clarkacademy Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Anyone have any great ideas to go with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I did a science party many years ago. I had stations for observation set for when the kids were arriving. We had a bird's nest, brain made out of jello, a microscope set up and a few other things. Then, I had some experiments to do together. I probably got some from adventures with atoms and molecules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Make ice-cream with liquid nitrogen! http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/liquid-nitrogen-ice-cream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Photo Ninja Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 My ds had a science party. We made slime (kids took a Ziplock bag of it home), and had fun with dry ice and canisters, where the dry ice caused the lid to pop off yards into the air (kids were supervised and wore goggles). We also did the Mentos and Coke in a soda bottle where it reacts like a geyser. Messy, but lots of fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 Where can I get those plastic testubes with screw on lids that have the little stand thingy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMOm Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I just did a Science party for son's 7th birthday. Here is a link to my pinterest page of ideas: http://pinterest.com/kjjewell/science-party-for-nathan/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 This is good where do I get all those beekers and big glass things I am so lost lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephanieZ Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 If you can find inexpensive beakers, you could use them as glasses. . . and maybe serve some kind of punch that looks like a chemical mess. . . bubbling. . . Something like this: http://chemistry.about.com/od/madscientistparty/a/igoraderecipe.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingMOm Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Here is a link to his birthday dinner at our house (not his party) but it has a good picture of what we did for the tables: http://threelittlejewells.com/2012/01/06/nathans-7th-birthay/ I got the glasses at Dollar Tree. We just used food coloring in the water & my husband brought home some dry ice. I have to say that Dollar Tree had a ton of stuff I needed for the party and it was all so cheap! There was instant snow in the kid's toys section as well as magnifying glasses. I also got the foil pans for containing the science mess there as well as the plastic containers for taking home their slime & snow. One of the links on my pinterest page had a free printable invitation and printable stickers- we used those and it was very cute. For gift bags we put in Pop Rocks, Mentos, magnifying glass, their containers of snow & slime and test tubes full of m&m's. Steve Spangler Science was a great resource and fairly cheap. I was able to order a bag of "baby soda bottles" (which look like test tubes!) for much cheaper than regular test tubes. I also used their glow-in-the-dark slime and their instant snow (I didn't know I could get it at Dollar Tree). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 These are great ideas!! I need to get some lab coats I thought of old dress shirts but I don't have anyone around who wears them Dad is retired now and the kids dad is a mechanic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punchie Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 This is an awesome idea!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TXMomof4 Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 I have a friend that just did a Mad Scientist party and it was really cute. I went over to FB to see what some of her crafts/snacks/etc. were and while scrolling through to find her post I managed to stick my foot right in the middle of a big obnoxious politics vs. religion debate. So, I have no ideas for you because I'm running from fb with my tail tucked. Maybe it's time to go to bed. ETA: I do remember she got "nerd" glasses for all the kids as party favors - Oriental Trading maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_midori Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 We did an awesome beaker cake with "smoke" pouring out the top (dry ice dropped down a sealed off tube). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 Is dry ice terriby expensive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
black_midori Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Is dry ice terriby expensive I think it is maybe $1-2 per pound or so - not terribly expensive, if you can find it in a 5-10 pound block. I forget where we got it last year, but it was someplace easy - Walmart or Alberstons or something?? :) The cake turned out very neat (although it was time-consuming to decorate). I used a curved-bottom bundt pan to bake in, then flipped it upside down and stuck a pvc pipe in through the top (with a pvc cap on the bottom of it - make sure to do that first!!). Then I iced all the way up the pipe and used green goo icing at the bottom (so it looked full of stuff). Put little marking for measurements on the side and poof! In fact, it looked basically like this - http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cool-science-experiments.com/resources/Birthday_Cake/Mad-Science-Birthday-Cake3.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cool-science-experiments.com/index/best-science-birthday-cake&h=2700&w=1800&sz=410&tbnid=zD4FfIrjeAo6qM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=67&zoom=1&docid=SmG5vHKR--Z7qM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MzYiT7KIDeb10gH6h9nZCA&ved=0CE0Q9QEwBQ&dur=357 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twigs Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Cookie cutters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Cookie cutters Oh my goodness. Love those! Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 We also did the Mentos and Coke in a soda bottle where it reacts like a geyser. Messy, but lots of fun! I am pretty sure the Mentos and Coke is mandatory for a science party. Probably required by law. If it isn't, it should be. ;) Never fails to amuse. My daughter reports that Diet Coke works better than regular, and warm Coke better than cold. Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted January 27, 2012 Author Share Posted January 27, 2012 I am pretty sure the Mentos and Coke is mandatory for a science party. Probably required by law. If it isn't, it should be. ;) Never fails to amuse. My daughter reports that Diet Coke works better than regular, and warm Coke better than cold. Terri Well that is great but I hope she experimented outside :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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