Homeschoolingmama

I mentioned in my 'Cloud in a jar' post, how I'd recently made a list of exciting experiments to do, that required few items. After our successful 'cloud in a jar' we tried our very own lava lamp! This is such a simple experiment, I can imagine we have many lava lamps to come....so it's not quite a lamp but more like lava in a glass.  What you'll need Glass, we used a drinking glass (clear glass) Salt (approx 1tsp) Vegetable oil (to fill 1/4 of the glass) water (to fill approx 3/4 glass) Food dye (any colour - we used red) What to do Add 3/4 water to the glass, and add 4/5 drops of food dye (not too much as don't want a deep colour). Add the vegetable oil, which you will notice will float to the top (oil and water don't mix). Once all the oil as settled at the top, add about a teaspoon of salt.  You'll notice some of the oil clumping with the salt and sinking to the bottom of the glass. This oil will then rise...

Little person loves carrying out science experiments at home. The issue is, sometimes the list of apparatus is long and extensive, meaning we need to go out and buy more than half the things....this also means we end up delaying the experiment and at times forgetting. Thus, I took time out and wrote a list of experiments we can carry out at home with very few items, or items we already have.  Today was all about making a cloud in a jar. This experiment will certainly entertain little ones, and they'll express their amazement a fair few (hundred) times!  Before the experiment I like the idea of helping little person get into the habit of how experiments are written and carried out. Once he's a little older, he'll need to ensure he can clearly and happily write out experiments. At the beginning of a write up there is an introduction. An introduction will include an explanation and hyp...