Fun with Science Pavilion

1. Invisible Ink
https://youtu.be/3N3lld8dNfA?si=kSICvuwM-rVkctZVs

Items required:
 Baking soda

 Water

 Turmeric

 Paper

 Cotton swab

1. Add water (less than half a plastic glass) and baking soda (1/4th
teaspoon)

2. Add tur

2. Glowing Lava Lamp

https://www.raisingdragons.com/lava-lamp-science-experiment-without-alka-seltzer/

Items required

 Glass
 Baking soda
 Vegetable oil
 Small cups
 White vinegar
 Food coloring
 Dropper
Instructions
 Start by adding 1 tbsp of baking soda to the glass
 Then fill the glass about 1/2 full with vegetable oil.
 Next pour some vinegar into small cups and add food coloring
to dye the vinegar your favorite color.
 Finally, use a dropper to add the colored vinegar to the oil. Add
several droppers full of vinegar.

3. Self- Inflating Balloon

https://youtu.be/eDuZDscCjys?si=-zwolMi3uwBt6aHL

Items required:
Balloon
2 Tablespoons baking soda
Plastic bottle
½ cup (60ml) vinegar
Instructions
 4. Refraction

EXPERIMENT 1: https://youtube.com/shorts/PTelAW-QYVI?si=-UW8O1hoxdv4ZfrJ
EXPERIMENT 2: https://youtube.com/shorts/4oIaBxPdh50?si=Sc7DVFbUwYXg4THD

Items required
1. Glass beaker
2. Pre-made drawings (both on paper and on glass paper)

5. Balloon Rocket
https://youtube.com/shorts/b6vN0Lrakpk?si=lOTUBO06zUl87ABJ

Items required:
 Balloon
 Drink Straw (1)
 String
 Tape
Instructions
Step 1 – Position two objects of the same height (We used chairs) about
10 feet apart. Then grab your string and securely tie one end to one of the
objects.

Step 2 – Next, get your plastic drinking straw. If you are using a “bendy”
straws with the flexible piece on one end, cut off the flexible part so you
are left with a straight straw.

Thread the string through the straw and place two pieces of tape near the
middle of the straw. Position the two pieces of tape near the middle of
the straw is important because if you place them near the ends of the
straw, the straw will bend when the balloon deflates and the rocket
won’t move as quickly.
Step 3 – Then tie the loose end of the string to your second object (We
used a second chair across the room) and make sure the string is tight. If
the string isn’t tight, move the objects farther apart until it is.

Step 4 – Blow up the balloon and hold the end so the air can’t escape and
use the two pieces of tape to secure the balloon to the straw.

Take a moment to make observations. What do you think will happen

when the you let go of the end of the balloon? Write down your
hypothesis (prediction) and then continue the experiment to test it out
and to find out if you were correct.

Then move the straw and balloon to one end of the string. And once you
are ready…. Let it go.

6. Floating Stick Men: can be a game/race

https://youtu.be/Dm0IcLGQ2HA?si=bjF_UVBhIwwElna3

Items required:
Dry erase Marker
White plate/ Glass plate
Water
 7. Lemon Eruption
Items required:
A lemon

 Bicarbonate of soda

 Plate

 Food colouring (optional)

 Washing up liquid

 Bowl
Instructions

8. Dancing Corn
Link: https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/dancing-corn-experiment/

Instructions:
1. Step 1: Pour one cup of dried corn kernels into the jar or vase.
2. Step 2: Pour in two cups of vinegar.
3. Step 3: Sprinkle in baking soda. You can experiment with how much baking
soda you add and how much your corn dances.
4. Step 4: Watch your corn start to dance! Give it a big stir to watch it dance
again!

Things needed:
1. Corn kernels
2. Vinegar
 3. Baking soda

9. Milk Bottle Xylophone

Ingredients
6 glass jars
Water
Spoon
Food colouring

Instructions
10.Arrange six glass jars or bottles, all the same size with no lids, in a line.
What will each jar sound like when you tap it with a spoon? Make a
prediction, then tap each jar. Record your observations.
11. Next, put water in each of the jars. Pour 1⁄4 cup (60 ml) of water into the
first jar. Add 1⁄2 cup (120 ml) of water to the second jar. Continue in 1⁄4-
cup increments, adding 3⁄4 cup (180 ml) of water to the third jar, 1 cup
(240 ml) of water to the fourth jar, 11⁄4 cups (300 ml) of water to the fifth
jar, and 11⁄2 cups (360 ml) to the sixth jar. Add a couple of drops of food
coloring to each jar.
12.What will each jar sound like? Will they sound the same or different than
when the container was empty? Will they sound the same or different
from one another? Record your predictions.
13.Tap each jar with a metal spoon. Write down your observations about
each jar’s pitch (how high or low a sound is) in your notebook.

Sound waves are created by vibrations, which are back-and-forth movements

that are repeated again and again. Pitch depends on the frequency of the
waves — how many are created each second. A high pitch is created by high-
frequency sound waves, and can sound squeaky. A low pitch is created by low-
frequency sound waves, and sounds deep and booming.

When you tapped the jar, it vibrated. The vibrations traveled from the jar to
the water to the air and eventually to your ears. The jars with more water had
a low pitch. The sound waves vibrated more slowly because they had more
water to travel through. The jars with less water had higher pitches. The sound
waves vibrated faster because they had less water to travel through. A jar with
no water in it makes the highest pitch because it has the least substance to
travel through.

14. Magic Milk Experiment

Ingredients:
Milk
Plate
Food colouring
Dish soap
Cotton swab
INSTRUCTIONS
STEP 1: Start pouring your whole milk into a shallow dish or flat bottom
surface. You don’t need a lot of milk, just enough to cover the bottom
and then some.

STEP 2: Next, you want to fill the top of the milk with drops of food
coloring! Use as many different colors as you like.

STEP 3: Pour a small amount of dish soap into a separate bowl, and
touch your cotton swab tip to the dish soap to coat it. Bring it over to
your milk dish and gently touch the surface of the milk with the soapy
cotton swab!

15. Sticky Ice

https://www.littlepassports.com/blog/science/ice-cube-string-experiment/

Ingredients
1 glass

Water

1 ice cube

Salt

Scissors

String

Instructions
Fill a glass with water all the way to the top.

Drop 1 ice cube into the water.

Sprinkle with ½ tsp. salt.

Cut a piece of string longer than the width of the cup. Lay the string over the ice cube.

Wait 60 seconds.

Lift both ends of the string and see what happens!

16. Mashmellow Catapult

Another lesson in potential and kinetic energy, kids will love sending mini
marshmallows flying in the name of science. Change some of the variables and
see how that affects the marshmallow's trajectory.

Ingredients:
Popsickle sticks
Rubber band
Marshmellow

Instructions

Pull the 2 popsicle sticks apart and wedge the stack of 7 popsicle
sticks between them. Use two rubber bands, secure the plastic soon
to the upper popsicle stick. Place the ball onto the spoon. Hold the
catapult with one hand, use the other hand to push down the spoon.
 17. Surface Tension: Glitter experiment
Instructions:
Pour water on a plate, sprinkle glitter on top, dip finger in dish soap and watch
the glitter floating away from the finger.

Ingredients:
Glitter
Bowl
Water
Soap
18. Balloon Air Pressure
Ingredients:
2 Balloons
Glass bottle

19. Inertia (Coin and glass experiment)

Ingredients
Coin
Glass
Cardboard piece

20. Magic boat

Ingredients
Boat patterns
Pan
Water
Dish washing soap
Scissors
 MAYBE ACTIVITIES (Aunty said she would check if it
works in school and if it’s feasible)

1. Magnetic effects
https://youtu.be/ywCv6EFNmx8?si=n1AMjBXkM06-hrmm

Items required:
21. AA cell

22. 4 button cell battery

23. Bare copper wire (coiled)

Instructions

1. Place the four batteries on the positive and negative

terminal of the AA battery. (2 on each side). Like poles of
the magnet should face each other.
2. Insert train into coil. If it moves backwards, turn the train
around. If it doesn’t move at all, turn one of battery
around. Explain that like poles need to be facing the cell
for this demonstration to work.
3. Make a circular track shape out of the coil, joining the
ends by slotting the end coils into each other. Secure your
track to the bench with tape.
4. Separate the end coils, insert the train and re-join the coil
again. Your train should go around in a circle.

2. 3D Hologram Video Projector

https://youtu.be/7YWTtCsvgvg?si=ttPPQ3W0HCNEDU6H
Items required:
● Acetate sheet(s) – for example, overhead projector transparency or clear binding cover
● Copies of the template
● Smartphone

Instructions
3. Choose the size of the template depending on whether you are using a smartphone or a tablet – small
template for smart phone, large template for tablet.

4. Carefully cut along the solid black lines.

5. Carefully use scissors or a craft knife to cut the slot.

6. Place a ruler along the dotted lines, and use the scissors to score the acetate. This will help you fold
the sides of the pyramid.

7. Crease and fold the sides.

8. Insert the tab into the slot.

9. Adjust the corners. Loosen or squeeze them so that each corner forms a 90° angle.

10. Invert the pyramid and place it on a flat surface. The pyramid should sit level with the surface. If it
doesn’t, consider whether you need to trim (cut) the acetate or reshape the folds so you have 90°
angles.

11. Lay the smartphone or tablet on a flat surface. Place the inverted pyramid in the centre of screen.

12. The light from the screen reflects from the pyramid face at 45° angles. Consider where to place your
line of vision to catch this reflection.