Build Your Own Lava Lamp Online

Lava lamps demonstrate liquid density which is the phenomenon where less dense liquids float atop more dense liquids.

Build your own lava lamp online.

Grab a clean plastic or glass container from your recycle bin. Commercial lava lamps use a proprietary combination of melted waxes. Lava lamps are both mesmerising and beautiful to look at and in this daily dose we re going to make our own. Follow these simple steps to make your very own lava lamp.

It will sink slowly beneath the oil layer creating lots of bubbles. Now your kids can make their own lava lamps with common household items and a staple from your bathroom cabinet. The alcohol and oil used in this lamp are flammable and must be treated with care when heating them to get the lava moving. To view written instructions for this project see the make an alka seltzer powered lava lamp page at science buddies.

Today i m going to show you how to make your very own lava lamp with just a few simple ingredients. This activity is interesting because rising gas bubbles carry big drops. Here is some science vocabulary worth knowing for this. Add tip ask question comment download.

Make this lamp only with adult supervision. Children should show an adult these instructions and ask for help and not attempt this on their own. Put on some jimi hendrix and get to work. Watch what happens to the water with your kids.

Add tip ask question comment download. I ll show you two different ways to make your la. Then add water until there s around an inch remaining at the top. Make your own lava lamp.