any rainwater to drain away.

3.Hang it with wire, or even strong string from a tree or your washing line.

Materials:

• Plastic bag (Ziploc)

• Pencils

• Water

How to/ Step by Step:

1.Start by sharpening the pencils. Make sure the tips are sharpened to a point.

2.Fill the bag one-half full with water and then seal the bag closed.

3.Make sure the tips of the pencils are sharpened to a point. Be careful not to push the pencils all the way through the holes or your “spear-it” experiment will turn into a big “clean-it-up” activity.

4.Here comes the scary part. Hold the pencil in one hand and the top of the bag in the other hand. Believe it or not, you can push the pencil right through one side of the bag and halfway out the other side without spilling a drop. The long chains of molecules that make up the bag magically seal back around the pencil and prevent water from leaking out. Now, that’s the “Spear-It” of science! Sound impossible? Try it !!!

5.Be careful not to push the pencils all the way through the holes or your science magic trick will quickly turn into a “clean-it-up” activity

How does it work ?

The zipper-lock plastic bag you used was most likely made out of a polymer called low-density polyethylene (LDPE). It’s one of the most widely used packaging materials in the world. LDPE is low in cost, lightweight, durable, a barrier to moisture, and very flexible.

Think of the polyethylene molecules as long strands of freshly cooked spaghetti. The tip of the sharpened pencil can easily slip between and push apart the flexible strands of spaghetti, but the strands’ flexible property helps to form a temporary seal against the edge of the pencil. When the pencil is removed, the hole in the plastic bag remains because the polyethylene molecules were pushed aside permanently and the water leaks out.

What you will need :

*Eggs

*Empty plastic bottle (water bottle )

*Bowl

Directions:

1. Crack an egg into a bowl or plate. Be careful not to break the yolk when cracking the egg.

2. In your hand, lightly squeeze an empty plastic water bottle. You don't want to compress the water bottle all of the way.

3. Hold the water bottle in the squeezed position. Don't release it.

4. Touch the mouth of the water bottle to the egg yolk and slowly release the squeeze on the bottle. The egg yolk is pushed right into the bottle, leaving the egg white!

How does it work:

When you squeeze the bottle, you are decreasing the air inside. If you squeeze the bottle while the mouth is facing towards you, you'll feel air rush out. Releasing the squeeze on the bottle allows air to rush back into the bottle. If you cover the mouth of the bottle with the egg yolk prior to releasing the squeeze, the available volume inside the bottle is filled by the egg yolk. The egg yolk separates easily from the egg white because of their differing viscosity. While the egg white is runny and slimy, the yolk is more solid, enabling the entire yolk to enter the bottle while the egg white runs off onto the plate or bowl.