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Just for Kids

Experiments to Try at Home


Motion
Build your own Roller Coaster
Spin like an Ice Skater
Reaction Time
Random Walk
Heat
Home Meteorology
Vortex in a Bottle
Smoke Rings
Collapse a Can

Sound
The Doppler Effect
Build a String Telephone
Light
Make a Pinhole Camera
Science of Bubbles
Measure the Speed of Light

Electricity
Plasma Ball Experiments
Static Electricity
Magnetism
Build an Electromagnet
Fusion Cookies

Download printable version of Home Experiments (pdf)
Also see Prof. Shakashiri's Home Chemistry Experiments

Check out our Science Links for other UW Science Outreach Programs



Workshops at Space Place
Kids ages 5-10 and their familes are invited to attend.

Upcoming Workshops - 10:00 - 11:00 am
Summer Workshops:

May 3, 2008 Spinning Physics
June 14, 2008 - Quantum Physics for Kids
July 12, 2008 - Build a Kaleidoscopes
August 16, 2008 - How Things Work (appliance dissection)



All workshops will be held at:
UW Space Place
2300 S. Park Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53713





Wonders of Physics
University of Wisconsin
1150 University Ave
Madison, WI 53706

(608) 262-2927
(608) 262-7205 fax
wonders@physics.wisc.edu


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This page updated March 17, 2008.