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  • Raisins in Soda

    For some people in my family, there’s no good use for a raisin. I happen to disagree. I love them mixed in with nuts and candies, and I also discovered that they make for a great science investigation. When someone set aside all of their raisins, I decided to take video of what happens when […]

    Adam Johnston

    July 13, 2020
    at-home
    #randomactofscience
  • ice melting

    ice melting

    We’ve done a few investigations just watching ice melt. By taking some video and speeding it up, you get to see the whole process in just a few seconds.

    Adam Johnston

    June 26, 2020
    at-home
    #randomactofscience, hansolocarbonite, ice, melt, water
  • yard aliens

    When we’re in the parks, we often find that there are great critters to look at hiding in the grass or in the bark of trees. It’s great that on See It! days we have lenses and microscopes to see these crawling things up close. Lately, since we’re not in parks, I’ve been paying more […]

    Adam Johnston

    June 19, 2020
    at-home
    #randomactofscience, aliens, backyard, bugs, insects, outside
  • sunshine spots

    sunshine spots

    It was a nice morning, and I thought it would be a good choice for me to sit in my backyard and read a book. But it’s easy for me to get distracted, and soon I was really interested in a spot of light that was on my chair: I wondered what made this spot […]

    Adam Johnston

    June 12, 2020
    at-home
    light, pinholes, projection, sunlight, trees
  • jello optics

    Some science investigations are especially fun to do at home. Playing with light and playing with jello are each great activities for indoors. This investigation prompt puts these two things together. Here’s a video that Adam made himself, in his own home, with no fancy lab or equipment — the kind of setting we that […]

    Adam Johnston

    May 27, 2020
    at-home
    color, jello, light, optics
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