VanCleave's Science Fun

Your Guide to Science Projects, Fun Experiments, and Science Research

Dimensional Analysis

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Dimensional Analysis This important math process is one of the important skills that  Dimensional Analysis  A math skill that is  not just for those preparing for science careers. It is an every day skill–it can even make cooking easier. Partly because of her dimensional analysis skills, the cook shown “zipped” through her college science courses. […]

Biochemistry: Bromelain

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Question: Why does my tongue hurt when I eat fresh pineapple? Answer: Fresh pineapple has bromelain, which is the mixture of two protein-digesting chemicals. Your tongue, and lips as well as the tissue inside your mouth is made of protein which the bromelain can and does digest. YIKES! 1. Can you eat too much pineapple? […]

Chemistry: Crystals

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Question: What is a crystal? Answer: A crystal is a solid in which the particles making up the crystal are packed in an ordered, repeated pattern. Crystals form much like the forming of clusters of soap bubbles. Soap bubbles represent the particles in a crystal. The bubbles stack together forming a cluster. The addition of […]

Weightless

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The photo shows me and others inside NASA’s KC-135, which is a plane used by NASA to produce apparent weightlessness.I’d given up on losing weight so I decided to achieve weightlessness –believe me once the plane started it path that resulted in our apparent weightlessness I was positive that it was the ultimate weight-loss program. […]