Recommended Website:
ChemShorts for Kids
ClickSchooler MaryAnna suggested this website, sponsored by the American Chemical Society, that provides all kinds of chemical experiments for kids. When you get to the site you’ll see an Index of the experiments that have been loaded to the site since 1992. They provide 10 new experiments each year and there are over 160 to explore.
When you get to the site just click on an experiment from the menu and a new page opens with an explanation, a materials list, instructions, illustrations, photos, reference materials and helpful tips. The selection includes old favorites and new finds including:
- Dancing Raisins
- Cola Experiments
- Totally Tubular Plants
- Homemade Fire Extinguisher
- Green Blobs from Steel Wool
- Ack – It’s Gack
- Homemade Ice Cream
- Popcorn Science
- Ecofoam vs. Styrofoam
- The Art of Bleaching
- The Fungus Among Us
- An Active Volcano
- Homemade Lemon-Lime Soda
- Dinosaur Science
- Epsom Salt Towers
- Crayon Chemistry
- Icy Explorations
- JELL-O: Chemistry in a Box
- Stinky Chemistry
- A Borax Snowflake
- Glow in the Dark Geode
- and many, many more!
There are enough science experiments here to keep you busy for an entire homeschool year! Have fun!
