Friends, good afternoon! Agree, how interesting it is sometimes to surprise our little ones! They have such a funny reaction to . It shows that they are ready to learn, ready to absorb new material. The whole world opens up at this moment before them and for them! And we, parents, act as real wizards with a hat from which we “pull out” something incredibly interesting, new and very important!
What will we get out of the “magic” hat today? We have 25 experimental experiments there for children and adults. They will be prepared for kids of different ages in order to interest them and involve them in the process. Some can be carried out without any preparation, using handy tools that each of us has at home. For others, we will buy some materials so that everything goes smoothly. Well? I wish us all good luck and move forward!
Today will be a real holiday! And in our program:
So let's decorate the holiday by preparing an experiment for your birthday, New Year, March 8, etc.
Ice soap bubbles
What do you think will happen if simple bubbles that are tiny in 4 years loves to inflate them, run after them and burst them, inflate them in the cold. Or rather, straight into a snowdrift.
I'll give you a hint:
- they will burst immediately!
- take off and fly away!
- will freeze!
Whatever you choose, I can tell you right away, it will surprise you! Can you imagine what will happen to the little one?!
But in slow motion it’s just a fairy tale!
I'm complicating the question. Is it possible to repeat the experiment in the summer in order to get a similar option?
Choose answers:
- Yes. But you need ice from the refrigerator.
You know, although I really want to tell you everything, this is exactly what I won’t do! Let there be at least one surprise for you too!
Paper vs water
The real one is waiting for us experiment. Is it really possible for paper to defeat water? This is a challenge for everyone who plays Rock-Paper-Scissors!
What we need:
- Sheet of paper;
- Water in a glass.
Cover the glass. It would be good if its edges were a little damp, then the paper would stick. Carefully turn the glass over... The water does not leak!
Let's inflate balloons without breathing?
We have already carried out chemical children's experiments. Remember, the very first room for very little babies was a room with vinegar and soda. So, let's continue! And we use the energy, or rather, the air, that is released during the reaction for peaceful and inflatable purposes.
Ingredients:
- Soda;
- Plastic bottle;
- Vinegar;
- Ball.
Pour soda into the bottle and fill 1/3 with vinegar. Shake lightly and quickly pull the ball onto the neck. When it is inflated, bandage it and remove it from the bottle.
Such a small experience can show even in kindergarten.
Rain from a cloud
We need:
- Jar of water;
- Shaving foam;
- Food coloring (any color, several colors possible).
We make a cloud of foam. A big and beautiful cloud! Entrust this to the best cloud maker, your child. 5 years. He will definitely make her real!
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All that remains is to distribute the dye over the cloud, and... drip-drip! It's raining!
Rainbow
Maybe, physics the children are still unknown. But after they make Rainbow, they will definitely love this science!
- Deep transparent container with water;
- Mirror;
- Flashlight;
- Paper.
Place a mirror at the bottom of the container. We shine a flashlight on the mirror at a slight angle. All that remains is to catch the Rainbow on paper.
Even easier is to use a disk and a flashlight.
Crystals
There is a similar, only already finished game. But our experience interesting the fact that we ourselves, from the very beginning, will grow crystals from salt in water. To do this, take a thread or wire. And let's keep it for several days in such salty water, where the salt can no longer dissolve, but accumulates in a layer on the wire.
Can be grown from sugar
Lava jar
If you add oil to a jar of water, it will all accumulate on top. It can be tinted with food coloring. But in order for the bright oil to sink to the bottom, you need to pour salt on top of it. Then the oil will settle. But not for long. The salt will gradually dissolve and release beautiful droplets of oil. The colored oil rises gradually, as if a mysterious volcano is bubbling inside the jar.
Volcanic eruption
For toddlers 7 years It will be very interesting to blow up, demolish, destroy something. In a word, this is a real element of nature for them. and therefore we create a real, exploding volcano!
We sculpt from plasticine or make a “mountain” from cardboard. We place a jar inside it. Yes, so that its neck fits the “crater”. Fill the jar with soda, dye, warm water and... vinegar. And everything will begin to “explode, lava will rush up and flood everything around!
A hole in the bag is not a problem
This is what convinces book of scientific experiments for children and adults Dmitry Mokhov "Simple Science". And we can check this statement ourselves! First, fill the bag with water. and then we'll pierce it. But we won’t remove what we pierced with (a pencil, a toothpick or a pin). How much water will we leak? Let's check!
Water that doesn't spill
Only such water still needs to be produced.
Take water, paint and starch (as much as water) and mix. The end result is just plain water. You just can't spill it!
"Slippery" egg
In order for the egg to actually fit into the neck of the bottle, you should set fire to the piece of paper and throw it into the bottle. Cover the hole with an egg. When the fire goes out, the egg will slip inside.
Snow in summer
This trick is especially interesting to repeat in the warm season. Remove the contents of the diapers and wet them with water. All! The snow is ready! Nowadays such snow is easy to find in children's toys in stores. Ask the seller for artificial snow. And there is no need to ruin diapers.
Moving snakes
To make a moving figure we will need:
- Sand;
- Alcohol;
- Sugar;
- Soda;
- Fire.
Pour alcohol onto a pile of sand and let it soak. Then pour sugar and baking soda on top and set it on fire! Oh, what a funny this experiment! Children and adults will love what the animated snake gets up to!
Of course, this is for older children. And it looks pretty scary!
Battery train
The copper wire, which we twist into an even spiral, will become our tunnel. How? Let's connect its edges, forming a round tunnel. But before that, we “launch” the battery inside, only attaching neodymium magnets to its edges. And consider that you have invented a perpetual motion machine! The locomotive moved on its own.
Candle swing
To light both ends of the candle, you need to clear the wax from the bottom down to the wick. Heat a needle over the fire and pierce the candle in the middle with it. Place the candle on 2 glasses so that it rests on the needle. Burn the edges and shake slightly. Then the candle itself will swing.
Elephant tooth paste
The elephant needs everything big and a lot. Let's do it! Dissolve potassium permanganate in water. Add liquid soap. The last ingredient, hydrogen peroxide, turns our mixture into a giant elephant paste!
Let's drink a candle
For greater effect, color the water in a bright color. Place a candle in the middle of the saucer. We set it on fire and cover it with a transparent container. Pour water into a saucer. At first the water will be around the container, but then it will all be saturated inside, towards the candle.
Oxygen is burned, the pressure inside the glass decreases and
A real chameleon
What will help our chameleon change color? Cunning! Instruct your little one 6 years Decorate a plastic plate in different colors. And cut out the chameleon figure yourself on another plate, similar in shape and size. All that remains is to loosely connect both plates in the middle so that the top one, with the cut out figure, can rotate. Then the color of the animal will always change.
Light up the rainbow
Place Skittles in a circle on a plate. Pour water inside the plate. Just wait a little and we get a rainbow!
Smoke rings
Cut off the bottom of the plastic bottle. And stretch the edge of the cut balloon to get a membrane, as in the photo. Light an incense stick and place it in the bottle. Close the lid. When there is continuous smoke in the jar, unscrew the lid and tap on the membrane. Smoke will come out in rings.
Multicolored liquid
To make everything look more impressive, paint the liquid in different colors. Make 2-3 batches of multi-colored water. Pour water of the same color into the bottom of the jar. Then carefully pour vegetable oil along the wall from different sides. Pour water mixed with alcohol over it.
Egg without shell
Place a raw egg in vinegar for at least a day, some say for a week. And the trick is ready! An egg without a hard shell.
The egg shell contains calcium in abundance. Vinegar reacts actively with calcium and gradually dissolves it. As a result, the egg is covered with a film, but completely without a shell. It feels like an elastic ball.
And the egg will be larger than its original size, as it will absorb some of the vinegar.
Dancing men
It's time to get rowdy! Mix 2 parts starch with one part water. Place a bowl of starchy liquid on the speakers and turn up the bass!
Decorating the ice
We decorate ice figures of different shapes using food paint mixed with water and salt. The salt eats away at the ice and seeps deep, creating interesting passages. Great idea for color therapy.
Launching paper rockets
We empty the tea bags of tea by cutting off the top. Let's set it on fire! Warm air lifts the bag!
There are so many experiences that you will definitely find something to do with your children, just choose! And don’t forget to come back again for a new article, which you’ll hear about if you subscribe! Invite your friends to visit us too! That's all for today! Bye!
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Children are always trying to find out something new every day, and they always have a lot of questions.
They can explain some phenomena, or they can show clearly how this or that thing, this or that phenomenon works.
In these experiments, children will not only learn something new, but also learn create differentcrafts, with which they can then play.
1. Experiments for children: lemon volcano
You will need:
2 lemons (for 1 volcano)
Baking soda
Food coloring or watercolor paints
Dishwashing liquid
Wooden stick or spoon (if desired)
1. Cut off the bottom of the lemon so it can be placed on a flat surface.
2. On the back side, cut out a piece of lemon as shown in the image.
* You can cut off half a lemon and make an open volcano.
3. Take the second lemon, cut it in half and squeeze the juice into a cup. This will be the reserved lemon juice.
4. Place the first lemon (with the cut out part) on the tray and use a spoon to “squeeze” the lemon inside to squeeze out some of the juice. It is important that the juice is inside the lemon.
5. Add food coloring or watercolor inside the lemon, but do not stir.
6. Pour dish soap inside the lemon.
7. Add a full spoon of baking soda to the lemon. The reaction will begin. You can use a stick or spoon to stir everything inside the lemon - the volcano will begin to foam.
8. To make the reaction last longer, you can gradually add more soda, dyes, soap and reserve lemon juice.
2. Home experiments for children: electric eels made from chewing worms
You will need:
2 glasses
Small capacity
4-6 gummy worms
3 tablespoons baking soda
1/2 spoon of vinegar
1 cup water
Scissors, kitchen or stationery knife.
1. Using scissors or a knife, cut lengthwise (precisely lengthwise - it won't be easy, but be patient) each worm into 4 (or more) pieces.
* The smaller the piece, the better.
*If the scissors do not cut properly, try washing them with soap and water.
2. Mix water and baking soda in a glass.
3. Add pieces of worms to the solution of water and soda and stir.
4. Leave the worms in the solution for 10-15 minutes.
5. Using a fork, transfer the worm pieces to a small plate.
6. Pour half a spoon of vinegar into an empty glass and start putting worms into it one by one.
* The experiment can be repeated if you wash the worms with plain water. After a few attempts, your worms will begin to dissolve, and then you will have to cut a new batch.
3. Experiments and experiments: a rainbow on paper or how light is reflected on a flat surface
You will need:
Bowl of water
Clear nail polish
Small pieces of black paper.
1. Add 1-2 drops of clear nail polish to a bowl of water. Watch how the varnish spreads through the water.
2. Quickly (after 10 seconds) dip a piece of black paper into the bowl. Take it out and let it dry on a paper towel.
3. After the paper has dried (this happens quickly) start turning the paper and look at the rainbow that appears on it.
* To better see a rainbow on paper, look at it under the sun's rays.
4. Experiments at home: rain cloud in a jar
As small drops of water accumulate in a cloud, they become heavier and heavier. Eventually they will reach such a weight that they can no longer remain in the air and will begin to fall to the ground - this is how rain appears.
This phenomenon can be shown to children using simple materials.
You will need:
Shaving foam
Food coloring.
1. Fill the jar with water.
2. Apply shaving foam on top - it will be a cloud.
3. Have your child start dripping food coloring onto the “cloud” until it starts to “rain” - drops of coloring begin to fall to the bottom of the jar.
During the experiment, explain this phenomenon to your child.
You will need:
Warm water
Sunflower oil
4 food colors
1. Fill the jar 3/4 full with warm water.
2. Take a bowl and stir 3-4 tablespoons of oil and a few drops of food coloring into it. In this example, 1 drop of each of 4 dyes was used - red, yellow, blue and green.
3. Using a fork, stir the coloring and oil.
4. Carefully pour the mixture into a jar of warm water.
5. Watch what happens - the food coloring will begin to slowly fall through the oil into the water, after which each drop will begin to disperse and mix with the other drops.
* Food coloring dissolves in water, but not in oil, because... The density of oil is less than water (that’s why it “floats” on water). The dye droplet is heavier than the oil, so it will begin to sink until it reaches the water, where it will begin to dissipate and look like a small fireworks display.
6. Interesting experiments: ina circle in which the colors merge
You will need:
- printout of the wheel (or you can cut out your own wheel and draw all the colors of the rainbow on it)
Elastic band or thick thread
Glue stick
Scissors
Skewer or screwdriver (to make holes in the paper wheel).
1. Select and print the two templates you want to use.
2. Take a piece of cardboard and use a glue stick to glue one template to the cardboard.
3. Cut out the glued circle from cardboard.
4. Glue the second template to the back of the cardboard circle.
5. Use a skewer or screwdriver to make two holes in the circle.
6. Thread the thread through the holes and tie the ends into a knot.
Now you can spin your top and watch how the colors merge on the circles.
7. Experiments for children at home: jellyfish in a jar
You will need:
Small transparent plastic bag
Transparent plastic bottle
Food coloring
Scissors.
1. Place the plastic bag on a flat surface and smooth it out.
2. Cut off the bottom and handles of the bag.
3. Cut the bag lengthwise on the right and left so that you have two sheets of polyethylene. You will need one sheet.
4. Find the center of the plastic sheet and fold it like a ball to make a jellyfish head. Tie a thread in the area of the jellyfish's "neck", but not too tightly - you need to leave a small hole through which to pour water into the jellyfish's head.
5. There is a head, now let's move on to the tentacles. Make cuts in the sheet - from the bottom to the head. You need approximately 8-10 tentacles.
6. Cut each tentacle into 3-4 smaller pieces.
7. Pour some water into the jellyfish's head, leaving room for air so the jellyfish can "float" in the bottle.
8. Fill a bottle with water and put your jellyfish in it.
9. Add a couple drops of blue or green food coloring.
* Close the lid tightly to prevent water from spilling out.
* Let the children turn the bottle over and watch the jellyfish swim in it.
8. Chemical experiments: magic crystals in a glass
You will need:
Glass glass or bowl
Plastic bowl
1 cup Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) - used in bath salts
1 cup hot water
Food coloring.
1. Place Epsom salts in a bowl and add hot water. You can add a couple of drops of food coloring to the bowl.
2. Stir the contents of the bowl for 1-2 minutes. Most of the salt granules should dissolve.
3. Pour the solution into a glass or glass and place it in the freezer for 10-15 minutes. Don't worry, the solution is not so hot that the glass will crack.
4. After freezing, transfer the solution to the main compartment of the refrigerator, preferably on the top shelf, and leave overnight.
The growth of crystals will be noticeable only after a few hours, but it is better to wait overnight.
This is what the crystals look like the next day. Remember that crystals are very fragile. If you touch them, they will most likely immediately break or crumble.
9. Experiments for children (video): soap cube
10. Chemical experiments for children (video): how to make a lava lamp with your own hands
Your baby has already grown up. He is over 4 years old. You were involved in his early development and taught him the most basic and important skills: walking, dressing, communicating with peers, distinguishing colors and shapes. Now your child is a completely independent, mature person and can not be distracted for 5-10 minutes while completing the task you propose. If you have a question “how to develop a hyperactive child.”
Our answer: Continue to develop perseverance.
If you have already sent your child to kindergarten, then your he/she will receive the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for entering school. Just don’t rule out home education and development. Your journey together into the land of simple children's tricks, experiences and experiments is only just beginning. The time has come to become more deeply acquainted with the unknown world around us. Take a different look at the house and the objects in it, the nature outside the window, at things that are already familiar to you. Continue to communicate with your child and spend time together. Organize interesting experiments, experiences and tricks for children at home.
Let's experiment. Let's take simple, familiar objects and see what else they can do. Don’t rush to get your hands on the multi-volume “Great Soviet Encyclopedia.” It contains a lot of useful and interesting things, but you will need it much later. In this section of the educational website for children, you will find an excellent collection of educational games and entertaining development games. The proposed experiments will interest both boys and girls. And you already have everything you need to organize a “home laboratory”. Look in the kitchen, bathroom and other rooms. Found it?
Then think, what element do you want to study today? What experiments will you conduct in your home laboratory? Choose from the list and get started.
Experiments for children
- Experiments with water/density
- Experiments with sand / sugar / salt / starch
- Experiments with light / mirrors / candle / color
- Experiments with equilibrium / electricity / thermal conductivity
I have an interesting offer for you. I want to give you a gift. Very useful for you, your child and your whole family. They say that the best gift is a book. And today I want to give you two wonderful collections. These are step-by-step instructions on how to set up your home laboratory at home. This book contains amazing experiences with water for you. And you will find the answer to the question of how to tame sound. And if there are a lot of sounds in your house, then it’s time for you to master these entertaining experiments.
With the help of entertaining experiments, you will introduce your child to the four main elements: water, air, fire and earth (its gifts). Give your child a lot of positive emotions. Teach your child to observe, analyze, draw conclusions, and express his thoughts. Our goal is not to raise a young chemist or physicist. We want to make your child's childhood interesting, happy, fun, and as educational as possible. Prepare him for further education at school. Make sure that this training is easy for him. Arouse interest in learning, develop curiosity and perseverance. It’s interesting to answer a million different questions that pop up in thousands of “PocheMuk”’s heads every day.
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There are very simple experiments that children remember for the rest of their lives. The children may not fully understand why this is all happening, but when time passes and they find themselves in a physics or chemistry lesson, a very clear example will certainly emerge in their memory.
website I collected 7 interesting experiments that children will remember. Everything you need for these experiments is at your fingertips.
Fireproof ball
Will need: 2 balls, candle, matches, water.
Experience: Inflate a balloon and hold it over a lit candle to demonstrate to children that the fire will make the balloon burst. Then pour plain tap water into the second ball, tie it and bring it to the candle again. It turns out that with water the ball can easily withstand the flame of a candle.
Explanation: The water in the ball absorbs the heat generated by the candle. Therefore, the ball itself will not burn and, therefore, will not burst.
Pencils
You will need: plastic bag, pencils, water.
Experience: Fill the plastic bag halfway with water. Use a pencil to pierce the bag right through where it is filled with water.
Explanation: If you pierce a plastic bag and then pour water into it, it will pour out through the holes. But if you first fill the bag halfway with water and then pierce it with a sharp object so that the object remains stuck into the bag, then almost no water will flow out through these holes. This is due to the fact that when polyethylene breaks, its molecules are attracted closer to each other. In our case, the polyethylene is tightened around the pencils.
Unbreakable balloon
You will need: a balloon, a wooden skewer and some dishwashing liquid.
Experience: Coat the top and bottom with the product and pierce the ball, starting from the bottom.
Explanation: The secret of this trick is simple. In order to preserve the ball, you need to pierce it at the points of least tension, and they are located at the bottom and at the top of the ball.
Cauliflower
Will need: 4 cups of water, food coloring, cabbage leaves or white flowers.
Experience: Add any color of food coloring to each glass and place one leaf or flower in the water. Leave them overnight. In the morning you will see that they have turned different colors.
Explanation: Plants absorb water and thereby nourish their flowers and leaves. This happens due to the capillary effect, in which water itself tends to fill the thin tubes inside the plants. This is how flowers, grass, and large trees feed. By sucking in tinted water, they change color.
floating egg
Will need: 2 eggs, 2 glasses of water, salt.
Experience: Carefully place the egg in a glass of plain, clean water. As expected, it will sink to the bottom (if not, the egg may be rotten and should not be returned to the refrigerator). Pour warm water into the second glass and stir 4-5 tablespoons of salt in it. For the purity of the experiment, you can wait until the water cools down. Then place the second egg in the water. It will float near the surface.
Explanation: It's all about density. The average density of an egg is much greater than that of plain water, so the egg sinks down. And the density of the salt solution is higher, and therefore the egg rises up.
Crystal lollipops
Will need: 2 cups of water, 5 cups of sugar, wooden sticks for mini kebabs, thick paper, transparent glasses, saucepan, food coloring.
Experience: In a quarter glass of water, boil sugar syrup with a couple of tablespoons of sugar. Sprinkle some sugar onto the paper. Then you need to dip the stick in the syrup and collect the sugar with it. Next, distribute them evenly on the stick.
Leave the sticks to dry overnight. In the morning, dissolve 5 cups of sugar in 2 glasses of water over a fire. You can leave the syrup to cool for 15 minutes, but it should not cool too much, otherwise the crystals will not grow. Then pour it into jars and add different food colorings. Place the prepared sticks in a jar of syrup so that they do not touch the walls and bottom of the jar; a clothespin will help with this.
Explanation: As the water cools, the solubility of sugar decreases, and it begins to precipitate and settle on the walls of the vessel and on your stick seeded with sugar grains.
Lighted match
Will be needed: Matches, flashlight.
Experience: Light a match and hold it at a distance of 10-15 centimeters from the wall. Shine a flashlight on the match and you will see that only your hand and the match itself are reflected on the wall. It would seem obvious, but I never thought about it.
Explanation: Fire does not cast shadows because it does not prevent light from passing through it.
- this is not only a fascinating children's book , the spreads of which we publish below. This is also the name of a popular scientific Internet channel on YouTube., which has more than 100 thousand subscribers and more than three hundred scientific videos.
At the moment, two volumes of the book have been released, two more will be released before the end of the year. Here are their covers:
The book “Simple Science” for children from 5 to 12 years old teaches readers the simplicity and genius of the world around them, helps them make completely unexpected discoveries with the help of the most ordinary things - balloons, oatmeal, table salt, vinegar, pencils and much more. Science is really very simple and interesting! And most importantly, with the help of the book, the little reader can independently repeat all the experiments - they are extremely simple and completely safe for children!
At the very beginning of the book we have placed a small instruction on how to use “Simple Science”:
Here are the parameters of the books:
- A4 format;
- 84 pages;
- hardcover;
- 4 sections;
- 32 experience;
- descriptions of experiments;
- video for all experiments (DVD).
The videos on the DVD, please note, are created specifically for young viewers. Here's just one example:
Let's start with perhaps the most delicious experience! This “life hack” is not only for children, but also for those who want to prepare an original breakfast - such a dish will put you in the mood for the whole day! ;)
Lava lamp experience – simple and beautiful!
Red cabbage chemistry:
In the second volume, we decided to add information on where you can buy certain ingredients:
How about a fireproof ball?
Please note the warning! Dangerous experiments (with fire or sharp objects) must have a warning!
Did you know that snow can be made from diapers?
The experiments are “diluted” with interesting facts, each collection of which is united by a common theme
A very colorful experiment that clearly shows the difference in the density of liquids:
I'm sure you've already heard that you can inflate a balloon using baking soda:
Nails in balance are a perfectionist's paradise! ;)
A very spectacular experience! It should be carried out with caution, only in the presence of adults!
