Our very own 'nutty professor', Dina Mufti, has been hard at work in the lab - creating some fun experiments for you to try at home!  | Dina and her assistants! |
Dina's assistants for the day were three-year-old Laura and eight-year-old Christopher. Follow the instructions below and our budding scientists will show you how to have fun with our simple experiments! Print out this page, then take a look at our picture gallery to see Laura and Christopher conducting the experiments! Build a real working volcano!  | Christopher watches as his
volcano erupts! |
You will need:
baking soda
washing-up liquid
red food colouring
vinegar
a small container (like a camera-film canister)
plasticine or paper mache formed into volcano shape Step 1: Build your volcano model around the container - this is your crater! Put your volcano on a tray - or something which will collect the lava! Step 2: Fill container with baking soda, then add a few drops of washing-up liquid. This makes the lava bubble! Step 3: Add the red food colouring to make your lava glow! Step 4: Pour in some vinegar and watch your volcano erupt! Step 5: See Christopher's volcano erupt in our photo gallery » Magic flowers!  | Laura puts her flowers into the coloured water! |
You will need:
some different food colourings
a vase / glass / jam jar
water
white flowers (carnations are good!) Step 1: Fill up your vase with water. Step 2: Add few drops of food colouring. Step 3: Place some of the flowers in the vase and leave overnight. Step 4: The next day - your flowers have changed colour! Step 5:See Laura's flowers change colour in our gallery »  | Laura's pleased with her experiment! |
Remember to get an adult to help you with these experiments. And make sure you clean up afterwards - a good scientist always keeps his laboratory neat and tidy! 
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