Monday, 1 May 2017

Chemical magic

Greetings fellow Scientists!

Recently we tried one of the experiments from The Salters' Chemistry Club (click here for instructions). Here is how we turned water into wine and then into milk: 




Tuesday, 11 April 2017

Easter egg geodes

Greetings fellow Scientists!

As Easter is coming, why not try this fun experiment:


This is the outcome of our work:








Sunday, 2 April 2017

DIY upcycling project

Greetings fellow Scientists!

Our recent DIY project is a simple way to create lovely lanterns. Have a look:

Thursday, 16 March 2017

Forensic science - identifying fingerprints

Greetings fellow Scientists!



TV shows such as CSI - Crime Scene Investigation made firensic science extremely popular. Recently we looled at the fingerprint identification:











Click here to read about sessions at Natural History Museum in London.

Sunday, 5 March 2017

Coca-Cola under investigation (2)

Greetings fellow Scientists!

In our second session with Coca-Cola investigations, we strated by filtrating our samples through charcoal to see if we can separate some of its ingredients:
 






Secondly, we used Benedict's solution to test for the presence of sugars:






Saturday, 18 February 2017

The Interactive Science Museum in Lisbon

Greetings fellow Scientists!

Your travelling Scientist has revently visited The Pavilion of Knowledge Ciência Viva in Lisbon. This interactive Science museum will keep you busy with a number of interactive dispays, a truly enjoyable learning experience!





 







 


Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Coca-Cola under investigation

Greetings fellow Scientists!

Together with our friends from the Volcano Science Club in Poland, we are going to conduct a selection of experiments with different varieties of Coca-Cola to test out its properties.


We started by analysing the labels:



Then, we tried to find out if Coca-Cola contains caramel so we heated it up:








 After that, we continued to check what gas is in Coca-Cola. We predicted it's carbon dioxide so we heated a sample up and passed the gas through limewater. As it turned milky/cloudy we know we were correct:




Lastly, we set up an experiment that is going to take a bit of time: we covered a rusty nail, a coin and an egg with Coca-Cola to see what effect it's going to have:











Join us after half-term to see the results and more experiments!