Australian Geographic Forensic Science Lab; Find The 'Poison'

 Show: Find The 'Poison'

Hi everyone! Today we are going to have fun with poison!

It all starts with some sodium bicarbonate. Sodium bicarbonate is a harmless chemical found in baking soda and is what makes cakes rise. When sodium bicarbonate mixes with some water, it doesn't do anything. Only the effect with universal indicator paper is different.

Now another thing we need is some citric acid. Again citric acid  is another harmless chemical found in citrus fruit. 

Both of these aren't real poison, but if we mixed real poison, that would be too dangerous for kids.

When Sodium Bicarbonate is mixed with indicator paper, it turns into a greeny/ bluish colour. This means it is alkaline, which is from colour no. 8-14.

But when Citric acid is mixed with indicator paper, it turns into a reddish/ yellowish/ greenish colour. This means it it acidic, which is from colour no. 1-6.

However, when water touches indicator paper, it turns into a lightish green colour. This indicates Neutral, which is about no. 7.

This experiment is very interesting because you can discover some new ways to know which poison is which. I learnt from the experiment that the pH scale and indicator paper that you can measure how strong acidic or alkaline it is.

This is the video to my experiment:

How to make the Poison experiment:

You will need:

-3 sample tubes

-Universal indicator paper

-Citric acid

-Sodium bicarbonate

-Water

-Gloves/ Tweezers

Cut the indicator paper while holding on with gloves/ tweezers. Do not use hands, microbes on human skin can effect the paper.

Instructions:

1. Add half a tablespoon of citric acid to one sample tube, half a tablespoon of sodium bicarb to another.

2. Leave the third tube empty.

3. Three quarters fill all the tubes with water.

4. Shake all the tubes with the lids on, until all the crystals have disappeared.

5. Get 3 pieces of indicator paper out, and dip each in the tube, and pull out immediately. Wait 10 seconds to let the colour to develop.

Australian Geographic Magic Science Show; Hologram Video

Show: Magic Hologram Video

Discovered: Mr. Dircks (1500's)

Hi everyone! I just made a Magic hologram Video! It was really fun! I really liked the part when it had come up to the 3D Hologram. When it comes out, it displays a 3D hologram of the picture you chose.

You first have to have a video of a hologram (4 identical pictures in a circle) below:

One picture on each side, turning like a circle.  

All the pictures have to be the same!

You then can put a clear plastic pyramid on top.

This kind of plastic pyramid is special! It is specifically designed for projects like this. 

The pyramid has 4 sides, each side with a triangle = When one picture shines on to the pyramid, all the other sides shine on as well and the picture goes through the clear pyramid. Since all the pictures are all the same, it joins together to make it look like a 3D picture. It looks bright and it looks very cool! You have to look at it from the side, not from the top for it to work.

I really liked doing it, because the process was also fun! I'll show you how to do it at the end.

Here is the video of my amazing hologram:

How to make a hologram:

Materials:

• Plastic pyramid
• Dark room
• Hologram video (Search on You tube on a smartphone for "Free Hologram Video")

Steps:

1. Place the phone in the the dark room.
2. Put the pyramid on the phone.
3. Press play.
4. If you look from the side, you should be able to see a wonderful 3D image of what the video is about!

Review of: Timmy Failure #2 Now Look What You've Done

Title: Timmy Failure #2 Now Look What You've Done

Author: Stephan Pastis

Timmy Failure is Back!!

And there are just three things you need to know:

      I was born.

                  I founded an empire.

                                           I exhibited greatness.

And now I'm about to crack the biggest case of my generation.

But someone out there doesn't want to play fair.

Corrina Corrina 

(aka. the WEDGIE

 Body blurred for

 your protection)

So I must guard against the one

thing that can bring me down:

SHENANIGANS.

...

Of all the items that can clog your plumbing,

an overweight Artic mammal is probably 

the worst.

Because while a good plumber can clear your pipes of a spoon or a hair ball

or a bar of soap, it is much harder to remove one of these:

That You see, is a Polar Bear.

And today he is stuck in a different kind of pipe.

The Tube 'O Terror.

The Tube o Terror is the world's fastest, curviest waterslide.

But he has gone in it.

And if you are a world class detective who just so happens to be

tied to that polar bear and had no choice but to follow him down the slide,

you are in trouble.

Deep, unbreathable trouble.

Because every rushing water in every slide keeps coming.

And with the polar bear's body acting as a plug, the water has nowhere to go but back up

the tube. Which is where Timmy is now. Trapped underwater.

And not very happy about it.

This book is written by Stepthan Pastis to give entertainment to people when they are not happy or bored. The pictures are very funny.

Click here to get to the Timmy Failure app:

www.timmyfailure.com

Adrian's Halloween Creature with Writing

Halloween Jack'o Lantern pizza

 On Halloween evening, I made a Jack'o lantern pizza using scissors, plastic knifes, and a piece of pitta bread. Then I cut two eyes, a nose and mouth. Finally, I baked my Jack'o lantern pizza in the oven!

Review of: Dairy of a Minecraft Zombie; #14 Cloudy with a chance of Apocalypse

 Title: Dairy of a Minecraft Zombie #14 Cloudy with a chance of apocalypse

Author: Zack Zombie (Writer of the Minecraft Zombie series)

Have you judged anyone by their look before? If you have, read this book!

Being a teenage Zombie is no easy, especially when you're going through some major changes.

No one told Zombie that mutating and puberty is a normal part of growing up. Now Zombie is doing every crazy thing he can think of to get back to normal.

But that isn't the only major problem in Zombie's life  -  All of sudden, a giant volcano has appeared and is threating to blow Zombies town out of the Overworld!

Will Zombie be able to stop his mutation? Can he save his town from being destroyed? Will every thing go back to normal?

That is the question he is asking to himself. Everyone is starting to laugh at him, and he can't manage to stop it. So when he grows very big he decided to run away. But that is a problem. The volcano is blowing up, and no one can stop it. 

That's when Zombie decides to step in. He has no idea how to stop it, but then he remember something... " Your body will start to grow, change shape or fall of entirely..." Zombie lifted his shirt to reveal his outtie and...  POP! It came right of and slammed on the volcano. BAM! RRUUMMBBLLEE!!! FIZZZZ! Then instead of blowing, it just fizzled out. Yeah!!!!!! So now Zombie is the most popular in his school.

I like this book because it teaches people 2 things: 1. Don't give up, and 2. Don't judge people the way they look. So that's why I will give this a rating of 10/10

Animation Slide - Illumination presents: Bouncy Ball

Space unit math By Adrian (From Seesaw)