Try some experiments on your own!
The two experiments below can help you learn about molecules in your very
own home using every day items found around the house! You may wish
to print the activities for easy reference. If you want to save the documents,
right-click on the links and choose either "Save Target As..."
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What makes the holes in bread?
Have you ever noticed the holes in bread? If not, or you are not
quite sure, slice a piece of bread and look on the flat surface
for the holes. They are all different shapes and sizes. They make
the bread light, rather than dense. What makes the holes?
Click here to do an experiment to find out.
Why do some foods taste sour?
What is it that makes some foods taste sour? Sourness is caused
by one kind of atom. You can make a dye to test foods for sourness.
With the dye, you won't even need to taste the foods to find out
how sour they are!
Click here to learn how.
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