120 hands-on experiments, engineering builds, and Olympiad-inspired challenges for Grades 1 to 12.
18 projects
Watch colored water climb up paper towels from cup to cup and mix to make brand new colors.
20 to 30 min · 6 materialsView projectStir different kitchen powders into water and sort them into the ones that disappear and the ones that do not.
20 to 30 min · 5 materialsView projectAdd salt or sugar to ice cubes and find out what melts ice the fastest.
25 to 40 min · 7 materialsView projectCompare brands of paper towel to find out which one soaks up the most water.
25 to 35 min · 5 materialsView projectTime how long sugar takes to dissolve in cold, warm and hot water, then explain what you see.
30 to 45 min · 6 materialsView projectMake a battery from lemons, a nail and a coin and measure its voltage as you add more lemons.
40 to 65 min · 6 materialsView projectSeparate the colors in black pens with paper chromatography to find which pen wrote a mystery note.
40 to 60 min · 6 materialsView projectLayer honey, dish soap, water and oil in a glass and measure the density of each liquid to explain the order.
40 to 60 min · 8 materialsView projectSoak potato pieces in salt solutions of different strengths and use their mass change to find the concentration that matches the potato cells.
1 to 2 hr · 7 materialsView projectMix oil and water with different ingredients to find which emulsifiers hold the mixture together.
45 to 70 min · 6 materialsView projectUse yeast, sugar and a balloon to measure how temperature changes the amount of gas living cells make.
45 to 75 min · 8 materialsView projectMeasure foam produced when hydrogen peroxide meets potato and test how temperature and surface area change the rate.
50 to 80 min · 8 materialsView projectIdentify unknown dyes by measuring their Rf values and matching them to known samples.
60 to 90 min · 7 materialsView projectMake a natural pH indicator from red cabbage and use its colors to rank everyday liquids from acid to base.
60 to 90 min · 11 materialsView projectBurn a snack under a can of water, measure the temperature rise, and compare the energy you capture with the label.
60 to 90 min · 9 materialsView projectSqueeze trapped air with weights and show that pressure and volume change in opposite ways.
60 to 90 min · 6 materialsView projectTime how fast an effervescent tablet reacts in water at different temperatures and model the trend.
50 to 80 min · 6 materialsView projectDrop hot metal into cool water in an insulated cup and use the temperature change to find the metal's specific heat.
60 to 90 min · 8 materialsView projectEduVistaHQ.com · Learn • Explore • Grow. Olympiad-inspired activities are practice for the skills those competitions use. EduVistaHQ is not affiliated with Science Olympiad or any other competition organization.