How lava lamps work, and a similar effect you can produce in your kitchen.
Accuracy, precision, reliability, and a frog with a very sore head.
Metals reacting with hydrochloric acid, and a fizzy explosion.
How to behave in a science lab - and how not to.
Is Cheddar Gorge really made of cheese? Ignoring the fact that nobody thinks it is, this team investigate anyway!
The workings of a methane generator, powered by… actually, you don’t want to know.
Bicarb, vinegar, and a channel-hopping TV set that… oh, you’ll just have to watch it.
What’s going on in the structure of silly putty that makes it behave the way it does?
Reactivity — demonstrations with lithium (meh) and sodium (woah!)
Chemical reactions illustrated through the medium of confectionary. Wait… what?
A presentation about the chemistry of flame colours.
Acid and alkali react together and make… a foaming mess.
What happens when methane burns, in theory and practice.
The physics, biology, and chemistry involved in lifting an apple. Yes, it really is a film about lifting an apple.
Explaining how electron configuration leads to changes in reactivity across and down the periodic table.
The now-classic Coke & Mentos experiment helps a students pass his chemistry test.
A science-based game show explores the states of matter and the transitions between them.
A family dissolve salt, and reform it by evaporating the water.
A short animation of what happens to the ions during electrolysis.
We’re not entirely convinced Mendeleev came up with his table of elements while on a trampoline, but if he had, it might have looked l …