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Queen Mary University of London
Illusioneering
The resources in this collection show how you can take basic physics and chemistry demonstrations and change them into magic tricks. Each resources comes with teachers notes and a video which shows how to carry out the trick.
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The Disappearing Coin Trick
In this magic trick you take a coin and place it under a clear, empty drinking glass. The spectators can still see the coin clearly through the glass. Then you slowly pour normal water into the glass and as it fills up, the coin vanishes.
Curriculum links include light, refraction, total internal...
The Levitating Wheel Trick
In this magic trick you hold a large bike wheel up from both ends of its axle. Then you let go of one end and the wheel continues to be suspended in mid-air even though nothing is holding it up.
A spinning wheel has angular momentum as it rotates. For the wheel to tip, this angular momentum has to change...
The Mysterious Changing Beverage Trick
This magic trick uses indicators, an acid and an alkali to change a glass of water into different 'drinks'. A conical flask (or beaker) contains a green liquid. When it is poured into the first empty flask the liquid will change to a light red colour; becoming rosé wine. As this light red beverage is poured into...
The Smoking Flask Trick
In this magic trick, a large conical flask contains a light green liquid. When some pellets are dropped in, the solution changes to a yellow, or eventually red, colour while producing huge amounts of mysterious white fog, like something from an episode of Doctor Who. This fog will pour out of the flask and drift...
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| Subject(s) | Science, Practical work, Demonstrations |
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| Age | 11-14, 14-16 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
| Published by | 
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cx68w |
