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Show how many colors of food dyes or inks are found in a smartie or m&m
This experiment shows you how to split the different colors of ink or food dyes that can be found in a smartie or m&m using the process of chromatography

Difficulty: Elementary school

Swimming spaghetti
Spaghetti is denser than water and, therefore, sinks when placed in water. When spaghetti is placed in a solution of baking soda and vinegar, the spaghetti rises to the surface due to the carbon dioxide gas that adheres to it. When the spaghetti reaches the surface, the gas is released, and the spaghetti sinks again.

Difficulty: Middle school

The amazing jumping rice Krispies
This really fun experiment shows you how to make a plate of Rice Crispies stand up and jump from a plate, with the help of static electricity.

Difficulty: Elementary school

What are some characteristics of fat?
The fats people eat can come from either plants or animals. Fats from plants and animals are similar in some ways but different in others. In the activity below, you can do some simple experiments to learn some fat facts!

Difficulty: Elementary school

What factors affect the yield and composition of meat after cooking?
To determine factors that affect the yield and composition of meat after cooking. To accomplish this ground beef will be heated to different levels of doneness and wild rice will be added to ground beef prior to heating.

Difficulty: High school

What is baking powder and what is it used for?
Many recipes call simply for baking soda rather than baking powder. Usually these recipes use some kind of liquid acid like buttermilk or yogurt to react with the baking soda to produce the bubbles.

Difficulty: High school

What is fermentation technology and how can this be demonstrated with yeast?
The purpose of this experiment is to observe the results of cellular respiration of yeasts, using grape sugar as a substrate and yielding carbon dioxide and ethanol.

Difficulty: High school

What is the effect of heat and acids on milk proteins?
In this experiment you will examine the effects of heat and acid on the protein casein in milk. The process produced a substance that was sticky like a glue.

Difficulty: Middle school

What percentage of an orange is water?
Since there is a lot of liquid juice in an orange, our hypothesis states that there will be 50% or more water in an orange.

Difficulty: Elementary school

Why do bakers use yeast to bake breads?
One thing you'll learn in this experiment is that yeast does, in fact, produce carbon dioxide gas.

Difficulty: Middle school

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