The three stated of matter (plasma not included)
Inspired by a Numberphile video with Tadashi Tokieda.
Category: Experiments
The skyscraper that set things on fire
Inspired by Matt Parker’s video about the uniquely shaped building at 20 Fenchurch Street in London, Simon was very excited to visit this address. In the video below, made on the … Continue reading The skyscraper that set things on fire
The Maisie Day
For Simon and me, this book (“Infinite Lives of Maisie Day” by Christopher Edge) has probably been one of our most profound experiences of the year. We read it together, … Continue reading The Maisie Day
Catenaries
Simon showing us catenaries made of soap, as he brings two plastic bands apart after dipping them in soapy water:
Calculating Pi with a Pendulum
This video has been inspired by the wonderful Matt Parker and his video on the Stand Up Math channel: Yesterday was Pi day and we are still celebrating! Simon experiments … Continue reading Calculating Pi with a Pendulum
Music of Pi in Processing
Simon wrote a program in Processing that plays the music of Pi. The idea to assign every integer a sound frequency belongs to the Numberphile channel, but Simon came up … Continue reading Music of Pi in Processing
Chemistry workshop: pH indicators
Impressions of Simon’s monthly science workshop with John Maas, from Wednesday this week. The main topic was the pH value, acids and bases. We used red cabbage water as a … Continue reading Chemistry workshop: pH indicators
Simon draws series and parallel circuits with conductive paint
Simon loves the conductive paint. After we finished making the Bare Conductive Voltage Village kit (previous post), he made two circuits, parallel and series, on his own without and help … Continue reading Simon draws series and parallel circuits with conductive paint
RaspberryPi work station
When Simon got a new RaspberryPi 3 from Sinterklaas on Sunday joy quickly turned into drama as he discovered the old (and only) keyboard we had at home was outdated … Continue reading RaspberryPi work station
Ohm’s Law Applied to Lemons
Simon wrote a poster with electricity formulas (from memory) this morning and applied one of them (Ohm’s law) to his advanced lemon experiment. We had already tried this experiment … Continue reading Ohm’s Law Applied to Lemons
PiTop, day 2 (Tuesday)
Didn’t really feel like going to his first Fench class this morning. All he wanted to do before and after French class was program: We were utterly shattered when at … Continue reading PiTop, day 2 (Tuesday)
PiTop, day 1 (Monday)
Yesterday, while we were celebrating Halloween, Simon had more important things to do: he assembled his first laptop and spent hours programming it.
Geeks out of the box 