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Home Absorption Project Absorption Balancing & Grow a Plant Gravity Bending Light See if you can grow a plant by doing this experiment. Bouncing & Reflecting Light Curious Colours Static Electricity Floating & Sinking Heat Magnetism Materials & Properties Matter Mixing & Separating Plants & Flowers Pressure Puzzles Reactions Science Facts, Steps: Questions & Answers 1. Take the two flower pots and fill them with the potting soil - leaving about an inch from th Science Dictionary pots unfilled. Starting & 2. Make a hole in the center of the potting soil with your thumb (this is where you will place t Stopping both pots. Surface 3. Drop a few seeds in the hole in each pot and cover the hole with the soil. Tension Surprising 4. Water one of the flower pots with some water (careful not to over water) and place this flo warm sunny spot. Senses Temperature5. Do not water the second flower pot and place it in a cool dark cupboard.

6. Leave the flower pots for a few days and watch to see what happens to both pots. How is the flower pot in the cupboard getting on? How is the flower pot in the sunny spot getting on?

The watered flower pot grows because the water has been absorbed by the seeds and the s

helped it along. Be sure to water your growing plant every couple of days so that it does no fade away. Kids Science Experiments & Science Projects Categories:

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Materials you will need: Seeds Water Sun Light Potting Soil Dark Cupboard Two small flower pots

Absorption Project Grow a Plant See if you can grow a plant by doing this experiment.

Materials you will need: Seeds Water Sun Light Potting Soil Dark Cupboard Two small flower pots

Steps: 1. Take the two flower pots and fill them with the potting soil - leaving about an inch from the top of the pots unfilled. 2. Make a hole in the center of the potting soil with your thumb (this is where you will place the seeds) in both pots. 3. Drop a few seeds in the hole in each pot and cover the hole with the soil. 4. Water one of the flower pots with some water (careful not to over water) and place this flower pot in a warm sunny spot. 5. Do not water the second flower pot and place it in a cool dark cupboard. 6. Leave the flower pots for a few days and watch to see what happens to both pots. How is the flower pot in the cupboard getting on? How is the flower pot in the sunny spot getting on? The watered flower pot grows because the water has been absorbed by the seeds and the sunlight has helped it along. Be sure to water your growing plant every couple of days so that it does not dry up and fade away.

Absorption Experiment Floating Sponge

Materials you will need: Water Two Small Sponges Two Small Plastic Tubs Does a sponge float or sink? The answer: Both.

Steps: 1. Fill two small plastic containers with tap water. 2. Take a dry sponge and place it on top of the water in one of your containers. Does the sponge sink or float? The longer you leave the sponge sitting in the water the heavier it gets and eventually starts to sink. 3. Take the second sponge and submerge (dip) it all the way into the water with your hand and squeeze/pinch out all the air bubbles and let go of the sponge.

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Step 2 & 3 Does the sponge sink or float? As the sponge absorbs the water and has less air pockets, the heavier it becomes and therefore it will sink lower in the water instead of floating on top of the water.

Absorption Experiment Wriggle Worm

Materials you will need: Glass of Water Straw with Tissue Paper Wrapper This is a moving experiment!

Steps: 1. Tear or pintch off the top bit of tissue paper from the straw. 2. Whilst holding on end of the straw and paper, slowly push the tissue paper wrapper down the straw so that is forms crinkles (wrinkles). Try to keep the crinkles nice and tight. 3. Carefully remove the crinkled paper wrapper from the straw and lay it on the table. 4. Dip your straw in the glass of water, placing your thumb at the top of the straw to trap a bit of the water. 5. Release a drop of water from the straw onto the straw wrapper and watch what happens.

Absorption Science Experiment

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Materials you will need: Water Blotting paper (letter size or smaller) Bread Baking tin (small) or a dish with an edge 4-8 different colored markers (felt tip pens) Tape This is a color changing experiment! Steps: 1. Line up your blotting paper and the lids of the marker pens that you will use this experiment. 2. Leaving around half a inch from the bottom of the blotting paper press each color marker pen down on the blotting paper gently so that a dot has formed. 3. Tape your blotting paper to the top of your baking tin making sure that there is a bit of space left at the bottom so that you can pour some water in. Leave about half an inch from the bottom edge of the tin. 4. Slowly pour in some water until it just reaches the bottom of the blotting paper - making sure that the colored markings (dots) do not dip into the water. 5. Watch to see what happens to all the colors as the water is absorbed by the blotting paper.

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Have a good look at all the color breakdowns below:

How many different colors can you see? You may think that your marker is green, but when you see the break down you can actually see the different colors that make up the color green. Which color marker has the most colors in it? NOTE: Blotting paper works best on this experiment. You can usually find this paper at a stationery shop. This is also called Chromatography. Chromatography is to separate the components of a mixture or the separation of mixtures.

Absorption Experiment (Osmosis Experiment) Magic Bouncy Rubber Egg

Materials you will need: A Sauce Pan Water

 White Vinegar An Egg A Clean Glass Jar and Lid

This is a rubbery experiment! Steps: 1. Place the raw egg in a sauce pan and fill with water.

2. With adult supervision - bring the egg to a boil and cook for a further 10 minutes to make sure the egg has been cooked throughout. 3. Drain the boiled water from the pan and leave the egg to cool for a bit. 4. Gently place the hard-boiled egg in the glass jar. 5. Slowly pour in the vinegar until the egg is completely covered.

6. Screw the lid back on the jar tightly.

7. Keep checking your egg every day to see what changes are taking place.

8. Let the egg sit in the vinegar for at least one week. 9. After a week has passed; drain the vinegar from the jar. Rinse the egg under water and dry with a paper towel.

Take a close look at the photos below to see the bubbles that began to form all over the egg within minutes of pouring in the vinegar.

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Day 1 - Close-up of bubbles on egg. Take a good look at the top level of the vinegar on the photo's below to see if you can see some of the egg shell floating.

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This flow of a liquid from one solution through a semi-permeable membrane and into another less concentrated solution is called osmosis.

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Day 4 What happened to the eggshell? The vinegar (acid) dissolves the eggshell and leaves you with a rubbery egg. Try bouncing the egg from a short distance, do not drop from a high height.

Rise Above Experiment Mix and Move?

Materials you will need: Table Salt Two Clear Drinking Glasses A Spoon Tap Water Food Coloring Steps: 1. Add a couple of teaspoons of salt to one of your glasses and add several drops of your food coloring to the other glass. 2. Slowly pour in some warm tap water to both of the glasses. Stir the salt water until the salt dissolves completely and stir the food coloring into the other glass until the food coloring mixes. 3. Slowly pour some of the food coloring tap water into your salted tap water glass. 4. Watch to see what happens to the mixture. 5. & 6. Keep a watch to see how the colored water rises to the top of the salted water.

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What happened? Did it separate? The colored tap water has move to the top of the salted tap water because salt water is heavier than tap water. (See the page on 'Water Facts' for more information)

Science Plant Facts Experiment Materials you will need: A plant Some string Clear plastic bag Seeing is believing. Steps: 1. Place the plastic bag over several leaves of a pot plant or on a branch of a bush. Make sure there are no holes in your plastic bag. 2. Gather the open end of the bag and wrap the string around the bag making sure that you have sealed the leaves inside the bag. 3. Leave the plant for at least a day. 4. Go back and check to see what has happened with the leaves the next day.

Did you know that - Plants lose water through the pores of their leaves? You should be able to see water dew in the inside of the plastic bag. and the petals of the flower will start to change in colour. This is a good outside experiment to do on a nice day.

Absorption Experiment Colored Flowers

Materials you will need: Water Scissors Food Coloring Jar, Plastic Cup or Test Tube A Flower (light colored-white carnation) or Celery Stalk (with leaves) This is a color changing experiment.

Steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. Fill the cup with water. Add a few drops of food coloring Cut the end off the stem (stalk) Put the flower in the water

Watch and in time the food coloring will be sucked up the stem along tiny tubes (called vessels) and the petals of the flower will start to change in color.

Another way to try this experiment is to get a flower with a long, thick stem (or a celery stalk with leaves) and slit it carefully from the bottom and put one end in separate test tubes (with different food colorings). Your flower (or celery) should have petals (or leaves) in two different colors. Did you know that plants need water to live? As well as absorbing water from the atmosphere (air) through their leaves, they suck water up through their stems. If you used the celery stalk for the above experiment you could cut the stalk and see that the little holes inside are colored.

Mixing & Separating Experiment Vinegar and Oil in a Bottle

Materials you will need: Oil Sink Funnel Vinegar Paper towels Blue food coloring 1/2 cup, measuring cup Small, clear plastic drinking bottle with screw lid

Steps: 1. Remove the top from the clear plastic bottle (keep the lid). 2. Pour out cup vinegar into the measuring cup. 3. Add a couple of drops of the blue food colouring into the vinegar. 4. Place the funnel in the mouth of the bottle and pour the vinegar mixture into the bottle (holding the funnel and bottle with one hand and pouring the vinegar in with the other hand). 5. Swivel the bottle around a bit so that the blue food colouring mixes with the vinegar. 6. Pour out cup oil into the measuring cup. 7. Place the funnel into the mouth of the bottle and pour the oil into the bottle (again, holding the funnel and bottle with one hand and pouring the oil in with the other hand). 8. Remove the funnel and screw the lid back onto the bottle (making sure that the lid is secured properly so that there is no leaking). 9. Shake the mixture and see what happens (the vinegar and oil mix together). Keep watching the mixture for a few minutes (the oil and vinegar will separate). 10. Take the lid off and tip the bottle to pour out a bit of the mixture into the sink. What happens? The oil comes out and the vinegar stays to the bottom of the bottle. 11. Place your index finger (pointer) over the top of the bottle and turn it upside down over the sink very slowly, keeping your finger in place. 12. Now uncover a bit of the opening of the lid and let a little bit of the solution drip out. What comes out this time? This time the vinegar drips out. Have you noticed that the oil stayed on top of the vinegar in both experiments?

Curious Colors Experiment Making a Rainbow Spinner

Materials you will need: Pencil A Glass

 White Card Piece of Cardboard Scissors A ruler Colored pencils or crayons Hole Punch (optional) Glue String (around 2' or 24") This is a color changing experiment!

Steps: 1. Stand the glass on a piece of white card and draw around the base of the glass to make two white circles. Then draw a circle on the piece of cardboard to make one cardboard circle. 2. Carefully cut out all three circles. 3. Divide the circle into several equal-sized sections (so that it looks like pie pieces) using a ruler for straight lines and color each pie section with a different color. Do this on both of your white circles. 4. Color in each pie section with a different color. Do this on both of you white circles. 5. Glue the two colored circles on each side of the cardboard so that the pretty colors can be seen from both sides of the cardboard circle. 6. Carefully make two small holes (use a compass tip or pencil tip) equally from the center of the card (circle) around 1/2 inch and just big enough to thread the string through the holes (use the pencil tip to guide the string in if it doesn't go through smoothly). 7. Thread the string through both holes and then tie a knot at the end. 8. Pull the string so that it is positioned evenly on either side of the spinner. 9. Place your pointer fingers inside the string at each end. Slowly make a circular motion with both hands so that you flick the spinner around in this circular motion until the string is twisted. 10. Stop the circular motion and then pull your hands apart and then back in (like you are playing an accordion but with a yoyo action) causing the spinner to spin very quickly.

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What color do you see? Make lots of spinners using different combinations of colors. What colors do you see when you spin them? When the spinner spins really fast you see light reflected from all its colors, but your brain cannot separate them. So you see a mixture of all colors, which is white. Your spinner may look grey to you because your colors are not pure. Colors of the Rainbow = Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain = Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet!