The begining of khemistry kid

This was the first video we made. It really was inspired by #RealTimeChem week and was very spontaneous. I was washing up the dishes watching the oil moving around and changing when I added the dishwashing liquid. I thought - hey I could make a video of this with my son....

Interestingly at first I wasn't going to use the dialogue between me and my son. My wife told me I should and that gave birth to the khemistry kid :-)

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Keep the camera rolling

After making a number of videos with Matthew I have noticed that the best stuff often happens once my planned experiment is over. Normally this is once I've stopped filming and have started cleaning up. This is the time when Matthew really starts to investigate things by himself. I am now careful not to stop the 'experiment' too early. Its fascinating the things that he picks up. I've noticed a similar thing happening when I do science shows. While I'm packing up a few kids come up and starts really looking, touching and learning. Recently I intentionally took advantage of this and after the main 'show' I set up some workstations where the students got to carry out the experiments by themselves. This definitely was the highlight and the students absolutely loved the chance to experience the science hands on by themselves. I'm keen to keep thinking about ways to encourage hands on exploring of science. Would love to hear any ideas you may have.

What a candle needs to burn

Here is our second video and the first under the title of "Khemistry kid" It was really interesting to Matthew start to think about why we can't fill the glass up and how that relates to how much oxygen is in the air. I have also noticed that he still remembers what combustion is a few months later....

Bubbles

We now tested what happens when you mix acids and bases. What I really like about this video is that you can see that some of the concepts have been sinking in. In particular Matthew has learnt how to use the colour chart and is testing his own ideas like what happens if we add more.

Reflections of a chemical dad

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