Category Archives: Materials Science Project Ideas

Lifting the Rice Jar up using only Pencil

The jar rice has a good amount of weight on to it, and requires good arm strength to pick and hold it. But if the same jar of rice is picked using pencil, won’t that be surprising! Yes, to every extent of imagination it is something that will be fascinating and interesting to watch. Ideally, [...]

Bending a light on Refraction

Have you ever observed an image appearing on the little droplets of water, or spoon that appears broken when it is kept in the jar of water vertically? Such type of phenomena’s is visible to the person on a daily basis but very few people pause for a second to think about these magnificent play [...]

Tricks and tips on putting Hex nut into the Bottle

There are two ways of putting a hex nut into the bottle; first simply take the nut and put it inside, this step is fairly simple and can be easily done without any hustle or fuss. Second way involves putting a hex inside the bottle without physically doing it or touching the hex. Sounds Interesting! [...]

Glow up the Dark

Imagine a beam of light piercing through the darkness, sparking up the entire room with a colorful glow, how beautiful and enchanting that whole view of the room would appear and imagine that this glow; if it can be produced at home. Yes! It is possible by using some simple and safe products and materials [...]

Understanding Refraction by Understanding its Laws

Light travels in a straight line, a fact that is well established and agreed upon, light also changes its direction when it passes from one medium to another. Another fact that is well established and agreed upon; this phenomena in which the direction of the light changes because it passes from one object to another [...]

Fork Balancing Trick to Impress Someone

Most of the magic tricks are not wonders but the result of applied physics. Center of mass is one such concept that can be utilized interestingly to understand the reason behind the balancing act. The fork balancing trick is performed using two forks and a very light object like a tooth pick. The sight of [...]

Understanding light through Refraction and Prism

In the late sixteenth century, Sir Isaac Newton discovered that sunlight consists of different colors. It is the wavelength of the light that give its color appearance; different colors have different wavelength and their interaction with the particle of air determines their appearance. He explained more about the wavelengths of the light using prism; an [...]

Experimenting with Ice

Water appears in three common states; solid, liquid and gases. A fact well known and well established, the solid state of water is frozen ice. The mesmerizing beautiful and magnificent structure of nature that appeals the sense with its fascinating appearance, the scientists over the years have fondly studied and understood the properties of ice [...]

Removing the Bookmark from Between the Bottles

In a list of interesting experiments that can be performed using simple articles, removing the bookmark from between the bottles is sure to score high on popularity meter. This experiment does not require much effort but the practice definitely counts a lot in achieving perfection. It is based upon the principle of forces working in [...]

Three Balls In a Jar of Sand

Science Project on Three Balls in a Jar of Sand : Three balls in a jar of sand is an activity that is performed to demonstrate the effect of kinetic energy on the setting that comprises of balls and the sand. The energy is created by shaking the jar vertically that allows the sand particles [...]