Showing posts with label art and science. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art and science. Show all posts

Wednesday, 1 July 2015

Speedy Science - step through a postcard

More speedy science experiments!

What you need:

A postcard
Pair of scissors
A volunteer

This can be done like a magic trick, pick up the postcard and ask if it's possible to step through it, of course, everyone will say no!



Fold the card in half lengthways, then make cuts from the folded edge, stopping about 1cm from the edge of the card, each cut should be about 1cm apart.


Then turn the card around and repeat from the other side, so you are cutting between the cuts you have already made. Open the card out again.


Now, be careful, you don't want to cut from the very edge, so put your scissors over the very first (edge) strip then cut through the centre, be careful not to cut the last strip (the other edge) too.


You will end up with a piece of card looking like this...


Carefully open it out, it will be a big hoop of card and then step into the middle.


Pull it over your body....


Steady as you put your arms through....


And taa-daa, take a bow and collect your winnings - assuming you have taught your child how to place bets!



Friday, 13 June 2014

How To Make Goo

Ebi-kun came home from school the other day and requested to make goo or gloop or whatever you want to call it. We have done this before but he had the urge to do it again!

What you need:
Corn starch
water
food colour
bowl to mix

We didn't actually measure anything, not very scientific, I know but it's a good way for kids to learn that not everything has to be done perfectly correctly!


Then we decided to take it outside. We talked about the goo being an oobleck and why it acts the way that it does.


Neither of us know how he managed to do this gravity defying trick!


Definitely more fun outside but I'm not sure what the neighbours think of the strange goings on, I'm not sure I give us 'foreigners' a good name, like I care!


After lots of pouring, punching, squeezing and dripping he decided to make some artwork with it…



Quick, cheap and easy entertainment, can't shake a stick at that! Have you tried making goo with your kids?


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