Experiments

Scenarios of experiments are available under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Poland licence (CC BY 3.0 PL). Some rights are reserved to the Copernicus Science Centre. The works were created as a part of the Young Explorer’s Club Programme, conducted by the Copernicus Science Centre with the use of means of the Polish-American Freedom Foundation. It is permitted to use the content freely – provided that this information will be preserved, including the information about the applied licence, held rights and Young Explorer’s Club. Contents of the licence are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl/.

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Are all types of sugar edible?

Carry out the same experiment, but this time add iodine tincture at the end – that is, after you’ve added saliva. Use tissue, lignin or a piece of paper instead of cotton wool. Use potato, rice, pasta, etc. instead of flour.

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Duration:
1 ?
Field:
Chemistry, Biology,
Tags:
digestion, ptyalin, salivary amylase, saliva, kissel, amylum, starch, cellulose

Jellies with fruit

Carry out the same experiment using cooked fruit. Just put fruit into boiling water for several minutes. In order to prepare jelly, use water which was previously used to cook chili pepper in it.

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Duration:
3 ?
Field:
Chemistry, Biology,
Tags:
enzymes, gelatin, jelly, fruit

Growing bittercress

Pour solutions you’ve prepared during the experiment into jars. Put a cut flower into each of them. Watch what will happen to the plants within the next days.

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Duration:
3 ?
Field:
Biology, Chemistry,
Tags:
bittercress, plant growth, reaction, osmosis