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Experiment: Cricket Stump Pulleys

An experiment all about force, gravity, and the amazing properties of pulleys.

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 12:59 pm

Created: 2 May 2014, 12:00 am
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Experiment: Sandwich Bag Magic

A really exciting experiment introducing the concepts of exothermic and endothermic reactions.

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 12:59 pm

Created: 2 May 2014, 12:00 am
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Experiment: Elephant Toothpaste

This experiment creates an exothermic reaction – that means it not only creates foam it creates heat!

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:02 pm

Created: 28 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
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Experiment: Hovering Butterflies

A great introduction to magnets, where we make paper butterflies hover in the air by themselves.

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:03 pm

Created: 28 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
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Experiment: Ice Babies

A game where students do different things to ice blocks determined by the random throw of the dice - whose ice blocks will melt first - and why?

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:03 pm

Created: 28 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
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Experiment: Leaping Canisters

What happens when a gas gets trapped? An example of a chemical reaction in action.

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:03 pm

Created: 28 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
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Experiment: Oobleck

Ooblek is a non-Newtonian fluid, which means it is both a solid and a liquid at the same time - very strange!

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:00 pm

Created: 28 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
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Experiment: Oobleck Boogie

This is a very fun extension of the Oobleck experiment, where we make a non-Newtonian fluid get up and dance!

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:01 pm

Created: 28 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
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Experiment: Rainbow Milk

Why do we use soap? What does it do to dirt and oil on our hands? A very exciting experiment!

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:01 pm

Created: 28 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
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Experiment: Separation of Substances

An interactive experiment that lets students use their investigative skills and lots of different scientific methods to solve a problem.

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:01 pm

Created: 28 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
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Experiment: Straw Flutes

An introduction to vibrations and how sound is made, by blowing through drinking straws cut in different ways.

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:01 pm

Created: 28 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
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Nature of Science

We have created these resources to help teachers and students better understand the Nature of Science, the overarching, unifying strand of the New Zealand Science Curriculum.

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:05 pm

Created: 23 Oct 2013, 12:00 am
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