paper physics experiments

Sofie Van Royen

Sofie Dhondt
 Introduction
Children must discover, experience and

handle.

Different aspects of physics.

Daily life experiments.

Challenge

Teacher is important!

First classical afterwards individual groups

Experiences and their physical
interpretation
EXPERIMENT 1: Pepper and salt

 What do you need for the

experiment?
- Pepper
- coarse salt
- woolen sweater
- balloon
- table

• Follow these steps:

1. Blow the balloon and tie it
close.
2. Sprinkle some salt on the
table.
3. Sprinkle some pepper on
salt.
4. Rub the balloon on your
hair or your sweater.
5. Hold the balloon 5 cm
above the pepper and
salt.
EXPERIMENT 2: egg in the bottle
 What do you need for the
experiment?
hard boiled egg
bottle with wide neck
matches
an adult
 

 Follow these steps:

1. Peel the hard boiled egg.
2. Put the bottle on the table.
3. Put the egg in the bottle.
4. Take the egg back on the table.
5. Ask an adult for three matches to
stabbing.
6. Ask an adult to put the burning matches
into the
bottle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu0Eu8gXz
EXPERIMENT 3: attractive balloon
What do you need for the experiment?
• balloon
• crane (water)
• sweater
 
Follow these steps:
 
1. Blow up the balloon.
2. Rub the balloon on your sweater.
3. Put on the crane.
4. Ensure that there is a small trickle of
water
from the tap is running.
5. Hold the balloon near the trickle of
water,
make sure that the balloon is not in the
EXPERIMENT 4: Make a rainbow
What do you need for the
experiment?
a sunny day
glass of water (preferably a long
and high glass)
a white paper
 
 
Follow these steps:
 
6. Put the glass of water so that there is
quite a
lot of sunlight on.
8. Wait until the water no longer
moves.
11. Move the white piece of paper
around
EXPERIMENT 5: Paper under water
What do you need for the
experiment?
- a sheet of paper
- a glass
- a bucket full of water
 
Follow these steps:
 
5. Make a plug of the sheet of paper.
6. Put the paper in the glass.
7. Hold the glass upside down and
push the glass under water.
8. Take the glass back above the
water and take the paper out of the
glass.
Thank you for listening!

Sofie Van Royen

Sofie Dhondt