Chris Styles
Experiments contributed to
Crystal Calligraphy
Create crystal-coated structures using just pipe cleaners and Borax solution.
Guitar Acoustics
Make music from cardboard and rubber bands! See how and why different strings can make different sounds.
Compasses: How do they work? WIP
Understand how compasses work - and how they malfunction! A great way to learn about magnetism, magnetic materials and the Earth’s magnetic field.
Shiny pennies
Pennies lose their shine after a while. This experiment explains what causes the dull colour on coins and how to make your pennies bright again.
The Monty Hall Problem
The Monty Hall Problem is a mathematical logical puzzle framed in terms of a game show. You are offered 3 doors, behind one of which lies a car, and behind the remaining doors 2 goats.
Investigating Osmosis in Chicken Eggs WIP
Learn how to change the size of an egg, making it either bigger or smaller, through simple kitchen chemistry!
Instant blue
The iodine clock reaction investigates how mixtures at different temperatures and concentrations influence the rate at which two components combine.
Plant Transport: Changing the colour of a flower
Bored of colouring on plain paper? Then this experiment is right for you! In this experiment, you get to change the petal colours of a flower, into a colour of your choosing.
Water hardness
The formation of lather on the addition of soap with water is an easy and practical method for a comparative review on water hardness.
Graph Paper Programming WIP
A fun and easy activity to introduce general programming concepts and to help anyone understand what an algorithm is using graph paper and markers.