You’ll become a master of sparks and lightning! Use electricity to create lightning bolts, make ghostly shapes float through the air, burn up wires, and create a monster with squirming snakes of electricity coming out of its eyes and ears. Use magnetism to make objects move in unpredictable ways, and much more! See the experiments list below.
- Electricity by Hand Crank -- Spin a generator hooked up to motors, lights, fans, bells, and electromagnets to see how it feels.
- Foam Cutters -- A super-thin wire and a battery will let you make all kinds of shapes out of plastic foam.
- Lightbulb Filaments -- Run electric current through different kinds of wire to see if they burn up.
- Static Electricity -- Create lightning bolts, levitate pie tins, and make your long hair stand on end with static electricity.
- Static Levitation -- Use invisible forces to make shimmering ghostly shapes float through the air.
- Tesla Coil -- Put your creations through a lightning storm and create a monster face with long squirming snakes of electricity coming out of its eyes and ears.
- Magnetic Creatures -- Create a colorful magnetic creature that moves at your command.
- Upside-Down Pendulum -- Make a pendulum that does anything but swing back and forth.
- Bristle Bots –- Experiment with tiny electric motors and then try different ways to make them race across the table or around in circles.
- Super Strong Magnets -- Manipulate magnets in surprising ways to make them more powerful than they actually are.
- Paper Circuits -- Add life to your drawings with lights and copper tape!