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The Best 100 Science Experiments

Resources for teachers and students for a great range of science experiments for Kiwi classrooms, submitted by Primary School teachers from around the country.

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 1:00 PM

Created: May 2, 2014, 12:00 AM
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Experiment: What is Air Pressure?

What is air pressure? How do planes (or kites) fly? Blowing over the top of a paper strip causes it to rise into the air like magic.

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 12:59 PM

Created: May 2, 2014, 12:00 AM
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Experiment: Borax Snowflakes

What are crystals? How do they grow? In this experiment we decorate pipecleaner snowflakes with borax crystals.

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 12:59 PM

Created: May 2, 2014, 12:00 AM
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Experiment: Cricket Stump Pulleys

An experiment all about force, gravity, and the amazing properties of pulleys.

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 12:59 PM

Created: May 2, 2014, 12:00 AM
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Experiment: Sandwich Bag Magic

A really exciting experiment introducing the concepts of exothermic and endothermic reactions.

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 12:59 PM

Created: May 2, 2014, 12:00 AM
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Experiment: Elephant Toothpaste

This experiment creates an exothermic reaction – that means it not only creates foam it creates heat!

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 1:02 PM

Created: Apr 28, 2014, 12:00 AM
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Experiment: Hovering Butterflies

A great introduction to magnets, where we make paper butterflies hover in the air by themselves.

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 1:03 PM

Created: Apr 28, 2014, 12:00 AM
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Experiment: Ice Babies

A game where students do different things to ice blocks determined by the random throw of the dice - whose ice blocks will melt first - and why?

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 1:03 PM

Created: Apr 28, 2014, 12:00 AM
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Experiment: Leaping Canisters

What happens when a gas gets trapped? An example of a chemical reaction in action.

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 1:03 PM

Created: Apr 28, 2014, 12:00 AM
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Experiment: Oobleck

Ooblek is a non-Newtonian fluid, which means it is both a solid and a liquid at the same time - very strange!

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 1:00 PM

Created: Apr 28, 2014, 12:00 AM
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Experiment: Oobleck Boogie

This is a very fun extension of the Oobleck experiment, where we make a non-Newtonian fluid get up and dance!

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 1:01 PM

Created: Apr 28, 2014, 12:00 AM
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Experiment: Rainbow Milk

Why do we use soap? What does it do to dirt and oil on our hands? A very exciting experiment!

Modified: Jun 16, 2019, 1:01 PM

Created: Apr 28, 2014, 12:00 AM
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