Primary science demonstrations: Gases

A series of videos to demonstrate the properties of gases to primary students.

Carbon from a candle demonstration video

Collect carbon soot from a candle to investigate changing materials with your primary students.

Put out a fire with a jug of carbon dioxide to demonstrate changing materials, irreversible reactions, and gases to primary students.

Investigate gases and atmospheric pressure with the Leaky Bottle experiment.

Make a lava lamp to explore mixing liquids and more concepts in primary science.

Make a freaky inflatable hand to demonstrate irreversible reactions to primary students.

Demonstrate the power of atmospheric pressure to make an anti-gravity bottle with primary students.

Demonstrate the expansion and contraction of gases and make a pair of cups stick together.

From the Catalyst Primary Science series. Presenters: Sue Halliday & Lorelly Wilson.

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Separating mixtures
Fun demonstrations of different mixtures, including racing liquids and rainbow colours
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Changing materials
Material changes are demonstrated using fun examples: bouncy custard, bath bombs, burning candles, fire extinguishers, lava lamps and many more
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Solids
Display some exciting solid properties to primary students: including biscuit bashing, dissolving and heavy sugar

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Frozen in time: hands-on evidence
2019-11-06T09:56:00Z
Ask students to plan experiments, record data and draw conclusions in this practical activity
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Putting fires out
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2019-10-30T10:26:00Z
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