Experiments at home for young chemists

Experiments at home, which we will now talk about, are very simple, but extremely entertaining. If your child is just getting acquainted with the nature of different phenomena and processes, such experiences will look like real magic for him. But it's not a secret for anyone that it's best to present complex information to children in a game form - this will help to fix the material and leave vivid memories that will be useful in further training.

Explosion in quiet water

Discussing possible experiments at home, first of all we will tell you how to make such a mini-explosion. You will need a large vessel filled with ordinary tap water (for example, it can be a three-liter bottle). It is desirable that the liquid is left in a quiet place for 1-3 days. After that, carefully, without touching the vessel itself, drop a few drops of ink into the middle of the water from the height. They will beautifully creep into the water, as if in a slow-motion shot.

Air balloon that inflates itself

This is another interesting experience that can be carried out by carrying out chemical experiments at home. In the ball itself it is required to pour a teaspoon of ordinary baking soda. Next, you need to take an empty plastic bottle and pour in it 4 tablespoons of vinegar. The ball must be pulled on its neck. As a result, soda will be poured into vinegar, a reaction will occur with the release of carbon dioxide, and the balloon will be inflated.

Volcano

With the help of the same soda and vinegar, you can make a real volcano in your house! As a basis, you can use even a plastic cup. In the "vents" fall asleep 2 tablespoons of soda, pour a quarter of a glass of warm water and add a little food coloring of dark color. Then it will only be to add a quarter of a glass of vinegar and watch the "eruption."

"Color" magic

Experiments in the home that you can demonstrate to your child also include unusual changes in the various substances of their color. A vivid example of this is the reaction that occurs when iodine and starch are combined. Mixing the brown iodine and white starch, you get a liquid ... a bright blue hue!

Fireworks

What else can you do experiments at home? Chemistry provides a huge field for activities in this regard. For example, you can make bright fireworks right in the room (but it's better in the yard). A bit of potassium permanganate must be crushed into a fine powder, and then take a similar amount of charcoal and also grind it. Thoroughly mixing the coal with manganese, we add there the iron powder. This mixture is poured into a metal cap (a conventional thimble will do) and keep it in the flame of the burner. As soon as the composition is heated, a whole rain of beautiful sparks will begin to crumble around.

Soda rocket

And, finally, we will say again about chemical experiments at home, where the simplest and most accessible reagents-vinegar and sodium hydrogencarbonate-are involved. In this case, you need to take a plastic cassette for the film, fill it with baking soda, and then - quickly pour in 2 teaspoons of vinegar. At the next stage, you close the homemade rocket cover, put it on the ground upside down, step back and watch the way it takes off.