Science Videos

These are chemistry videos that show how to make chemicals and perform cool chemistry demonstrations and experiments.

See how to perform safe and easy fire chemistry projects yourself by watching these step-by-step fire project videos.

Learn chemistry and reinforce your understanding of chemistry concepts by watching these chemistry videos.

These videos show you how to grow your own crystals. See how to make a crystal growing solution and watch time lapse videos of crystal growth.

Smoke bombs are the easiest and safest do-it-yourself firework project. You only need two inexpensive, non-toxic ingredients and it only takes minutes to make. Watch and learn how you can cook up a smoke bomb at home.

This glowing water video shows you two ways to make water glow. One is suitable for making glowing fountains or other decorations while the other can be used to make glow-in-the-dark drinks.

Slime is fun material that you can make yourself using common household ingredients. See how to make slime at home, and learn about the chemical process that occurs to form it.

Learn how to grow borax crystal snowflakes - overnight! The crystal snowflakes make great ornaments and are safe and easy to grow. You'll even learn how to make colored snowflake crystals in this video.

Here's a chemistry trick where you set your money on fire, yet you don't actually burn it. Are you wondering how it's done? See what to do!

All it takes is one common chemical to make pinecones burn with a multi-colored flame. The colored fire pinecones can be added to a campfire or a wood-burning fireplace to add interest to your flames.

All fire is not created equal! If you apply a little chemistry know-how, you can make a fireball cool enough to hold in your hand. See how it's done, then try this simple fire project yourself.

The baking soda and vinegar volcano is the classic chemical volcano that you see at science fairs. Watch how easy it is to make a chemical volcano that produces a memorable eruption.

Have you ever wanted to make your own pH paper test strips? This is an easy project that you can complete in a few minutes. Here's a video that guides you through the steps of making pH paper test strips yourself.

Learn how to breathe fire safely using a non-toxic kitchen ingredient.

See how to make green fire using common chemicals. You can apply the same method to produce fire in other colors using different metal salts.

You don't have to visit a candy store to get colorful rock candy. See how easy it is to grow your own sparkling (and tasty) rock candy crystals at home.

Hot ice is a non-toxic chemical you can make in the kitchen from baking soda and vinegar. You can cause the saturated solution of hot ice to crystallize in 'ice' that gives of heat or you can build crystalline towers as you pour the hot ice onto a container. Here a step-by-step video that shows you what to do.

If you've ever wanted to grow crystals, but were afraid they wouldn't work, then this is the perfect crystal-growing project for you. Alum crystals are beautiful, non-toxic and are easy and quick to grow. See how you can grow your own alum crystals.

See how to make a homemade stink bomb using two common household chemicals.

View the growth of alum crystals through time lapse photography.

It's easy to blow bubbles that will burn! Simply spray a can containing a flammable propellant into bubble solution or soapy water and light the resulting bubbles.

Make a mini-flamethrower by squeezing the oil from any citrus fruit peel toward a flame. It's a fun way to play with your food and play with fire at the same time.

See how to grow copper sulfate crystals yourself. These are straightforward video instructions for finding copper sulfate, preparing a saturated solution and growing blue crystals.

Watch copper sulfate crystals grow in this time lapse video.

All you need to make this giant bubble is dry ice, bubble solution, and either a little water or else tonic water and a black light (glowing liquid). You can make the bubble itself glow if you add a little highlighter ink to the bubble solution.

This party cake is very easy to make, plus it's very cool. If you want more of an eruption than just fog you can mix the dry ice with red-dyed liquid icing or red jello. When the dry ice bubbles, the 'lava' will flow.

Learn how to breathe fire, safely! Use a common kitchen ingredient for firebreathing and understand how firebreathing works.

Tonic water glows bright blue under black light. You can use this characteristic to produce a spectacular glowing fountain. This project is safe for kids and great for parties. You can use diet tonic water if you want to avoid getting sticky.

I bet you have the materials to make glowing water in your desk right now. Here's how to make glowing water, which you can use as an ingredient to make other science projects glow in the dark, such as crystals and slime.

Have you ever wondered what happens when you fill your Halloween jack-o-lantern with green fire? Here's a video of the effect, plus instructions for how to duplicate it yourself.

Make your own lava lamp using common household ingredients. This video shows you what to expect.

Just add baking soda to your favorite beverage, then pour in a little vinegar to get the Mad Scientist effect. If you don't overdo the baking soda and vinegar, the drink will still taste good. This also works with just baking soda and food coloring in water, plus vinegar (tastes terrible).

This mad scientist potion bubbles, smokes, and glows in the dark. It's pretty much everything you would want a mad scientist potion to be, except I wouldn't say it tastes especially fantastic. Here's what it looks like and how to make a potion yourself.

If you add food coloring to milk, not a whole lot happens, but it only takes one simple ingredient to turn the milk into a spinning color wheel. Here is what you do.

Making slime is one of the classic science projects, probably because it is so easy, safe, and reliable. Here is how you do it.

This is a time lapse video of the classic salt crystal garden growing on a paper towel cardboard tube. These crystals are extremely easy to grow and quite spectacular to watch.

See how to make a homemade stink bomb from matches and ammonia. This is an easy chemistry prank.

See how to stay safe in the chemistry lab by following these essential chemistry lab safety rules.

See how to write a lab report. This video offers step-by-step instructions for preparing a chemistry lab report.

See how to balance chemical equations. This video shows how to organize reactants and products and balance the atoms of each element in a chemical equation.

Copper sulfate crystals are blue diamond-shaped crystals. See how to grow copper sulfate crystals yourself and watch time lapse photography of copper sulfate crystals growing.

This video explains what baking soda and baking powder are, how they are used and how baking soda and baking powder are different from each other.

This chemistry video explains what a flame test is and then describes three ways to perform a flame test to identify the components of an unknown sample.

Most solids sink in their liquids, yet ice floats on water. This video explains the reason for the phenomenon.

This video introduces facts about the element hydrogen. Learn about the three hydrogen isotopes, where hydrogen is found, what it is used for and about the characteristics of this element.

Learn what a mole is and why moles are used in chemistry calculations.

Neon is an element found in neon lights. This video provides an overview of neon element facts, including neon properties and characteristics, where neon is found and how neon is used.

Learn about the chemistry behind how mood rings work. This video discusses the crystals used in mood rings, the moods that are associated with the colors of the ring and whether or not mood rings can accurately predict your mood.

A black light is fun for more than making retro posters glow! See examples of common materials that glow or fluoresce under a black light.

See how to remove fluoride from drinking water. This video also explains which methods will not remove fluoride from water and lists common sources of fluoride.

Can you drink too much water? This video examines whether or not it's possible to drink too much water and the consequences of excessive water consumption.

Chemical reactions may be classified according to the way the reaction occurs. This video takes a look at the main categories of chemical reactions and provides examples of each reaction type.

Iron is found in the hemoglobin molecules in your blood. It is the key element in steel, too. Learn facts about the element iron.

This chemistry video examines the physical and chemical properties of matter. Learn what the physical and chemical properties are, how to tell them apart, and get examples of each type of property.

If you are having trouble growing rock candy or sugar crystals or just want to prevent problems before they arise, see these tips for growing sugar crystals.

Watch Magic Rocks grow from small pebbles into fantastic crystal spires. This time lapse video compresses 12 hours of crystal growth into a minute and a half.

This chemistry video shows how to use household chemicals to perform a blue color change chemistry demonstration.

Learn about the chemical composition of the universe and the Earth. This video takes a look at the most abundant element as well as the overall ratio between the elements.

This video describes how to make green fire using copper sulfate. You'll also see footage of the resulting green flames.

This video examines how mood rings work as well as mood ring colors and meanings.

See how to making a glowing crystal ball made of ice. The glow comes from fluorescent chemicals that you add to the water before you freeze it.

This video explains how to make your own ice bulb, which is a lightbulb made of ice. The ice contains a sealed LED. You can make the ice bulb in one color or multicolored. It's safe to put in drinks or fountains.

Cover a candle or match placed in a dish of water. Watch what happens to the level of water in the glass when the flame goes out. This is a great classroom project to get students thinking about heat, phases of matter, pressure and generally how things work.

This video describes how to set paper money on fire, yet have the money remain undamaged by the flames. The trick is easy to perform and reliable enough that you can try it with valuable bills.

Here's a look at some of the things that glow under a black or ultraviolet light, including some common everyday chemicals you have in your home.

This video shows you how to make "cool" fireballs that you can juggle, hold in your hand or use for other displays. The fireball is still hot, but the combination of fuel and the fireball material makes it relatively low-temp so it is safer for tricks and displays than regular fire.

You can make smoke appear from your fingers, without any fire! In fact, if you do this trick in the dark, your fingers will glow green. This video explains how to perform the trick and shows you what to expect.

See how to make violet-colored flames using common household ingredients.

Grow crystals on a window or mirror that look like frost! This video includes instructions for the crystal growing project as well as time lapse footage of crystals.

Alum crystals grow quickly and reliably. This video shows how to grow alum crystals, plus it includes time lapse footage of crystal growth so you can see what to expect.

See the mini-lightning storm you get when you microwave a CD. If you decide to try this project yourself, the video offers safety advice and an explanation for how it works.

This video offers step by step easy instructions for making your Halloween jack-o-lantern glow in the dark.

This video explains how to make edible glowing slime blood for Halloween or other types of parties/projects.

Use hand sanitizer to create a cool flame that you can draw with or even hold in your hand.

This self-carving Halloween jack-o'-lantern makes a great Halloween science project. This version of the project is much safer than the traditional acetylene project, making the demonstration accessible for younger children and home schooling.

This science video shows how to use dry ice to freeze a soap bubble so that you can pick it up and examine it.

This video explains how to set an ordinary ice cube on fire. While you may think you could do this using gasoline or lighter fluid, the fuel would just run off the ice cube. A gel fuel made from a household chemical produces a flame that sticks to the ice.

This video examines the science behind what happens if you microwave dry ice. See dry ice in the microwave and get the explanation for the phenomenon.

See how to make a Halloween or Mad Scientist Punch that fogs, glows and bubbles. This is an easy project that produces a dramatic effect.

See how to make a rainbow using fire. This video explains how to use common household chemicals to make colored flames in a rainbow spectrum.