My daughter's favorite science project is making
rubber eggs. I have a preference for projects that involve fire, but sometimes those are complicated or require special chemicals, plus there is that whole risk-of-fire problem. If I'm working and my daughter asks if she can make
green fire, my answer will be "no" or "yeah, when I'm done." If she wants to make a rubber egg, the answer is probably going to be a simple "yes." You only need two ingredients for the rubber egg project, both from your kitchen. The project is safe enough for young kids and doesn't make a mess, plus the resulting egg can be used as a bouncy ball.
Try it out...
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I found your site when I was looking (unsuccessfully) to see if anyone has gone the other way round with the rubber chicken bone demo — treating the chicken bone with a protease (e.g. calpain, papain, trypsin) to leave the hydroxyapatite matrix. Do you know if anyone has tried this?
We are thinking of doing the rubber chicken bone and adding a calcium tablet to the vinegar to see what effect it has.