Scientific Experiments
Requirements
1. What are scientific experiments for?
2. Explain Newton’s first law using an uncooked chicken egg.
3. With a bean seedling, a box, and sunlight, explain photosynthesis.
4. Explain the oxidation of fruits using a banana. What can be used to prevent this oxidation?
5. Using a transparent glass, water, sugar, and cooking oil, explain homogeneous and heterogeneous mixtures.
6. Using a plastic comb, woolen flannel, and shredded paper, explain static electricity.
7. Show that air is made up of matter, using a disposable syringe.
8. Using string and two oranges, explain kinetic energy.
9. Explain pressure change by doing the bottle submarine experiment, using a transparent PET bottle, pen cap, pen tube, water, and modeling clay.
10. Explain optics by doing the pinhole camera experiment, using a can or box, nail, and candle.
11. Using a clear glass and a straw, explain refraction.
12. Explain the Earth’s electromagnetic force using a needle, magnet, cork, water, and a glass.
13. Find a story in the Bible about someone conducting an experiment. What was the one thing that made this experiment work?
Answer key & resources
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