Monthly Archives: June 2020

Pop Its or Party Snaps — Pop Its belong to a class of novelty fireworks or toys called bang snaps. The snaps go by many names, including poppers, party snaps, bang snaps, snappers, throwdowns, Pop Its, and Snap-Its. Pop Its are noisemakers that don’t cause physical damage when they pop, even if used in a person’s […]

How Do Pop Its Work? Chemistry of Bang Snaps

This entry was posted on June 30, 2020 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on May 2, 2021)

Homogeneous VS Heterogeneous Mixtures — A mixture results when two substances are physically combined but don't chemically react.

10 Examples of Mixtures

This entry was posted on June 29, 2020 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on January 28, 2023)

Fizzy fruit made with dry ice goes well with carbonate drinks, like champagne or soda.

How to Make Fizzy Fruit With Dry Ice

This entry was posted on June 29, 2020 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on May 10, 2021)

The van't Hoff factor is a measure of the number of particles a solute forms in solution.

The van’t Hoff Factor – Definition and How to Calculate ...

This entry was posted on June 28, 2020 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on February 1, 2023)

Trick candles re-light themselves after you blow them out.

How Do Trick Candles Work?

This entry was posted on June 27, 2020 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on May 3, 2021)

Clouds Word Search — Clouds are things of wonder. People look for familiar shapes or just wonder how they manage to float in the sky when they weigh so much? This Clouds Word Search hides 18 cloud-related vocabulary terms for you to find.

Clouds Word Search

This entry was posted on June 25, 2020 by Todd Helmenstine (updated on April 27, 2022)

Make a colored smoke bomb using an organic dye. — Make a colored smoke bomb using an organic dye. The dye vaporizes to release the color.

How to Make a Colored Smoke Bomb

This entry was posted on June 24, 2020 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on May 31, 2022)

Heavy ice sinks in water because it has a higher density. — The density of water depends on temperature and purity.

What Is the Density of Water?

This entry was posted on June 23, 2020 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on May 10, 2021)

Water is a compound and not an element or a mixture.

Is Water an Element or a Compound?

This entry was posted on June 22, 2020 by Anne Helmenstine (updated on May 10, 2021)