Do-It-Yourself Solar Eclipse Viewer
Using a few materials you probably have around the house, you can build a viewing device that will safely reflect the sun and allow for […]
Easy Science Experiments
Light
Making an Electric Circuit
You enter a dark room and reach for a switch to turn on the lights. In fact, most off the time, you don’t even think about it; you just […]
American Flag Optical Illusion
At first, your eyes are working just fine and the image your brain produces for you is correct even though you may wonder a little […]
Vampire Slime - Eerie Green and Blood Red
When you mix Vampire Slime Goo and Cross-Linker, it appears to be normal green slime, but hold the oozing blob up to a source of […]
Ice Tray Battery
You probably know that voltaic batteries come in all kinds of shapes and sizes, from tiny button batteries to car batteries to huge industrial heavy-weights. […]
LED Throwies
Graffiti Research Lab first introduced us to the awesome throwie idea, and we loved it. Ever since, we’ve been playing around with the idea of […]
Homemade Projector
If you’ve watched videos on a smartphone, then you know it can be tough to really enjoy the show on such a small screen. For […]
Mystery Balloon Pop
One balloon is blown up inside of another when you use a magnifying glass to focus light onto their surfaces. You expect the balloons to […]
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 Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscopes are an incredible tool for witnessing the effects of refracting light, but putting your own kaleidoscope together can be a pain. We’ve simplified the […]
Disappearing Ink - FriXion Pen
Give someone special a note that requires heat to decode the message. You won’t believe what the ink in this pen will do. Your message […]
It Pays to Smile
How often do you look at the face of the president pictured on your paper money? What’s the facial expression of the president? Happy? Sad? […]
Disappearing Ghost Eggs
It looks like an ordinary glass of water… crystal clear water. But hiding just below the surface of the water is an amazing collection of […]
Build a Zoetrope - Geyser Animation
Vision and the way our brains perceive what we are seeing are incredible. Just think of optical illusions, 3D images, the fact that your eyes […]
Revealing UV with Color - Changing Beads
Knowing you’ll spend some time in the sun, you carefully spread a sunscreen lotion labeled “SPF 50” on exposed skin. The next day, you look […]
Screaming Balloon
Here’s an easy-to-do experiment using only a balloon and a hex nut from the hardware store. Be sure to buy enough supplies for all of […]
Holiday Fire - Red
Everyone likes to cuddle up next to a nice warm fire, but we couldn’t possibly settle for any normal fire. Why not make a more […]
Black Light Secret Message
Highlighters have a number of uses, from helping acknowledge important text to acting as brightly-colored markers in our favorite coloring book. Around Halloween, though, we’ve […]
Solar Oven S'mores
So many great things are synonymous with “summertime yummies!” We can’t think of a summer treat we enjoy quite as much as a s’more: warm, […]
Build a Light Bulb - Circuits
When you are conducting experiments and demonstrations using electricity, you’ll use the science of circuits. Amazing things are possible with circuits including alarms, radios, and […]
Microwave Light Bulb
We heard that it’s possible to actually make a light bulb light-up without any electricity. We figured it out.
Growing and Shrinking Head - Optical Illusion
Science has been known to cause brain growth. The more you learn, the larger your brain. But did you know that you can use the […]
Mysterious Appearing Colors
We’ve mixed our share of colors here at Steve Spangler. We know that red and blue make purple, blue and yellow make green, and that […]
Disappearing Money
Magicians have made money appear from behind ears and out of nostrils for years. And you’ve seen Steve set a $100 bill on fire without […]