Fun with Flatware: Little Experiments to Try at the Dinner Table

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This is a series of three quick science activities to do with a spoon, knife, and fork. In the first two activities, learners use the flatware to explore optics, mirrors, reflection, and distortion. In the third activity, learners use the flatware to explore sound and vibration. [Activity is publicly available through a web crawler capture on Archive.org.]

Quick Guide

Preparation Time:
Under 5 minutes
Learning Time:
5 to 10 minutes
Estimated Materials Cost:
free per group of students
Age Range:
Ages 4 - 14
Resource Type:
Activity
Language:
English

Materials List (per group of students)

  • Knife
  • Fork (stainless steel or silver)
  • Spoon
  • Wooden table
  • Bowl
  • Water glass with no ice (optional)
  • Soup spoons (optional)

Keywords

Subjects

  • Physical Sciences
    • Vibration and Waves
      • Sound
    • Light and Optics
      • Lenses and Mirrors
      • Reflection and Refraction
  • The Nature of Science
    • The Scientific Process
      • Conducting Investigations

Informal Categories

  • Food and Cooking
  • Music

Audience

To use this activity, learners need to:

  • see
  • touch

Learning styles supported:

  • Involves hands-on or lab activities

Other

Access Rights:

  • Free access

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Rights:

  • All rights reserved, Little Shop of Physics, 2009