Kids love safe, easy science projects like water fireworks. See how to do the project and learn about diffusion and emulsions.
4th of July
It's easy to make safe smoke bombs. No cooking is needed, plus you'll learn how to customize the recipe to ensure maximum safety.
How to Make Safe Smoke Bombs With No Cooking Required
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
Make a colored smoke bomb using an organic dye. The dye vaporizes to release the color.
How to Make a Colored Smoke Bomb
Fireworks season is just around the corner (no matter what time of year it is). Here are some tips for lighting your fireworks without blowing yourself up or setting your self, yard, or neighbors on fire. You can Google “firework accidents” and see videos of all the things that can […]
How To Light Fireworks Safely
Black snake fireworks are also known as Pharaoh’s snakes, Pharaoh’s serpent, or glow worms. Although called “fireworks” they are a type of small pyrotechnic that doesn’t explode or even give off sparks. When you light a black snake, it pushes out a column of ash that sort of resembles a […]
Make Black Snake Fireworks Using Calcium Supplements
Get ideas for fun 4th of July science projects and learn how fireworks work. These projects are great classroom demonstrations.
4th of July Science Projects
2 Sparklers are small fireworks you hold in your hand. They produce sparks, but they don’t explode. You can make a homemade sparkler using ingredients available in stores or online. Here are a couple of recipes: Homemade Sparkler Recipe #1 This is the easiest sparkler recipe and requires the fewest ingredients. […]
How to Make a Homemade Sparkler – 2 Simple Recipes
It’s easy to make homemade firecrackers, plus it’s fun and offers a way to learn the science behind how fireworks work. You only need a few simple ingredients to make homemade firecrackers: Homemade Firecracker Materials There are two common firecracker recipes. You need: or and Assemble a Homemade Firecracker Firecracker […]