[Nihilistic]

Anyone here attempted to do this? When I was a kid I got a chemistry set from my parents and loved it, sure I had raw sulfur in my bedroom and it will likely attribute to whatever kills me later on in life but it got me interested in science in general.

I have been trying to find something like that for my girls little brother, hes 6. Apparently you cant get good ones anymore they have just basic boring crap.

Has anyone had success teaching a kid about science? I want to get him interested in sciences because they are very rewarding to know about and very fascinating. I would prefer to get him into chemistry but anything really would work.

Any clue on how to go about this?

[Happy Boy]

Its hard to coerce them into being interested in something, and the harder you try the less they will want to. Just wait and see where their talents lie and nurture those.

[Nihilistic]

Originally Posted by Happy Boy

Its hard to coerce them into being interested in something, and the harder you try the less they will want to. Just wait and see where their talents lie and nurture those.

see thats the thing he likes science already, he always wants to look at and learn about planets and loves making volcanos with baking soda.

I want to do more chemical reaction experiments with him since he really seems to like those. the other day i showed him how different liquids have different weights by mixing oil water and corn syrup together. we then took turns dumping random liquids into the mixture to see what would happen. hot sauce was the coolest by far because it stayed as drops and would just sit in the oil until it got too heavy and broke through to the water

[Happy Boy]

Originally Posted by Nihilistic

see thats the thing he likes science already, he always wants to look at and learn about planets and loves making volcanos with baking soda.

I want to do more chemical reaction experiments with him since he really seems to like those. the other day i showed him how different liquids have different weights by mixing oil water and corn syrup together. we then took turns dumping random liquids into the mixture to see what would happen. hot sauce was the coolest by far because it stayed as drops and would just sit in the oil until it got too heavy and broke through to the water

Then its not really getting him interested in science, its finding things to help a kid who already is interested. I dont really know about what you would do for that, have never looked for any of those materials. How old is he?

[Nihilistic]

hes 6

id like to get him interested in other sciences as well though like biology and such

[Raiman]

Use household chemicals. Just don't blow your self up. My buddy use to fuck around with household cems and had some in his backpack and a teacher thought he was building a bomb. Good times.

[magicman531]

I don't like science much at all. No matter what kind of neat science kit you put in front of me, I'd still dislike it. Your best option is some kind of explosive. Maybe homemade fireworks or pure sodium in a bucket of water. Making a potato gun, anything that will cause massive amounts of damage.

[clemente21]

I do same thing with my daughter. I bought telescope for us to watch moon in the spring/summer. I also have her membership for science center in my hometown. I want her to involved and have a good time.

[Raiman]

Here you go have a ball.

http://www.amazon.com/CHEM-C3000-Adv.../dp/B00007B8M6

[Nihilistic]

Originally Posted by magicman531

I don't like science much at all. No matter what kind of neat science kit you put in front of me, I'd still dislike it. Your best option is some kind of explosive. Maybe homemade fireworks or pure sodium in a bucket of water. Making a potato gun, anything that will cause massive amounts of damage.

i was thinking about making some thermite and stuff but hes kind of young to be learning how to destroy shit dont ya think?