Soapy colors
When I was a kid, I used to do a version of this with pepper sprinkled on water and a drop of soap. Some genius came up with foodcoloring on milk instead and it’s pretty psychedelic.
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Short, easy, cheap projects that most anyone can do. Sometimes we assume you work really fast, have parts lying around, &/or a wicked set of tools.
DIY Rocketry
We’re rocket fans. Particularly, of SpaceX- but in general too. When in the mood to launch our own, we have a good number of options: Easy- we just print some cardstock graphics (falcon/Saturn V/etc), roll them up and add a […]
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Warping Spacetime on a trampoline
Delilah loves our trampoline(s). Every day is leg day. It’s one of the best investments we’ve made (particularly the mesh safety surround). One thing that helped us learn more about planetary (among other) physics is use of orbits around the […]
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Hydraulics
This is where we learn about how hydraulics work. We started off by ordering this universally handy pack of syringes off Amazon. Obviously, these get used for tons of other experiments and tasks as well, but in this case we […]
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Zipline
This one’s pretty straightforward, really. Just your average zipline- find two secure things, and run a line between them. This is best done with a steel cable- I happen to have one lying around from an old winch. You can […]
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DIY Colorforms-“Around the world”
We have a cheap illuminated globe that’s actually pretty nice. It has glossy finish and so we seized that opportunity to pick up some flexible vinyl sheet and iron on custom art. This actually was a little harder than I […]
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Newton’s Billiard Cradle
Classic newton’s cradle is a good way to illustrate conservation of energy. We’re not doing too much different here but scaling things up so they can be a bit more interactive, and using some pool balls we already had available. […]
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Unicorn Rocket
Furry unicorn hooves, a unicorn horn, and a rainbow dipped body. Farewell colorful rocket! There were actually a few versions made of this one- we were originally just looking for excuses to try out paint dipping and happened to have […]
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Acoustic Harmonic Accordian!
I’ve always liked that resonance trick where you can make a wine glass “sing” by pulling a finger along its edge. I wanted to make this a dynamic system and so ended up making a few changes to big, cheap […]
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Kites!
Lots of wind lately.. here’s a placeholder for our kites!
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