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The
Lab
 
Video
microscope
Put something interesting underneath the camera-box. (Maybe your own
fingernail!) See it hugely magnified on the screen. To make it look even
bigger, lift it closer to the camera-box. How many surprising things can
you discover?
 
Infinity
mirror
Peep through the hole in the hanging mirror. Can you see a reflection
of a reflection of a reflection of a reflection of a reflection of a reflection
of a reflection…? How many times can you see your eye reflected?
Ghost
Reflection
Reach out
to touch one of the two bright red beads. Your hand goes right through
it! It isn't there! One of them is an incredibly lifelike reflection,
hovering in space IN FRONT of the concave mirror...
Tornado
bottles
Turn the joined bottles upside down, swirl the coloured water round and
round, then watch what happens.
The water spins round just like it does in your plughole at home.
Is it REALLY true that it ALWAYS goes round in the same direction on
our side of the world? Find out…
Pressure
diver
Squeeze the bottle to make the diver sink. (The 'diver' is a tomato ketchup
sachet, weighted with paperclips...)
Does it make any difference if you squeeze the top or bottom of the bottle?
When you increase the PRESSURE in the water, the air bubbles in the sauce
sachet are squeezed smaller. If you try making one at home, remember to
add just enough paperclips so that the sauce sachet is almost ready to
sink…
[The bottle is fitted with our specially designed, non-removable cap.]
Shampoo
turbulence
Twist the bottle and spin it round. Watch the swirling patterns in the
water. Shiny particles in the water make it possible to see how the water
moves. Some kinds of 'pearly' shampoo have this effect when diluted with
plenty of water.
Electric
confetti
Rub the clear plastic top of the thin box with a cloth, or with your
hand.
Watch what happens to the small pieces of paper inside.
Rubbing the clear plastic gave it an electric charge, causing it to ATTRACT
the pieces of paper. When the pieces of paper touch the clear plastic,
the same kind of charge flows into them. Now they are REPELLED by the
clear plastic. But they lose this charge when they touch the bottom of
the box, so they are attracted again. If you can find a clear plastic
box, you could make your own at home…
Camera
obscura
Put the cloth over your head and look inside the dark box. On the white
screen inside, can you see an upside-down picture of the room? You could
try this at home, with an ordinary magnifying lens and a white sheet of
paper…
Turning
magnets
Turn round one of the magnets. See what happens to the other one. The
ends of each magnet are coloured red and blue. Which ends ATTRACT each
other and which ends REPEL (push away) each other?
Magnetic
pendulum
Gently swing the hanging rod. Watch how it 'dances'. It has a strong
magnet on its end and there are other magnets fixed below it. Depending
on which way they are facing, magnets can push as well as pull. Doesn't
it feel strange when two things push apart? Perhaps you could make one
of these at home…
Iron
powder
Put a magnet on top of the iron powder inside the thin box. Look carefully
among the patterns you make, to see the curved shapes of the MAGNETIC
FORCE-FIELD around the magnet.
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