Experiments

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How much will you remember?

Replace digits with numbers (e.g.) 29, 1000, 45, 11, 66, 100). Replace digits with random words. Replace digits with a sentence consisting of 12 words. Replace digits with drawn geometric shapes.

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Duration:
1 ?
Field:
Social, Mathematics,
Tags:
short-term memory, memorising, learning, sheet of paper, pen, digits, numbers, words

Mirror

Use something bigger than a bottle, e.g. you can make a concave dish of sheet metal, but remember to polish it.

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Duration:
1 ?
Field:
Physics,
Tags:
concave mirror, optics, light beam, focus

Wailing lines

Try to carry out the same experiment with different line types and using cups of various sizes. Instead of water use another substance, e.g. wax.

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Duration:
1 ?
Field:
Physics,
Tags:
sound, acoustic wave, resonance

Frothed plants

If you have a piece of fresh, bloody meat, pour peroxide over it. What are you observing?

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Duration:
1 ?
Field:
Chemistry, Biology,
Tags:
catalase, enzymes, oxygen, peroxide, hydrogen peroxide

Capillary action – how do plants drink?

Use plates of different sizes for this experiment. Compare results Maybe you will manage to build a construction as tall as a small bush, that is ca. 50 cm.

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Duration:
1 ?
Field:
Biology, Physics,
Tags:
capillary action, meniscus, transport of water in plants, capillaries, tracheids