Diving Ketchup - Clever Cartesian Diver
Did you know that you can cause a packet of ketchup to rise and fall on command in a bottle of water? People might even […]
Easy Science Experiments
Force and Motion
Flying Toilet Paper - How to Make a Toilet Paper Launcher
It’s amazing what you can do with differences in air pressure. A tasty drink flows through a straw from a glass up to your mouth. A […]
Film Canister Launcher
What happens when you have a build-up of gas? Wait! Don’t answer that question! The gas used here is carbon dioxide (CO2), it comes from Alka-Seltzer, […]
Cork in a Wine Bottle Challenge
If a cork falls into the bottom of a wine bottle (accidentally or on purpose), how can you get it out without ruining the cork, […]
Balancing Hex Nut Challenge
It’s possible that you have such great eye-hand coordination and rock-steady nerves that stacking five hex nuts on the rim of a glass is how […]
Dry Ice Smoke Ring Launcher
Inspired by Steve Spangler’s original trash can smoke ring launcher, this mini version uses easy to find materials to make your vortex vapor ring launcher. […]
Ping Pong Popper
Science staples involve things that go boom and things that blast off. With the Ping Pong Popper kids’ science experiment, you’ll take both the booming […]
Newton’s Nightmare
Drop one weight into the tube and, no surprise here, the weight drops to the ground with a thud. Go figure… it’s gravity at work! […]
Coin Tower
When it comes to scientific muses, Sir Isaac Newton is definitely near the top of our list. Our favorite laws to break involve physics, movement, […]
PVC Rocket Launcher
Steve was first introduced to this incredible teaching tool in 2001 while speaking at the U.S. Space Camp for Educators. As part of the week-long […]
Five Divers
We’ve found an awesome new science activity that uses Cartesian divers. This project features five individual Cartesian divers, and they’re all in the same bottle. […]
Inseparable Books
Notebooks are a necessity in every science setting. Graphs, observations, procedures… all of science falls by the wayside without a way of recording the information. […]
Inertia Ring
The object of this activity is to get the hex nut to drop into the plastic bottle. Simple enough but there will be something in the […]
Electric Cornstarch
You can do some pretty amazing things with non-Newtonian fluids, and the same can be said of static electricity. When you combine the two, you […]
Spinning Glasses of Water - Centripetal Force Board
When you swing a bucket of water over your head, you probably expect a big, wet rush of water to soak you as the bucket […]
Water Twist
When you poke five, evenly-spaced wholes into the side of a bottle, they come out as five separate streams. That is, until you run your […]
Floating Bottle Trick
The science magician displays a bottle and a short length of rope. They explain that ancient legends foretold of a genie in the bottle. While […]
Disappearing Color Wheel
When Sick Science! first got its start, we introduced an experiment called the Color Mixing Wheel. This spinning science toy was a great way to […]
Homemade Lung
The human body is a magnificent machine. Every part serves a purpose that seems to work like magic (except maybe the appendix). The more science […]
Money Under Bottle
This setup looks a lot like a one-container version of the tablecloth trick and you might be able to present it that way, too. Of course, it’s […]
Burping Bottle
Did you know that the majority of burps are simply caused by swallowed air? It’s true! Burping is a natural human phenomenon, but it’s also […]
Balancing Glass Trick
Table tricks are all the rage when it comes to post-dinner “oohs” and “ahhs.” All you need are some knives, bottles, and a drinking glass. […]
Human Table Trick
Table tricks are a great addition to any meal. Do you want to whip the tablecloth out from under they place settings? Great! Oh, you're […]
Dollar Bill Inertia Challenge
Sometimes a science demonstration based on inertia comes off as a “trick” to some people. Some of these tricks drop eggs into water and others have you whipping […]