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How to Make a Purple Penny! (The Gold Penny Experiment - A Safer Method)

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The Gummy Bear Experiment!

6:18

Best Recipe for Magnetic Slime!

6:44

The Guard Dog Illusion!

4:50

Can You Solve the Secret Message on this Treasure Chest?

4:27

What does DNA look like?

6:39

Can you Grow a Plant from Popcorn? 🌽

Have you ever looked at the seeds in your spice rack or pantry and wondered: can these grow in the garden? 🤔 Well I have, and so in my latest video I put them to the test!
And some of the results may surprise you... 😱
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How to Make a Purple Penny! (The Gold Penny Experiment - A Safer Method)

5:47

How to Make a Purple Penny! (The Gold Penny Experiment - A Safer Method)

Просмотров 3,7 тыс.9 месяцев назад

The gold penny experiment takes an ordinary copper penny and turns it "silver" and "gold" 😲💰 But it uses a few dangerous chemicals, which can make it unsafe for kids... 😬 Luckily, there's a safer way to do this experiment at home! Just put the penny on a hotplate and heat it up 👌 How does it work? It's all due to thin-film interference! I first saw this experiment in a paper by Thomas Kuntzlema...

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The Gummy Bear Experiment!

Просмотров 54 тыс.11 месяцев назад

What happens if you add a gummy bear to water? It doubles in size!! 🤯😱 In this video, I see how big a gummy bear will grow when added to water, a sugar solution and a salt solution 👨‍🔬🍭🧸 Plus, we'll learn all about the science of gelatine and osmosis! Official Merchandise! You can now buy a Silly Science with Simon shirt, hoodie or sticker on this RedBubble store! www.redbubble.com/people/Silly...

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Best Recipe for Magnetic Slime!

Просмотров 12 тыс.Год назад

What's cooler than slime? Magnetic slime!!😲 And what's cooler than magnetic slime? Glow-in-the-dark magnetic slime!!! 🤯 In this video, I put all three to the test to find the absolute best recipe! 😁 Ingredients: • 1/3 cup Elmer's glue • 1 and 1/2 tablespoons water • 1/2 teaspoon bi-carb soda • 8 drops of food colouring • 1 tablespoon contact lens solution • 2 tablespoons iron filings (fine) Met...

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The Guard Dog Illusion!

Просмотров 1,4 тыс.Год назад

These guard dogs are perfect for keeping those robbers away! They're an example of a 'hollow face illusion'. If you close one eye and move around them... the face appears to follow you! 👀 Download a copy of the design here: www.sillysciencewithsimon.com/science-projects/guard-dog-illusion This video from @grandillusions was my inspiration for this project: ruclips.net/video/_Q_kSrOVdHw/видео.ht...

Can You Solve the Secret Message on this Treasure Chest?

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Can You Solve the Secret Message on this Treasure Chest?

Просмотров 624Год назад

I found a treasure chest in some old ruins! But it had a secret message on the front... Luckily, I was able to solve it using the scytale cipher! Want to have a go at solving a secret message yourself? Print out a copy of the message I found in the treasure chest (www.sillysciencewithsimon.com/science-projects/solve-the-secret-message) and solve it using a scytale made from a 4 × 4 rod of Lego ...

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What does DNA look like?

Просмотров 927Год назад

Did you know you can extract DNA from strawberries right in your own kitchen? 🍓🧬 All you need are a few household items and a couple of ripe strawberries! Official Merchandise! You can now buy a Silly Science with Simon shirt, hoodie or sticker on this RedBubble store! www.redbubble.com/people/SillyScience/shop?asc=u 😎 Want to help me make more videos? If you've read this far into the descripti...

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How does Milk turn into Cheese?

Просмотров 5 тыс.Год назад

Have you ever wondered how milk turns into cheese? Now you can find out by watching this video and making your own cheese at home! Ingredients: • 1 L (4 cups) of Full Cream Milk (*also known as whole milk) • 250 mL (1 cup) of buttermilk • 125 mL (½ cup) of cream • ¼ teaspoon of kosher salt Method: • Add the milk, buttermilk, cream, and kosher salt to a saucepan and give it all a good stir • Pla...

How to make a Thaumatrope (the Optical Illusion Toy)!

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How to make a Thaumatrope (the Optical Illusion Toy)!

Просмотров 8 тыс.Год назад

This is an optical illusion toy called a thaumatrope! It has a different picture on each side and, when spun around really quickly, allows us to see both of those images at the same time 😲🤯 How? It's all thanks to persistence of vision! 👀 Download a FREE copy of the thaumatrope designs here (www.sillysciencewithsimon.com/science-projects/make-your-own-thaumatrope) If you want to learn more abou...

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How to make a Buzz Wire Game!

Просмотров 18 тыс.Год назад

Do you have what it takes to beat the buzz wire game? Find out, by making one at home!! 🤯 Official Merchandise! You can now buy a Silly Science with Simon shirt, hoodie or sticker on this RedBubble store! www.redbubble.com/people/SillyScience/shop?asc=u 😎 Want to help me make more videos? If you've read this far into the description, you must be a big fan of the channel... or really enjoy readi...

This M&M isn't Green! 😮 (DIY Candy Chromatography)

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This M&M isn't Green! 😮 (DIY Candy Chromatography)

Просмотров 7 тыс.Год назад

Is your green M&M actually green? 🤔 Let's use paper chromatography to find out!! As part of my research, I asked Mars if they could tell me what food colouring is used to make each M&M colour... but I was told the exact recipe is a secret 🤫 Luckily, I think I managed to work it out in this video 😅 Official Merchandise! You can now buy a Silly Science with Simon shirt, hoodie or sticker on this ...

DIY Spooky Decorations - Toilet Roll Monsters!

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DIY Spooky Decorations - Toilet Roll Monsters!

Просмотров 742Год назад

Our dining table needed a centrepiece... so I made these spooky toilet roll monsters! 🧛‍♂️🎃👻🦇😱 (Oh, and we also learnt about the science of transparent and translucent objects 😅) I got the character designs for the toilet roll monsters from this website (thanks Kim!): www.thebestideasforkids.com/halloween-toilet-paper-roll-crafts/ Official Merchandise! You can now buy a Silly Science with Simon...

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Making NASA’s Water Rocket Launcher!

Просмотров 16 тыс.Год назад

I found the designs for a water rocket launcher on NASA's website, so I decided to make the launcher and use it to launch some rockets! 🚀 Jump ahead to these parts of the video: - 0:00 Introduction - 0:33 How to make the launcher - 3:37 How to make the water rocket - 4:05 How to use the launcher - 4:57 Launching the water rockets! You can get a copy of the designs (including the list of items a...

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Dinosaur Cookies made from Sugar Glass!

Просмотров 1,2 тыс.2 года назад

Dinosaur cookies made from sugar glass? Yes please!! 🤤🍪� The best thing about these cookies - they only use four ingredients (butter, sugar, flour and lollipops) and are ready in 30 minutes! The sugar glass in these cookies is actually very similar to regular glass... except you can eat it 😅🤯 Glass is recycled by crushing it down into a fine powder, melting it and then shaping it into something ...

Doctor Strange Portal Effect in Real Life!

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Doctor Strange Portal Effect in Real Life!

Просмотров 1,5 тыс.2 года назад

Really thin strands of steel wool can catch on fire 🔥🤯 When burning, the metal glows red hot and creates yellow sparkles! 🤩 I thought this looked a bit like the portals in Doctor Strange, which got me thinking... 🤔 Can I use this to add some real-world special effects to my Doctor Strange LEGO? I gave it a try and thought it looked pretty cool 😎 You might also want to check out this video (rucl...