Best Easy Science Experiments for kids using Household Stuff

Science Experiments for Kids to do at home

When we’re stuck indoors with our kids during the quarantine, we’re still trying to find fun to entertain the kids using stuff we’ve got at home already. But typically, we end up trying to find many ideas on the internet for hours! So I thought to compile a few simple and best science experiments during coronavirus with the supplies and ingredients readily available at home.

Looking for fun science experiments at home for kids? We have got you covered! Here is the compiled list of some of the best easy science experiments for kids using household stuff.

Make an Instant Ice – science experiments for kids to do at home #1

To render water ice, it takes a nucleus to form stable crystals. Water is usually loaded with particles and impurities which allow ice to form. Yet, it is not filtered water. Thus filtered water will reach an even colder temperature until it becomes solid. This science experiment at home for kids is great to do, you will have a lot of fun together.

Materials needed

• Water filled bottle
• Ice
• Container to place the ice

Procedure to follow

1. Chill the water: The bottle will be cooled well below the temperature at which normal water freezes if you put the bottle of filtered water into the freezer for a little less than three hours.
2. Spill the water over ice: If you spill this super-cooled water over a piece of ice, it adds nuclei to the water and allows it to freeze immediately.
3. Enjoy the fun with instant ice: Enjoy the liquid water changing instantly into the ice as you continue to pour it on the ice.

Blobs in a Lamp/Bottle – experiment #2

This is another quick science experiments at home for kids to do.

Do you know the mesmerizing sensation of seeing a lava lamp sinking, rising, and morphing with its huge colored bubbles?

The motion that you see is caused by density and polarity.

This experiment helps you to build your own (temporary) lava lamp with household materials! It’s smooth and clean to perform.

Materials needed

• A 1-liter clear cold drink bottle
• ¾ cups of water
• Vegetable oil
• Food coloring
•  Fizzing tablets such as Alka Seltzer

Procedure to follow

1. Add water: Pour ¾ cups of water in the bottle.
2. Mix the vegetable oil: Pour vegetable oil slowly into the bottle using a funnel or a measuring cup until the bottle is almost full. Wait a couple of minutes for the oil and water to separate.
3. Add the drops of food coloring: Add ten drops of different food coloring to each bottle (Try colors of your choice). The food coloring drops go through the oil and then combine with the water below.
4. Add the seltzer tablet: Break one half of a seltzer tablet and drop the half tablet into the bottle. Watch that fall to the bottom and let the blobby begin!
5. Give a lava lamp impact: Just add another piece of a tablet to keep the effect running. Shine a flashlight through the bottom of the bottle for lava-lamp actual implications.

Baking Soda and Vinegar Lava – experiment #3

A chemical reaction between baking soda and vinegar produces a gas called carbon dioxide.
Carbon dioxide is the same type of gas used in drinks to create carbonation. What happens when you shake a soda? The gas gets excited and tries to spread. When the gas does not find enough space in the bottle to disperse, so it escapes very quickly through the opening, triggering an explosion!

Materials needed

• 10ml dish soap
• 100ml cold water
• 400ml vinegar
• Half cup of baking soda mixed with a half cup of water
• Model volcano or a 2-liter clear soda bottle

Procedure to follow

1. Add the ingredients: In the empty soda bottle or a model volcano, add the vinegar, water, dish soap, and two drops of food coloring.
2. Baking soda slurry: Use a spoon to mix the slurry of baking soda until all that is a liquid.
3. Time to explode: Quickly pour the baking soda slurry into the soda bottle or a model volcano and back up! Enjoy the bursting out of a model volcano.

Rainbow Paper – experiment #4

The experiment on rainbow paper is easy, but it takes a little patience to get it right. The nail polish dries quickly on the water surface, making a film that does not adhere to the paper.
It needs to be done swiftly to do this activity successfully. Make sure to dip the paper into the water within 10-15 seconds after going in with the drop of nail polish.

Materials needed

• Water filled bowl
• Transparent nail polish
• Black construction paper or black card stock (Rectangular shape)
• Paper towels

Procedure to follow

1. Drip a drop of nail paint in water: In the bowl full of water, add a drop of nail polish in it.
2. Black paper: Wait a while after adding nail polish and then dip a piece of paper into the water and pull it out.
3. Let them dry: Place the rainbow papers on the paper towel and let them dry.
4. Enjoy the fantastic rainbow colors: The rainbow colors will start appearing once the papers start drying.

Another way: Place the paper first under the water and then add on top of it one drop of clear nail polish. Within a few seconds, the nail polish scatters across the water surface.
When the nail polish has spread out, taking the paper out of the water is free, covering it with a thin film of clear nail polish.

Happy experimenting at home!