Silly Science with Simon: YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT YOU CAN MAKE WITH SKITTLES!

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This fun and colourful science experiment from Silly Simon is sure to brighten your day! To try it at home, you only need a bag of skittles and some water – sweet!

This fun and colourful science experiment from Silly Simon is sure to brighten your day! To try it at home, you only need a bag of skittles and some water – sweet!

SILLY SCIENCE WITH SIMON

If you’re looking for something fun and easy to do at home, check out this skittles science experiment!

Simply place some skittles around the edge of a plate, add water until they’re almost completely submerged and watch as streams of colour cover the plate – looking just like a rainbow!

Try arranging the skittles in different ways to make beautiful works of art.

This experiment is a great way to learn about two important topics in science: dissolving and diffusing.

Watch the experiment in action and learn about what’s going on!


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