Peek into the Invisible: Seeing Infrared with Your Smartphone In science class, understanding “things we can’t see” can often be a turning point for students’ comprehension. One of the best examples of this is light. Many students think of light as “what we can see,” but in reality, what our eyes perceive is only a […]

Make Your Own Fireworks and Brighten Up Summer Nights! Why not make a summer night even more special with homemade fireworks? Let’s try making your own sparklers! Perfect for warm evenings, sparklers can actually be made at home. You’ll need just a few materials: wooden chopsticks, sulfur, potassium nitrate, and Japanese paper (washi). With these, […]

A watter rocket ( a small plastic bottle rocket ) is a perfect hands-on project for summer vacation science experiments—and one I highly recommend trying at least once. You can discover all sorts of fascinating things, like how changing the amount of water affects the flight distance, or how a little cloud forms inside the […]