Resources by Get Set Demonstrate
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Air Pressure
This is a linked pair of demonstrations which show how pressure differences give rise to forces. In particular, they show how large forces can arise when atmospheric pressure is unbalanced.
In the crushed can demonstration, atmospheric pressure crushes an evacuated can, whereas in the water fountain...
Chip Pan Fire
This demonstration shows the dangers of adding water to a chip pan fire. A small quantity of cooking oil is heated in a nickel crucible over a Bunsen burner and then water is added to the oil, producing a dramatic fireball. The demonstration may be linked to combustion, fuels, fire safety in the home and rates of...
Demo Insights for Teachers from Science Communicators
This resource provides inspiration and practical advice for carrying out effective science demonstrations. It includes tips, stories and thoughts from professional science communicators, including presenters, writers, lecturers, magicians and filmmakers.
Demo: the Movie
This film is about the art and theatre of delivering scientific demonstrations, why we do them and how to ensure they deliver the desired learning outcomes. It is important for teachers to consider what it is they want students to observe before carrying out a demonstration. Alom Shaha describes a technique called...
These resources were produced as part of National Science & Engineering Week 2013, following a competition to find the most popular science demonstrations.
Teachers and technicians nominated their favouriet video demonstrations, and judges then chose the best to be turned into videos with accompanying...
Iodine Clock
This video shows an eye-catching colour change demonstration in which a colourless solution suddenly changes to a dark-blue after an amount of time. It is known as the 'iodine clock' as there is a delay before the colour change. The demonstration is particularly well-suited as an introduction to reaction rates...
Pearls of Water
This is a visual way of illustrating the effects of gravitational acceleration. The demonstration separates the horizontal and vertical motion of a jet of water as it moves through the air.
As the horizontal motion of the water drops remains constant, this demonstrates that there are no horizontal forces...
Pluck Dissection
This film shows how to carry out a dissection of a sheep pluck, showing the relative positions of the trachea, lungs and heart. This dissection focuses on the function of the breathing system, and a description is provided in the teachers' notes of how to inflate one of the lobes in the lungs via an incision made...
This collection has been produced in celebration of ten years of continuing professional development run through the National Science Learning Centre. These practical experiments and demonstrations have been selected by the National Science Learning Centre, and their key partners, as the ten experiments that...
Visking Tubing
This resource describes a visual way of demonstrating diffusion through a semi-permeable membrane. It can be used as a model for the human gut or for investigating the effect of amylase on starch. Two standard tests are used. The first uses iodine to test for starch and the second test uses Benedict’s reagent to...